In this brief interview joe pass talks in general terms about his approach to jazz improvisation. Joe pass used daquisto flatwound strings with a 0 to 056 gauge. Joe pass biography, birth date, birth place and pictures. He played in a few swing bands including tony pastors before graduating from high school, and was with charlie barnet for a time in 1947. Joe pass all the best full album best of bebop best. Joe pass achieved extraordinary balance in his career. Joe pass was an american jazz guitarist of sicilian descent. Freddie johnson interviews guitarist joe pass youtube. Its definitely a one tracker but a damn nice one track. In this lesson i teach you 6 phrases from my free ebook, 20th century jazz guitar, which i believe really capture the essence of the joe pass style.
Pass actually made his pacific jazz debut as a member of the synanon jazz group on a record that bock produced in 1961. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading joe pass guitar chords. The instrument sounds are great, joe pass tone is round and warm like always, bass sounds strong yet a bit unresonant, drums sound very good for a 64 recording and the rhythm guitarist has a good tone as. For django released in 1964 is joe pass seminal tribute to belgian guitarist django reinhardt playing with john pisano, jim hughart and colin bailey. Find joe pass discography, albums and singles on allmusic. If anyone sees this and knows the date please let me know and ill edit it in. Joe pass born joseph anthony jacobi passalaqua was an italianamerican jazz guitarist of sicilian descent. I fuckin love me some joe pass but whats his best album.
Welcome to youtube s spotlight channel, your daily goto for discovering whats new and trending around the world. When joe pass recorded and released this first of his virtuoso series of albums, he was 44 years old, and ready to reclaim his crown as king of jazz guitar after years of heroin abuse. He is considered one of the greatest jazz guitarists of the 20th century. The og used to go for way cheaper because peeps thought the black cover was og. Home shop the woodshed the learning process direct download help contact us privacy policy shipping and returns. More importantly, if you watch the video you get some great instruction, theory and coaching up from the maestro himself as you practice the examples. This cd is a collection of selections from other albums that guitar virtuoso joe pass recorded over the years. In his interview for an evening with joe pass 1994, joe talks about how he focused on charlie parker and stayed away from transcribing from guitarists. No, i started on a harmony guitar, an acoustic model. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required.
From the archives, i present to you the second installment of my interview series from the early days at kpcc fm, pasadena. Joe pass used a mediumthin gauge pick, not soft, but firm. The genius of joe pass stefan grossmans guitar workshop. There is an interview with bryant gumbellightweight, where he. What one person considers best of may be very different from what another person considers best of. As a solo artist playing only acoustic guitar in an amplified fusion era, the odds were stacked against him, but pass boldly issued this, his most creative and improvisationbased work, to mass critical acclaim. He played with oscar peterson, so start looking up those albums. Because he remained grounded in bop and swing, his guitar work was more conservative than many fusion and postbop players, but his solo guitar work also ventured into unexplored territory, combining the singlenote dexterity of charlie christian with the block chords of carl kress. Rarest among the selections are three numbers from pass debut, sounds of synanon. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies tv shows news live fashion learning. Discover all joe passs music connections, watch videos, listen to music, discuss and download. Although active as a player from the age of 14, it wasnt until the 1960s following a long battle with, and eventual rehabilitation from drug addiction that he began to establish himself as. He was also featured on pacific jazz dates led by les mccann. The link if you could see me now with niels pedersen, martin drew was to a book by some irish writer.
Leigh does a nice interview with joe pass not sure when, probably late 1980s. In part 2 we explore joes approach to the art of solo jazz guitar. I got it because it goes along with the dvd joe pass. Im really glad wolf marshall has worked up this insightful study into the styling of joe pass, its a wonderful way to get into the music a bit deeper, to accomplish. He created possibilities for jazz guitar through his style of chordmelody, his knowledge of chord inversions and progressions, and his use of walking basslines and counterpoint during. Producer dick bock was instrumental in orchestrating the career of joe pass after discovering him at synanon house, a drug rehabilitation center in santa monica.
Joe pass samples, covers and remixes on whosampled. Jazz lines so you can watch the video on youtube and refer to this book for the tablature. He emerged in 1962 with a record cut at synanon, made a bit of a stir with his for django set. Dan adler back to the bridge shown are lead sheets in both expandable jpg or pdf download for the four originals on my cd back to the bridge featuring joey defrancesco. Did i read somewhere that you started out on a spanish guitar. The epitome of virtuoso guitarists, the jazzman weathered addiction to become one of the top voices of his.
In part 1 of this series, you explored joe pass journey from child prodigy to drug addict, to cleaned up jazz superstar. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. There is a great album with joe pass and paulinha da costa called tudo bem. Albums include virtuoso, for django, and intercontinental. Joe pass is credited as jazz guitarist, the gentlemen of rhythm, seven come eleven. Joe pass played as a sideman a lot and i think that drives a lot of compilation stuff. The joe pass system of always having a scale and arpeggio under your fingers for every chord shape you use is a great way to learn the fretboard, providing you with soloing material at the same time. Although this cd sticks to joe pass early period and cannot be accurately called the best, it does feature the guitarist in prime form. One of the greatest solo jazz artists of all time, joe pass also ranks as one of the great guitarists not only for his knowledge of the instrument and technical prowess, but also.
In an interview, he says he always uses the same kind of pick, broken in two. Solo, his work is unparalleled, trapeze artistry without the net. The shadow of your smile johnny mandel, paul francis webster 0. In addition, the guitarist is heard on four selections from his classic for django date. Joe pass needs little introduction, any web search will bring up a plethora of history on this great guitarist. But after serving in the military, pass became a drug addict, serving time in prison and essentially wasting a decade. If anyone sees this and knows the date please let me know. January, 1929 may 23, 1994 was an american jazz guitarist of sicilian descent. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. Joe pass biography, albums, streaming links allmusic.
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