Hope Meets Foster

Hope Meets Foster
Studio album by Elmo Hope and Frank Foster
Released	1955
Recorded	October 4, 1955
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:11
Label	Prestige PRLP 7021
Producer	Bob Weinstock
Elmo Hope chronology
Meditations (1955) Hope Meets Foster (1955) Informal Jazz (1956)
Frank Foster chronology
Here Comes Frank Foster (1953) Hope Meets Foster (1955) No 'Count (1956)

Hope Meets Foster is an album by jazz pianist Elmo Hope and saxophonist Frank Foster recorded in 1955 for the Prestige label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "nothing that innovative occurs but the music should please bop fans".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Elmo Hope except where noted

1. "Wail, Frank, Wail" - 6:28
2. "Zarou" (Frank Foster, Hope) - 5:16
3. "Fosterity" (Foster) - 6:17
4. "Georgia on My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) - 6:41
5. "Shutout" (Foster) - 5:51
6. "Yaho" - 7:38

Personnel

• Frank Foster - tenor saxophone
• Elmo Hope - piano
• John Ore - bass
• Art Taylor - drums
• Charles Freeman Lee - trumpet (tracks 2, 3 & 5)

References