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Meditations (also released as Elmo Hope Memorial Album) is an album by American jazz pianist Elmo Hope recorded in 1955 for the Prestige label.[1]

Meditations
Studio album by Elmo Hope Trio
Released	1955
Recorded	July 28, 1955 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:58
Label	Prestige PRLP 7010
Producer	Bob Weinstock
Elmo Hope chronology
Meditations (1955) Hope Meets Foster (1955)

Reception

Professional ratings

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

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "Fans of bop piano and Bud Powell will want this enjoyable CD reissue".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Elmo Hope, except as indicated

1. "It's a Lovely Day Today" (Irving Berlin) - 2:56
2. "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 3:38
3. "Quit It" - 2:53
4. "Lucky Strike" - 2:38
5. "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 3:22
6. "Huh" - 4:55
7. "Falling in Love with Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 4:24
8. "My Heart Stood Still" (Hart, Rodgers) - 3:46
9. "Elmo's Fire" - 6:40
10. "I'm in the Mood for Love" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 3:22
11. "Blue Mo" - 4:24

Personnel

• Elmo Hope - piano
• John Ore - bass
• Willie Jones - drums

References

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