Joe Pass

 

Artist:  Joe Pass
Birth Name:  Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalaqua
Born:  January 13, 1929.  New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Died:  May 23, 1994 (Aged 65).  Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop. Mainstream Jazz, Guitar Jazz. Jazz Instrument, Standards
Occupation:  Guitarist, Composer
Instruments:  Guitar

Joe Pass was an American Jazz Guitarist and Composer.  He is considered one of the greatest Jazz guitarists of the 20th century.  He created possibilities for Jazz Guitar through his style of chord-melody, and his use of walking basslines and counterpoint during improvisation.  He worked often with pianist Oscar Peterson and vocalist Ella Fitzgerald.

Title:   For Django (Blue Note Tone Poet Series (2022)

Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop. Mainstream Jazz, Guitar Jazz. Jazz Instrument, Standards

Label:  Blue Note Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Django (3:19)

 2.  Rosetta (3:16)

 3.  Nuages (2:30)

 4.  For Django (3:20)

 5.  Night And Day (3:43)

Side Two:

 1.  Fleur D' Ennui (2:50)

 2.  Insensiblement (Once When We Were Young) (3:10)

 3.  Cavalerie (4:20)

 4.  Django's Castle (3:47)

 5.  Limehouse Blues (2:10)

Personnel:

Joe Pass:  Guitar

John Pisano:  Guitar

Jim Hughart:  Bass

Colin Bailey:  Drums

For Django is an album by Joe Pass, originally released on October by Pacific Jazz Records, remastered and reissued on February 4, 2022 by Blue Note Records, featuring John Pisano, Jim Hughart and Colin Bailey.  180 Gram Vinyl.