Song of the Day: Joe Pass, “Jazz Master”

John Holton Song of the Day January 13, 2022January 12, 2022 1 Minute

Jazz guitar virtuoso Joe Pass was born on this day in 1929. He played with Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, and others as well as a bandleader and soloist from 1962 to his death in 1994. In "Jazz Master," recorded sometime in the early ’60’s, he shows that jazz can be played on a solid-body guitar, in this case a Fender Jaguar.

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Published January 13, 2022January 12, 2022

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Bernard Greenberg says:

January 13, 2022 at 07:38

Just astonishing inventiveness and virtuosity. Rick Beato had a recent episode on him; a Pass album was one of his important early influences. Amazng.

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1. John Holton says:
  
  January 13, 2022 at 10:46
  
  I saw the Beato tribute to Joe Pass. He does some really great videos. He did one recently about Chicago’s “Make Me Smile” that gave me a whole new appreciation for it.
  
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  1. Bernard Greenberg says:
    
    January 13, 2022 at 10:51
    
    Beato is a living giant of the “internet (non-classical) musical scene”, such as it is. He deserves your focus one or more days.
    
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