lynn hope

[alocispepraluger102]

have there been any threads on tenorman lynn hope?

my memory is very vague on lynn, but i seem to recall a very mellow tone.

[Shannon Dickey]

I'll have to head out to the storage area and fish out the LP of Hope material on the Saxophonograph import label.

Yeah, a light tone for the most part. One of the early "Out" muslims, replete with turban. Hit google and you should find some interesting

stories about Lynn Hope. I seem to recall Amiri Baraka writing something.......

A very interesting charachter and a decent player.

[paul secor]

Some mentions of Lynn Hope here http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...p;hl=lynn++hope , but nothing authoritative or comprehensive.

[alocispepraluger102]

thanks, guys!

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

  Horny Blowsitt said:

I seem to recall Amiri Baraka writing something.......

The first piece of non-sleeve-note writing by Amiri that I ever saw was "The screamers", his short story about Hope coming to Newark from Chicago for a gig and causing a riot.

I'd never heard of Lynn Hope; thought it was fiction (it appeared in an anthology that was all fiction apart from this piece).

MG

[JSngry]

There were two sides to Lynn Hope - the Nasty Man From In Off The Street & The Purveyor Of Idyllic Romantic Tomorrows.

They were both equally real, and as a precursor to By Any Means Necessary, endlessly intriguing in concept, if ultimately less so in actuality.

[JSngry]

The Purveyor Of Idyllic Romantic Tomorrows: All this can be ours, Tenderly.

The Lynn Hope PeopleFans: How can it be, when we live in a world where we are blatantly & violently oppressed, used, buked & scorned?

The Nasty Man From In Off The Street: Y'all just leave that to me. Until then, stay beautiful.

The Lynn Hope PeopleFans: We can dig it. For a little while anyway...

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Lynn Hope recorded for: Premium, a Chicago label bought by Chess; Aladdin; and King.

There were 8 tracks in the Premium session, two of which came out on Chess. Of these 8, 6 have been reissued on CD - "Morocco" on Saxophonograph.

Most of his recordings were done for Aladdin. On LP, Aladdin issued a 10" "Lynn Hope and his tenor sax" and Pathe Marconi expanded it to 14 tracks. Imperial issued an LP called "Tenderly" with 12 tracks.

This compilation, on Acrobat, has 25 of Hope's Aladdin masters, including two (3 really, because one is a two-parter) that were previously unissued.

Tracks and sources (kind of shorthand, and a bit wobbly, I'm afraid)

Blow Lynn blow

1. Free And Easy Morocco

2. Way You Look Tonight/Jet

3. Blow Lynn Blow Hope & TS

4. Blue Moon Hope & TS, Tenderly

5. Blues For Anna Bacoa Hope & TS, Tenderly

6. Eleven Till Two Hope & TS, Tenderly

7. She's Funny That Way Morocco

8. Too Young Morocco

9. Hope Skip And Jump Hope & TS

10. Driftin' (Going Home) Hope & TS, Tenderly

11. Don't Worry 'Bout Me Hope & TS

12. Move It Hope & TS, Tenderly

13. Tenderly Hope & TS, Tenderly

14. Morocco Morocco, Tenderly

15. Swing Train Tenderly

16. Broken Hearted Morocco

17. Rose Room

18. Brazil Tenderly

19. Girl Of My Dreams Morocco

20. C Jam Blues Tenderly

21. South Of The Border Hope & TS

22. Shanty Town Prev unissued

23. Blues In F Tenderly

24. One More Time pts 1 & 2 Prev unissued

25. Miserlou Hope & TS

Not in comp but in “Tenderly” & "Hope & TS"

September song

Not in comp but in “Hope & TS”

Summertime

The scrunch

Not in comp but in “Morocco”

Song of the wanderer (Premium)

Tenderly (Premium)

Poinciana (Premium)

She’s funny that way (Premium)

More bounce to the ounce (Premium)

Stardust (Premium)

Please Mr Sun (Aladdin)

Sentimental Journey (Aladdin)

Broken hearted (Aladdin)

Cherry (Aladdin)

Not in any album -

From Premium session

Mona Lisa

Bonga boogie

From Aladdin sessions

Blues for Mary

Temptation

All of me

Tippin’ in Unissued

Begin the beguine Unissued

All of Lynn's 15 King sides, including 2 alternative takes and 1 previously unissued track, have been included in "Juicy" - a compilation with 5 Clifford Scott tracks.

And that's it for Lynn Hope. 60 sides - 45 of which are now out of copyright in Europe. It's about time someone put a two CD set together without all these duplicates, so I could chuck away all my various bits and pieces

(Note to self - get "Juicy")

MG

[alocispepraluger102]

thanks MG. i just ordered 'blow...'

it was only 5 or 6 bucks at amazon.

Edited March 1, 2008 by alocispepraluger102