Bellarosa

Clifford Brown · Lou Donaldson · Elmo Hope · Philly Joe Jones · Percy Heath · Sonny Rollins · Jazz · Bop

About

The tune

"Bellarosa" is an instrumental hard bop composition in the key of E-flat, credited to Elmo Hope and Sonny Rollins. Hope (1923-1967) was an American bebop and hard bop pianist, composer and arranger. The original recording was made on 9 June 1953 at WOR Studios in New York by the Lou Donaldson Quintet, with Clifford Brown on trumpet. It was first released on the Blue Note album New Faces - New Sounds, issued in 1953 or 1954. Later versions include recordings by Bertha Hope (1991), by Benny Green, Russell Malone and Christian McBride (1999), by Nicolas Rageau and the Grant Stewart group (2005), and by Mike Turk (2008).

Facts

Music: Clifford Brown, Lou Donaldson, Elmo Hope, Philly Joe Jones, Percy Heath, Sonny Rollins
Original key: E♭