Homecoming! References

Homecoming!
Homecoming!
Studio album by Elmo Hope
Released	1961
Recorded	June 22 & 29, 1961
Studio	Bell Sound (New York City)
Genre	Jazz
Length	51:00; CD reissue with bonus tracks
Label	Riverside; RLP 381
Producer	Bill Grauer
Elmo Hope chronology

Homecoming! is an album by jazz pianist Elmo Hope recorded in 1961 for the Riverside label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[3]

The AllMusic review by Brandon Burke stated "Homecoming! is a particularly high-spirited record for this stage in Hope's troubled career. Following an extended stay in Los Angeles, a number of the day's top players helped welcome a refreshed Hope back to New York on this session... Expect fine performances by all. This great hard bop record is highly recommended".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Elmo Hope except as indicated

"Moe, Jr." – 5:56
"Moe, Jr." [alternate take] – 4:41 Bonus track on CD reissue
"La Berthe" – 3:14
"Eyes So Beautiful as Yours" – 6:33
"Homecoming" – 5:15
"One Mo' Blues" – 6:48
"A Kiss for My Love" – 5:33
"A Kiss for My Love" [alternate take] – 5:39 Bonus track on CD reissue
" Imagination" ( Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 6:43

Personnel

Elmo Hope – piano
Blue Mitchell – trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7 & 8)
Frank Foster, Jimmy Heath – tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7 & 8)
Percy Heath – bass
Philly Joe Jones – drums

References

^ "Riverside Records Catalog: 300 series". www.jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
^ ^a ^b Burke, B. AllMusic Review accessed October 26, 2012
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 723. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[1] "Riverside Records Catalog: 300 series". www.jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2023-09-26.

[Allmusic-2] Burke, B. AllMusic Review accessed October 26, 2012

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 723. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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v t e Elmo Hope
The year(s) indicated apply to the recording(s), not the first release.
As leader	Trio and Quintet (1953–57) Meditations (1955) Hope Meets Foster (1955) Informal Jazz (1956) Elmo Hope Trio (1959) Here's Hope! (1961) High Hope! (1961) Homecoming! (1962) Hope-Full (1962) Sounds from Rikers Island (1963) The Final Sessions (1966)
As sideman	Memorial Album ( Clifford Brown, 1953) Moving Out ( Sonny Rollins, 1954) Lights Out! ( Jackie McLean, 1956) Sonority ( Curtis Counce, 1956–58) Exploring the Future (Curtis Counce, 1958) The Fox ( Harold Land, 1959)

v t e Jimmy Heath
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
As leader or co-leader	The Thumper (1959) Really Big! (1960) The Quota (1961) Triple Threat (1962) Swamp Seed (1963) On the Trail (1964) Jam Gems: Live at the Left Bank (with Freddie Hubbard, 1965) The Gap Sealer (1972) Love and Understanding (1973) The Time and the Place (1974) Picture of Heath (1975) New Picture (1985) Peer Pleasure (1987) You've Changed (1991) Little Man Big Band (1992) You or Me (1995)
With Art Farmer	The Time and the Place: The Lost Concert ( Mosaic, 1966) The Art Farmer Quintet Plays the Great Jazz Hits (1967) The Time and the Place ( Columbia, 1967) Homecoming (1971)
With Milt Jackson	Howard McGhee and Milt Jackson (1948) Statements (1961) Vibrations (1961) Big Bags (1962) Invitation (1962) Milt Jackson Quintet Live at the Village Gate (1963) Jazz 'n' Samba (1963) In a New Setting (1964) Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (1965) Born Free (1966) Olinga (1974)
With others	That's Right! ( Nat Adderley, 1960) Up with Donald Byrd (1964) Regeneration ( Stanley Cowell, 1975) Miles Davis Volume 2 (1953) Kenny Dorham Quintet (1953) Showboat ( Kenny Dorham, 1960) Black Drops ( Charles Earland, 1970) Soul Trombone ( Curtis Fuller, 1961) Smokin' (Curtis Fuller, 1972) The Quota ( Red Garland, 1971) Kwanza (The First) ( Albert Heath, 1973) Homecoming! ( Elmo Hope, 1961) Hub Cap ( Freddie Hubbard, 1961) Jay Hawk Talk ( Carmell Jones, 1965) The Soul Society ( Sam Jones, 1960) The Chant (Sam Jones, 1961) Down Home (Sam Jones, 1962) Latin Mann (Herbie Mann, 1965) Blue Soul ( Blue Mitchell, 1959) A Sure Thing (Blue Mitchell, 1962) MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration (1994) Keep Swingin' ( Julian Priester, 1960) Soul Sauce ( Cal Tjader, 1964) Music Inc. ( Charles Tolliver, 1970) New York, New Sound ( Gerald Wilson, 2003) Turned to Blue ( Nancy Wilson, released 2006)

v t e Blue Mitchell
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Big 6 (1958) Get Those Elephants Out'a Here (with Red and Whitey Mitchell, 1958) Out of the Blue (1959) Blue Soul (1959) Blue's Moods (1960) Smooth as the Wind (1960–61) A Sure Thing (1962) The Cup Bearers (1962) Step Lightly (1963) The Thing to Do (1964) Down with It! (1965) Bring It Home to Me (1966) Boss Horn (1966) Heads Up! (1967) Collision in Black (1968) Bantu Village (1969) Blue Mitchell/Soul Village (1971) Vital Blue (1971) Blues' Blues (1972) The Last Tango = Blues (1973) Graffiti Blues (1973) Many Shades of Blue (1974) Stratosonic Nuances (1975) Funktion Junction (1976) African Violet (1977) Mapenzi (1977) Stablemates (1977) Summer Soft (1977)
With Lou Donaldson	Quartet/Quintet/Sextet (1952) The Time Is Right (1959) Mr. Shing-A-Ling (1967) Midnight Creeper (1968) Say It Loud! (1968) Everything I Play Is Funky (1970) Pretty Things (1970)
With Philly Joe Jones	Together! (with Elvin Jones, 1961) Drums Around the World (1959) Showcase (1959) Advance! (1978) Drum Song (1978)
With Sam Jones	The Soul Society (1960) The Chant (1961) Down Home (1962) Something in Common (1974–77) Changes & Things (1977)
With Jimmy McGriff	The Worm (1968) Step 1 (1968) A Thing to Come By (1969) Electric Funk (1969)
With Horace Silver	Blowin' the Blues Away (1959) Finger Poppin' (1959) Horace-Scope (1960) Doin' the Thing (1961) The Tokyo Blues (1962) Silver's Serenade (1963) Song for My Father (1963–64)
With Stanley Turrentine	A Chip off the Old Block (1963) In Memory Of (1964) Rough 'n' Tumble (1966) The Spoiler (1966) A Bluish Bag (1967) The Return of the Prodigal Son (1967) The Sugar Man (1971)
With others	Portrait of Cannonball ( Cannonball Adderley, 1958) Back to the Tracks ( Tina Brooks, 1960) Street Singer (Tina Brooks and Jackie McLean, 1960) My Kind of Jazz ( Ray Charles, 1970) True Blue ( Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon, 1976) Silver Blue (with Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon, 1976) Dolo! ( Dolo Coker, 1976) California Hard (Dolo Coker, 1976) Junior's Cookin' ( Junior Cook, 1961) Filthy! ( Papa John Creach, 1972) Red's Good Groove ( Red Garland, 1962) Green Is Beautiful ( Grant Green, 1970) Soul Mist! ( Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1966) Homecoming! ( Elmo Hope, 1961) Montara ( Bobby Hutcherson, 1975) The Soul Brotherhood ( Charles Kynard, 1969) The Blue Yusef Lateef ( Yusef Lateef, 1968) Rakin' and Scrapin' ( Harold Mabern, 1968) Jazz Blues Fusion ( John Mayall, 1971) Ten Years Are Gone (John Mayall, 1973) Les McCann Ltd. in New York ( Les McCann, 1961) Can't Hide Love ( Carmen McRae, 1976) Capuchin Swing (Jackie McLean, 1960) Jackie's Bag (Jackie McLean, 1960) Hi Voltage ( Hank Mobley, 1967) Captain Buckles ( David "Fathead" Newman, 1970) Opus De Don ( Don Patterson, 1968) Oh Baby! ( Big John Patton, 1965) Breezing ( Sonny Red, 1960) Images (Sonny Red, 1961) Good Move! ( Freddie Roach, 1963) Takin' Care of Business ( Charlie Rouse, 1960) Open House ( Jimmy Smith, 1960) Plain Talk (Jimmy Smith, 1960) Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass ( Sonny Stitt, 1962) Soul Time ( Bobby Timmons, 1960) Steppin' Out! ( Harold Vick, 1963) The Caribbean Suite (Harold Vick, 1966) Spectrum ( Cedar Walton, 1968) The Electric Boogaloo Song (Cedar Walton, 1969) Beyond Mobius (Cedar Walton, 1976) Money in the Pocket ( Joe Zawinul, 1966)