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The Arts

Bertha Hope on Piano Jazz

South Carolina Public Radio | By Alfred Turner

Published August 10, 2015 at 9:09 AM EDT

News Stations: Sat, Aug 15, 8 pm | Classical Station: Sun, Aug 16, 7pm

Bertha Hope's contributions to mainstream and improvised musical idioms have made her one of the elite among her peers. Wife of the pianist Elmo Hope (1923 – 1967), Bertha has kept their extraordinary teamwork alive through her highly regarded trio and personal performances. In this Piano Jazz session from 1991, Hope performs “In Search of Hope” and McPartland joins for a duet of “I'm Beginning to See the Light.”