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NEW post: Joe Pass ... “his fingers conjured melody, harmony & basslines in a seamless dance, making him the gold standard for solo jazz guitar”

David Lewis picks 10 top #JoePass tracks

https://www.toppermost.co.uk/pass-joe/

NEW post: Joe Pass ... “his fingers conjured melody, harmony & basslines in a seamless dance, making him the gold standard for solo jazz guitar”

David Lewis picks 10 top #JoePass tracks

https://www.toppermost.co.uk/pass-joe/

NEW post: Joe Pass ... “his fingers conjured melody, harmony & basslines in a seamless dance, making him the gold standard for solo jazz guitar”

David Lewis picks 10 top #JoePass tracks

https://www.toppermost.co.uk/pass-joe/

Sarah Vaughan, Duke Ellington: Song Book One, 1980 on Pablo Today

First of two records of Sarah Vaughan doing Duke Ellington songs recorded in 1979 and released in 1980 (there is a Song Book Two, also released in 1980). Produced by Norman Granz, and engineered by Val Valentin and Bob Simpson.

Supporting artists include Waymon Reed (trumpet), J. J. Johnson (trombone), Frank Foster (tenor sax), Frank Wess (flute, tenor sax), Zoot Sims (tenor sax), Jimmy Rowles & Mike Wofford (piano), Joe Pass & Bucky Pizzarelli (guitar), Andy Simpkins (bass), and Grady Tate (drums), with Billy Byers arranging and conducting.

Pablo Today was a sub-label that started in 1979 and focused on “non-mainstream jazz” – not sure what that means but I’ve had great luck picking up Pablo records in general.

My copy, via Beatnick Records in Montréal Québec, is an original 1980 US pressing. with “Manufactured by Pablo Records” rim text.

Sarah Vaughan, Duke Ellington: Song Book One, 1980 on Pablo Today

First of two records of Sarah Vaughan doing Duke Ellington songs recorded in 1979 and released in 1980 (there is a Song Book Two, also released in 1980). Produced by Norman Granz, and engineered by Val Valentin and Bob Simpson.

Supporting artists include Waymon Reed (trumpet), J. J. Johnson (trombone), Frank Foster (tenor sax), Frank Wess (flute, tenor sax), Zoot Sims (tenor sax), Jimmy Rowles & Mike Wofford (piano), Joe Pass & Bucky Pizzarelli (guitar), Andy Simpkins (bass), and Grady Tate (drums), with Billy Byers arranging and conducting.

Pablo Today was a sub-label that started in 1979 and focused on “non-mainstream jazz” – not sure what that means but I’ve had great luck picking up Pablo records in general.

My copy, via Beatnick Records in Montréal Québec, is an original 1980 US pressing. with “Manufactured by Pablo Records” rim text.

Peterson 6, The Oscar Peterson Big 6 at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975, 1975 on Pablo

Titled as The Oscar Peterson Big 6, this is Peterson with Milt Jackson, Joe Pass, Toots Thielemans, Louis Bellson, and Niels Pederson – produced by Norman Granz, and recorded at the Montreux Jazz festival on July 16th, 1975.

My copy—via Fin Du Vinyle in Montréal Québec—is a Canadian pressing (Made in Canada by RCA Limited from master recordings owned or controlled by RCA Records).

Peterson 6, The Oscar Peterson Big 6 at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975, 1975 on Pablo

Titled as The Oscar Peterson Big 6, this is Peterson with Milt Jackson, Joe Pass, Toots Thielemans, Louis Bellson, and Niels Pederson – produced by Norman Granz, and recorded at the Montreux Jazz festival on July 16th, 1975.

My copy—via Fin Du Vinyle in Montréal Québec—is a Canadian pressing (Made in Canada by RCA Limited from master recordings owned or controlled by RCA Records).

Peterson 6, The Oscar Peterson Big 6 at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975, 1975 on Pablo

Titled as The Oscar Peterson Big 6, this is Peterson with Milt Jackson, Joe Pass, Toots Thielemans, Louis Bellson, and Niels Pederson – produced by Norman Granz, and recorded at the Montreux Jazz festival on July 16th, 1975.

My copy—via Fin Du Vinyle in Montréal Québec—is a Canadian pressing (Made in Canada by RCA Limited from master recordings owned or controlled by RCA Records).

Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson

A swinging session with two greats, joined by Joe Pass (guitar), Dave Young (bass), and Martin Drew (drums).

Lots of standards, ending with a co-written original (Some Kind of Blues).

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #swing #BennyCarter #OscarPeterson #JoePass #DaveYoung #MartinDrew

Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson

A swinging session with two greats, joined by Joe Pass (guitar), Dave Young (bass), and Martin Drew (drums).

Lots of standards, ending with a co-written original (Some Kind of Blues).

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #swing #BennyCarter #OscarPeterson #JoePass #DaveYoung #MartinDrew

Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson

A swinging session with two greats, joined by Joe Pass (guitar), Dave Young (bass), and Martin Drew (drums).

Lots of standards, ending with a co-written original (Some Kind of Blues).

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #swing #BennyCarter #OscarPeterson #JoePass #DaveYoung #MartinDrew

Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson

A swinging session with two greats, joined by Joe Pass (guitar), Dave Young (bass), and Martin Drew (drums).

Lots of standards, ending with a co-written original (Some Kind of Blues).

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #swing #BennyCarter #OscarPeterson #JoePass #DaveYoung #MartinDrew

Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson

A swinging session with two greats, joined by Joe Pass (guitar), Dave Young (bass), and Martin Drew (drums).

Lots of standards, ending with a co-written original (Some Kind of Blues).

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #swing #BennyCarter #OscarPeterson #JoePass #DaveYoung #MartinDrew

"You can't think and play. If you think about what you're playing, the playing does become stilted. You have to just focus on the music, I feel. Concentrate on the music, focus on what you're playing and just let the playing come out. Once you start thinking about doing this or playing that, it's not good."

#joepass #jazz #guitar

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"You can't think and play. If you think about what you're playing, the playing does become stilted. You have to just focus on the music, I feel. Concentrate on the music, focus on what you're playing and just let the playing come out. Once you start thinking about doing this or playing that, it's not good."

#joepass #jazz #guitar

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"You can't think and play. If you think about what you're playing, the playing does become stilted. You have to just focus on the music, I feel. Concentrate on the music, focus on what you're playing and just let the playing come out. Once you start thinking about doing this or playing that, it's not good."

#joepass #jazz #guitar

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"You can't think and play. If you think about what you're playing, the playing does become stilted. You have to just focus on the music, I feel. Concentrate on the music, focus on what you're playing and just let the playing come out. Once you start thinking about doing this or playing that, it's not good."

#joepass #jazz #guitar

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"You can't think and play. If you think about what you're playing, the playing does become stilted. You have to just focus on the music, I feel. Concentrate on the music, focus on what you're playing and just let the playing come out. Once you start thinking about doing this or playing that, it's not good."

#joepass #jazz #guitar

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Joe Pass - Portraits of Duke Ellington

Discusssed by Ken in the referenced video, Joe’s joined by Bobby Durham (drums), and Ray Brown (bass).

As Ken says—great.

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #DukeEllington #JoePass #BobbyDurham #RayBrown https://mas.to/@dnanian/114966627619675777

Joe Pass - Portraits of Duke Ellington

Discusssed by Ken in the referenced video, Joe’s joined by Bobby Durham (drums), and Ray Brown (bass).

As Ken says—great.

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #DukeEllington #JoePass #BobbyDurham #RayBrown https://mas.to/@dnanian/114966627619675777

Joe Pass - Portraits of Duke Ellington

Discusssed by Ken in the referenced video, Joe’s joined by Bobby Durham (drums), and Ray Brown (bass).

As Ken says—great.

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #DukeEllington #JoePass #BobbyDurham #RayBrown https://mas.to/@dnanian/114966627619675777

Joe Pass - Portraits of Duke Ellington

Discusssed by Ken in the referenced video, Joe’s joined by Bobby Durham (drums), and Ray Brown (bass).

As Ken says—great.

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #DukeEllington #JoePass #BobbyDurham #RayBrown https://mas.to/@dnanian/114966627619675777

Joe Pass - Portraits of Duke Ellington

Discusssed by Ken in the referenced video, Joe’s joined by Bobby Durham (drums), and Ray Brown (bass).

As Ken says—great.

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #DukeEllington #JoePass #BobbyDurham #RayBrown https://mas.to/@dnanian/114966627619675777

Joe Pass - Virtuoso

Well named.

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #JoePass #guitarjazz

Joe Pass - Virtuoso

Well named.

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #JoePass #guitarjazz

Joe Pass - Virtuoso

Well named.

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #JoePass #guitarjazz

Joe Pass - Virtuoso

Well named.

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #JoePass #guitarjazz

Joe Pass - Virtuoso

Well named.

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #JoePass #guitarjazz

Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass - Take Love Easy

Late-period (although she was only 56), 1974 Ella Fitzgerald album on Pablo, focusing on ballads with the expected tasteful accompaniment by Joe Pass.

A mellow affair, nicely recorded.

#nowplaying #vinyl #VocalJazz #EllaFitzgerald #JoePass

Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass - Take Love Easy

Late-period (although she was only 56), 1974 Ella Fitzgerald album on Pablo, focusing on ballads with the expected tasteful accompaniment by Joe Pass.

A mellow affair, nicely recorded.

#nowplaying #vinyl #VocalJazz #EllaFitzgerald #JoePass

Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass - Take Love Easy

Late-period (although she was only 56), 1974 Ella Fitzgerald album on Pablo, focusing on ballads with the expected tasteful accompaniment by Joe Pass.

A mellow affair, nicely recorded.

#nowplaying #vinyl #VocalJazz #EllaFitzgerald #JoePass

Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass - Take Love Easy

Late-period (although she was only 56), 1974 Ella Fitzgerald album on Pablo, focusing on ballads with the expected tasteful accompaniment by Joe Pass.

A mellow affair, nicely recorded.

#nowplaying #vinyl #VocalJazz #EllaFitzgerald #JoePass

Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass - Take Love Easy

Late-period (although she was only 56), 1974 Ella Fitzgerald album on Pablo, focusing on ballads with the expected tasteful accompaniment by Joe Pass.

A mellow affair, nicely recorded.

#nowplaying #vinyl #VocalJazz #EllaFitzgerald #JoePass

I thought I’d share this lovely little clip of the late great jazz guitarist Joe Pass. It’s from a show that classical guitarist John Williams presented along with three other exponents of the guitar from different genres. At this point they had been talking about the similarities between Jazz and Baroque music, especially with regards to the improvisation, so Williams invited Pass to improvise on a Chaconne by Johan Sebastian Bach. The result is absolutely fascinating, not least because of the musical jokes in the form of blue notes that Pass includes during his spontaneous elaboration. The first elicits a big smile from John Williams because the tritone Pass plays was regarded as the diabolus in musica in Bach’s time, but for a jazz musician blue notes like this are par for the course.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39vBE3ICf6A

P.S. it’s amazing how little Joe Pass’s right hand seems to move…

https://telescoper.blog/2024/10/12/pass-on-bach/

#DiabolusInMusica #JoePass #JohanSebastianBach #JohnWilliams #Tritone

I thought I’d share this lovely little clip of the late great jazz guitarist Joe Pass. It’s from a show that classical guitarist John Williams presented along with three other exponents of the guitar from different genres. At this point they had been talking about the similarities between Jazz and Baroque music, especially with regards to the improvisation, so Williams invited Pass to improvise on a Chaconne by Johan Sebastian Bach. The result is absolutely fascinating, not least because of the musical jokes in the form of blue notes that Pass includes during his spontaneous elaboration. The first elicits a big smile from John Williams because the tritone Pass plays was regarded as the diabolus in musica in Bach’s time, but for a jazz musician blue notes like this are par for the course.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39vBE3ICf6A

P.S. it’s amazing how little Joe Pass’s right hand seems to move…

https://telescoper.blog/2024/10/12/pass-on-bach/

#DiabolusInMusica #JoePass #JohanSebastianBach #JohnWilliams #Tritone

#DemandezLeProgramme :
1987 - Oscar Peterson Quartet - Philharmonie im Gasteig - Munich / München

#OscarPeterson (p), #JoePass (g), Dave Young (b), Martin Drew (dr)

#jazz

#DemandezLeProgramme :
1987 - Oscar Peterson Quartet - Philharmonie im Gasteig - Munich / München

#OscarPeterson (p), #JoePass (g), Dave Young (b), Martin Drew (dr)

#jazz

#DemandezLeProgramme :
1987 - Oscar Peterson Quartet - Philharmonie im Gasteig - Munich / München

#OscarPeterson (p), #JoePass (g), Dave Young (b), Martin Drew (dr)

#jazz

#DemandezLeProgramme :
1987 - Oscar Peterson Quartet - Philharmonie im Gasteig - Munich / München

#OscarPeterson (p), #JoePass (g), Dave Young (b), Martin Drew (dr)

#jazz

#DemandezLeProgramme :
1987 - Oscar Peterson Quartet - Philharmonie im Gasteig - Munich / München

#OscarPeterson (p), #JoePass (g), Dave Young (b), Martin Drew (dr)

#jazz

Dizzy Gillespie’s Big 4

Here’s a gem from the Acoustic Sound Pablo series - a late-period (1973) LP from Dizzy that’s beautifully played by everyone, and sounds great to boot.

Some serious, fast work from Gillespie and Pass on Be Bop (Dizzy’s Fingers), too. I’d say more “Dizzy & Joe’s Fingers”.

#Nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #trumpet #dizzygillespie #joepass

Dizzy Gillespie’s Big 4

Here’s a gem from the Acoustic Sound Pablo series - a late-period (1973) LP from Dizzy that’s beautifully played by everyone, and sounds great to boot.

Some serious, fast work from Gillespie and Pass on Be Bop (Dizzy’s Fingers), too. I’d say more “Dizzy & Joe’s Fingers”.

#Nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #trumpet #dizzygillespie #joepass

Dizzy Gillespie’s Big 4

Here’s a gem from the Acoustic Sound Pablo series - a late-period (1973) LP from Dizzy that’s beautifully played by everyone, and sounds great to boot.

Some serious, fast work from Gillespie and Pass on Be Bop (Dizzy’s Fingers), too. I’d say more “Dizzy & Joe’s Fingers”.

#Nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #trumpet #dizzygillespie #joepass

Dizzy Gillespie’s Big 4

Here’s a gem from the Acoustic Sound Pablo series - a late-period (1973) LP from Dizzy that’s beautifully played by everyone, and sounds great to boot.

Some serious, fast work from Gillespie and Pass on Be Bop (Dizzy’s Fingers), too. I’d say more “Dizzy & Joe’s Fingers”.

#Nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #trumpet #dizzygillespie #joepass

Dizzy Gillespie’s Big 4

Here’s a gem from the Acoustic Sound Pablo series - a late-period (1973) LP from Dizzy that’s beautifully played by everyone, and sounds great to boot.

Some serious, fast work from Gillespie and Pass on Be Bop (Dizzy’s Fingers), too. I’d say more “Dizzy & Joe’s Fingers”.

#Nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #trumpet #dizzygillespie #joepass

I wrote a piece a while ago about the richness of  Jerome Kern’s great tune All The Things You Are. Here’s an example in the form of a wonderful live version on solo guitar by the great Joe Pass.

https://telescoper.blog/2024/06/23/all-things-you-are-joe-pass/

#AllTheThingsYouAre #BreconJazzFestival1991 #Jazz #JoePass

I wrote a piece a while ago about the richness of  Jerome Kern’s great tune All The Things You Are. Here’s an example in the form of a wonderful live version on solo guitar by the great Joe Pass.

https://telescoper.blog/2024/06/23/all-things-you-are-joe-pass/

#AllTheThingsYouAre #BreconJazzFestival1991 #Jazz #JoePass

I wrote a piece a while ago about the richness of  Jerome Kern’s great tune All The Things You Are. Here’s an example in the form of a wonderful live version on solo guitar by the great Joe Pass.

https://telescoper.blog/2024/06/23/all-things-you-are-joe-pass/

#AllTheThingsYouAre #BreconJazzFestival1991 #Jazz #JoePass

Duke Ellington - Duke’s Big 4

This 1973 session with Ellington (piano), Joe Pass (guitar), Ray Brown (bass) and Louis Bellson (drums) is great. Just a terrific set of great blues and swing, played exuberantly by Duke and his sidemen.

This is part of the Acoustic Sounds Pablo reissue series and sounds really good. A bit too much for the B&O, which got a little flabby with the drum solo bass hits, but the Rega did great.

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #dukeellington #joepass #raybrown #louisbellson

Duke Ellington - Duke’s Big 4

This 1973 session with Ellington (piano), Joe Pass (guitar), Ray Brown (bass) and Louis Bellson (drums) is great. Just a terrific set of great blues and swing, played exuberantly by Duke and his sidemen.

This is part of the Acoustic Sounds Pablo reissue series and sounds really good. A bit too much for the B&O, which got a little flabby with the drum solo bass hits, but the Rega did great.

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #dukeellington #joepass #raybrown #louisbellson