Bertha Hope
Bertha Hope-Booker | |
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Playing piano in Bryant Park, New York | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Bertha Rosemond |
| Born | November 8, 1936 Los Angeles, California, US |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, band leader |
| Instrument | Piano |
Bertha Hope-Booker (née Rosemond; born November 8, 1936, Los Angeles, California) is an American jazz pianist and jazz educator. She is the widow of fellow pianist Elmo Hope, with whom she collaborated. She has toured Europe and Japan and played with a diverse group of artists. In the 1990s, she had her first CDs as a leader and additionally worked with her second husband, bassist Walter Booker.