This is the album that made Joe Pass famous. On what was actually his second set of unaccompanied guitar solos (Virtuoso No. 4 from a month earlier was released years later), Pass shows that it is possible to play unaccompanied versions of such up-tempo tunes as "How High the Moon," "Cherokee," and "The Song Is You" on guitar. Pass not only performs the melodies and heated solos, but provides basslines and harmonies while using a conventional technique (unlike Stanley Jordan's later tapping). Pass would record many unaccompanied recordings and perform at numerous solo concerts during the next 20 years; this is the set that started it all, and it is a certified classic. An essential CD. ~ by Scott Yanow (AMG)
Исполнитель: Joe Pass (Guitar, Soloist) Название альбома: Virtuoso Год выпуска: 1973 (Release Date: Dec 1973) Recording Date: Aug 28, 1973 Label: Pablo Time: 51:51 Genre: Jazz Styles: Mainstream Jazz, Bop, Guitar Virtuoso, Solo Instrumental
Track List:
01 - Night and Day (Porter) 3:34 02 - Stella by Starlight (Washington, Young) 5:10 03 - Here's That Rainy Day (Burke, VanHeusen) 3:36 04 - My Old Flame (Burke, Coslow, Johnston) 5:17 05 - How High the Moon (Hamilton, Lewis) 4:59 06 - Cherokee (Noble) 3:38 07 - Sweet Lorraine (Burwell, Parish) 4:09 08 - Have You Met Miss Jones? (Hart, Rodgers) 4:44 09 - 'Round Midnight (Hanighen, Monk, Williams) 3:38 10 - All the Things You Are (Hammerstein, Kern) 4:00 11 - Blues for Alican (Pass) 5:28 12 - The Song Is You (Hammerstein, Kern) 4:33