Elmo Hope
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Elmo Sylvester Hope (1923–1967) was an American jazz pianist, performing chiefly in the bop and hard bop genres.
He began his career with the Joe Morris band. From 1953 on He recorded in New York as a leader and with Sonny Rollins, Lou Donaldson, Clifford Brown, and Jackie McLean, but moved to Los Angeles after losing his cabaret card for drug use. He performed with Chet Baker before moving, and with Lionel Hampton after, and recorded with Harold Land and Curtis Counce. He also recorded as a leader with Frank Foster, John Coltrane, Hank Mobley, Art Blakey, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones. He returned to New York in 1961, where he went to prison briefly on drug charges then returned to playing.