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Joe Pass (born Joseph Anthony Passalaqua, January 13, 1929, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, died May 23, 1994, Los Angeles, California), was a virtuoso jazz guitarist. 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 his compositional and improvisational skills.

It was Norman Granz, the iconic producer of Jazz at the Philharmonic and the founder of Verve Records, who, upon hearing Pass in 1970, immediately recognised the “new talent” and signed him to Granz’s new Pablo Records label (named for Granz’s friend Pablo Picasso).

In 1974, Pass released his landmark solo album “Virtuoso” on Pablo Records. Also in 1974, Pablo Records released the album “The Trio” featuring Pass, Oscar Peterson, and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen. “The Trio” won a Grammy award for best jazz performance. As part of the Pablo Records “stable,” Pass also recorded with Benny Carter, Robert Conti, Milt Jackson, Herb Ellis, Zoot Sims, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan and others.

Pass is known for his brilliant chord melody work where he simultaneously plays walking bass and chord melodies.
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  • academyofrock

    You may enjoy this post on the state of flow, featuring Joe Pass, Jeff Beck, Les Paul and Bill Nelson http://humandynamics.wordpress.com/2011/12/12/the-flow/

    December 2011
  • doctorjmo

    love!!

    November 2011
  • Deadbios

    nice

    November 2011
  • Theeboon

    Fuck.

    October 2011
  • Lauseatu

    ever greatest

    October 2011
  • Yan84

    заслушиваюсь.

    September 2011
  • TimaSliwinski

    ох..

    August 2011
  • DeezyBeatz

    great musician

    July 2011
  • barrospablito

    Modern jazz guitar player.

    May 2011
  • Matara

    I love this guy. Such an easy-listening music

    December 2010
  • RoadToLua

    beautiful.

    December 2010
  • drewbierre

    amaaazzzzzziiin.

    October 2010
  • ellierose32

    ah so lucky to see him live!

    September 2010
  • Pobinr

    I feel privileged to have seen Joe play here in Southampton UK about 30 years ago. A jazz trio all in one man. Genius.

    September 2010
  • Catata

    swietna muzyka

    September 2010
  • Faptain_Calcon

    night skyline music.

    August 2010
  • TheHriday

    I still can't believe Joe Pass has less than a million plays. It's a shame.

    July 2010
  • BANDITOATTACK

    @MoreDistortion - that's badass.

    July 2010
  • Sakul01

    Hey all your Joe Pass lovers..........if you like join my new group Joe Pass lovers............

    July 2010
  • MoreDistortion

    My uncle's wife's (my aunt by law) uncle was Joe Pass. Just started listening to his stuff and...wow, amazing guitar playing.

    June 2010
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