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| 1. | R.D.'s Blues
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| 2. | Then I'll Be Tired of You
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| 3. | My Ship
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| 4. | Easy to Love
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| 5. | Put on a Happy Face
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| 6. | They Can't Take That Away from Me
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| 7. | I'm Afraid the Masquerade Is Over
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| 8. | Somewhere in the Night
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| 9. | Medley: I'll Never Stop Loving You/The Island
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| 10. | K.W. Groove
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Jazz
Ray Drummond, bass
Kenny Washington, drums.
Special guest appearance:
Houston Person, tenor sax
As a youngster growing up in Atlantic City, Stan Hope and his friends would climb the roof of the building across from the club where the Count Basie Orchestra was playing. Listening to Basie's band which boasted, among others, Lester Young, Buck Clayton and Freddie Green, Hope begin thinking that this was what he wanted to do. He was pushed over the line when his aunt gave him records of Erroll Garner playing "Be Anything" and Garner's composition "Pastels," for his birthday. Both these tunes appear on Hope's album Pastels, made for Savant Records (SCD 2020). Stan is once again behind the Steinway at the Van Gelder Studio delivering a garland of Garner-esque pearls with his long-time colleagues, Ray Drummond and Kenny Washington in tow. Also on hand for a special guest appearance is Hope's friend and sometimes employer, Houston Person lending his tasty, bronze-toned arabesques to three unforgettable tracks.
* Brad Wrolstad - Design
* David Jaye - Liner Notes
* Joe Fields - Executive Producer
* Maureen Sickler - Assistant
* Rudy Van Gelder - Engineer, Mastering, Mixing
Stan Hope's piano style is reminiscent at times of Gene Harris in his days with the Three Sounds and Oscar Peterson in his more laid-back moments. This set begins with two of its strongest numbers, "R.D.'s Blues" and "Then I'll Be Tired of You," a pair of selections that greatly benefit from the inclusion of tenor saxophonist Houston Person. Unfortunately, Person is only on one other number ("I'm Afraid the Masquerade Is Over") and, at first, the other performances miss his presence. However, Hope's melodic and bluesy style is pleasing in its own fashion, and repeated listenings make it easier to warm up to his approach toward playing straight-ahead jazz. The joy in his playing becomes obvious and his subtleties wins one over. Recommended.
--- Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Stan Hope
Active Decades: '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Big Band, Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Post-Bop, Standards
As a youngster growing up in Atlantic City, Stan Hope and his friends would climb the roof of the building across from the club where the Count Basie Orchestra. was playing. Listening to Basie's band which boasted, among others, Lester Young, Buck Clayton and Freddie Green, Hope begin thinking that this was what he wanted to do. He was pushed over the line when his aunt gave him records of Erroll Garner playing "Be Anything" and Garner's composition "Pastels," for his birthday. Both these tunes appear on Hope's album Pastels, made for Savant Records in 1998. Hope has little formal piano education, teaching himself on a piano his mother bought when he was 10 years old. He played professionally for 10 years before taking some lessons in order to learn to read. With a career starting in1949 (on his first gig, he played guitar), and spanning 50 years, Mr. Hope has played with many of the giants who habituated East Coast jazz venues. Coleman Hawkins, Hank Mobley, Lorez Alexandria, Johnny Hartman and Hank Crawford were just few of the performers Hope shared the stage with. Hope has played and continues to play at major jazz venues in New York City, including Birdland, the Village Vanguard and the Blue Note. For the last 15 years, Hope has occupied the piano chair for vocalist Etta Jones and tenor saxophonist Houston Person and frequently records with them. His album Pastels is his second as leader, having cut an album for Mainstream Records in 1972. With a solid, reliable style shaped by Erroll Garner and Bud Powell as well as by the many variegated jazz performers he has worked with, Stan Hope is about to enter his 7th decade as a working jazz pianist.
---Dave Nathan, All Music Guide |
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