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Informal Jazz
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Allmusic [1]
Informal Jazz classic, it’s because, on the whole, some little spark seems
to be missing. If this element could be defined easily, and
put into words quickly and efficiently, then record pro-
ducers and musicians would know exactly how to cre-
ate the perfect jam session record. The people involved
in this record know much more about such a science
then the average musician and record producer. These
are musicians very far down the road from being average,
all of this underscoring the difficulty of creating a spon-
taneous recording session at which moments of improvi-
sational genius are expected to pop up."[1]
Track listing
1. "Weeja" (Elmo Hope) — 11:00
2. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Jimmy Van Heusen,
Studio album by Elmo Hope
Johnny Burke) — 8:31
Released 1956 3. "On It" (Elmo Hope) — 8:58
Recorded Recorded May 7, 1956 in Hackensack, NJ 4. "Avalon" (Al Jolson, Buddy DeSylva, Vincent Rose) —
9:37
Genre Jazz
Label Prestige Records Personnel
Producer Bob Weinstock • Elmo Hope — piano
• Donald Byrd — trumpet
Informal Jazz is an album by jazz musician Elmo Hope, re- • John Coltrane, Hank Mobley — tenor saxophone
leased in 1956 on Prestige Records, catalogue 7043. It has • Paul Chambers — bass
been reissued in 1969 as Two Tenors under the billing of • Philly Joe Jones — drums
Hope’s sidemen for the session, John Coltrane and Hank
Mobley.
References
Reception [1] ^ Chadbourne, Eugene. "Informal Jazz > Review".
Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/
In his in-depth review for Allmusic, critic Eugene Chad- r141044. Retrieved August 19, 2010.
bourne praises each musician’s performance individually
and by track and comments on the album as a whole: "If
this particular session hasn’t assumed the legend of a jazz
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Categories:
• 1956 albums
• Elmo Hope albums
• Prestige Records albums
• Albums produced by Bob Weinstock
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