Joe Pass - Virtuoso (20 Bit Mastering)
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Artist: Joe PassBrand: PASS,JOE
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2001-05-01
Music Label: Pablo
Soundtracks:
- Night And Day
- Stella By Starlight
- Here's That Rainy Day
- My Old Flame
- How High The Moon
- Cherokee
- Sweet Lorraine
- Have You Met Miss Jones?
- 'Round Midnight
- All The Things You Are
- Blues For Alican
- The Song Is You
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Rating: 5 Stars
The man's birth name was Joseph PASSALAQUA (NOT Pasquarella). I happen to appreciate the music of Jimi Hendrix AND that of Joe Pass. Hendrix's was more than three-chord music BTW, which you can tell if your ears aren't prejudiced. And even if it WAS three-chord music, well Joe and Ella and those other great jazz artists, they all loved the BLUES didn't they? The late Joe was openly interested in some of the most daring new generations of electrified guitarists, such as John McLaughlin, and probably even in Jimi too, so why not follow HIS example of openness?...
Those tracks are all pure, passionate blues originals and readings of jazz standards that transcend the genre. Played red hot, on the spot, on what sounds to me like a hollow-bodied electric guitar unplugged... or is it a slightly amplified acoustic steel string?... In any way, that setting was an ideal one - perhaps more captivating sonically than his other electric solo albums - that fits in well with the concept of the intimate studio recording.
I lack the technical knowledge to explain why it is so special a guitar album or just so special a music work, period. If you play guitar, it will no doubt make your hair stand on end and perhaps even have your whole body levitate for a little while... If you are just a music lover and if the concept of classical style guitar fingering applied to neo-bop jazz is appealing to you, you will find yourself playing this recording over and over and probably even humming or whistling along with it and learning by ear all sorts of beautiful little melodies and developments, on top of the already seductive repertoire of songs chosen for the set. Virtuoso goes beyond the jazz idiom and reaches into all kinds of stuff, classical styles but also folk music and blues. A sure winner!
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Limited budget release. Only available until December 2004.Jazz CDs
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