Saxophonist Archie Shepp played an Elmo Hope tribute on last weekend's London visit, but mostly you can go years without hearing this short-lived piano-and-composing original's name mentioned. When ...

Jazz is littered with musicians like Elmo Hope: young, talented and, ultimately, doomed because of racism, poverty, and chemical dependency. Born in New York City, the son of immigrants from the ...

On Sunday, September 10 at 3:00 PM, on the Bronx Music Hall Plaza, jazz pianist Bertha Hope—and her band the Bertha Hope Quintet—will perform a free concert featuring the music of her late husband, ...

Subway (Kirk Knuffke); The Halleys Comet - Light Blue Blues (Harry Pepl); Boa (Elmo Hope); Gilbert's Mood (Kresten Osgood); A Case of Emergency (Slide Hampton); Blues for Muse (Clifford Jordan); ...

Despite the exceptional recorded examples of his idiosyncratic piano playing (as on Harold Land’s 1961 album, “The Fox,” or on Hope’s own “Homecoming!,” from the same year) and striking compositions, ...

Our Classic Album this week on ABC Jazz takes us back to the early 50s - with a compilation of recordings from pianist and composer Elmo Hope. Originally released on Blue Note records, the album 'Trio ...