Luna Negra – Bertha Hope
A romantic and plaintive bossa, originally recorded in a quartet setting with trumpeter Eddie Henderson. Bertha Hope’s solo piano arrangement is available, with a recording by Glenn Zaleski.
- Recording: Bertha Hope - Elmo's Fire
- Recorded on: January, 1991
- Label: Steeplechase (SCCD 31829)
- Concert Key: A minor
- Vocal Range: , to
- Style: Latin (Bossa)
- Trumpet - Eddie Henderson
- Piano - Bertha Hope
- Bass - Walter Booker
- Drums - Leroy Williams
Video
- Description
- Historical Notes
- Solos
- Piano Corner
- Bass Corner
- Drum Corner
- Guitar Corner
- Inside & Beyond
- Minus You
Our lead sheet is based on this original quartet recording. Bertha Hope plays an eight-measure solo piano intro, the melody line of which is shown in the C lead sheet. Click on the second album cover for Bertha’s solo piano arrangement, which has a different form.
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- Recording: Glenn Zaleski - Glenn Zaleski Plays Bertha Hope's Solo Piano Arrangements
- Recorded on: December 1, 2012
- Label: jazzleadsheets.com (JLS 1054)
- Concert Key: C
- Vocal Range: , to
- Style: Latin (Bossa)
- Piano - Glenn Zaleski
Video
- Description
- Historical Notes
- Solos
- Piano Corner
- Bass Corner
- Drum Corner
- Guitar Corner
- Inside & Beyond
- Minus You
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Bertha Hope
born on November 8, 1936
A dynamic force in improvised music, pianist Bertha Hope has been making headway in the jazz scene since the early 1960s. Raised in Los Angeles, Bertha attended Manual Arts High School. She began her jazz journey with pianists Elmo Hope and Richie Powell in her youth. Although she studied piano at Los Angeles Community College, she received her B.A. in early childhood education from Antioch College. She married Elmo in 1960; they moved to New York where Bertha worked as a telephone operator by day and performed at night. Read more...