Joe Pass
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Guitarists · 1929–1994

Joe Pass

American jazz guitarist

Born
13 January 1929
New Brunswick
Died
23 May 1994
Los Angeles
Country
United States
Record labels
ACT Music, Fantasy, Pacific Jazz Records, Pablo
Discography
59 albums

Biography

Joe Pass was a jazz musician who played guitar. Joe Pass was born on 13 January 1929 in New Brunswick and died on 23 May 1994 in Los Angeles. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: ACT Music, Fantasy, Pacific Jazz Records and Pablo. The discography here lists 59 albums, from “Sounds of Synanon” (1962) to “Virtuoso in New York” (2004).

Joe Pass (born Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalacqua; January 13, 1929 – May 23, 1994) was an American jazz guitarist. Pass recorded and performed live with pianist Oscar Peterson, composer Duke Ellington, and vocalist Ella Fitzgerald, and he is generally esteemed as one of the most notable jazz guitarists of the 20th century for his solo guitar playing, found on recordings such as Virtuoso.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Sounds of Synanon 1962 · Pacific Jazz Catch Me! 1963 · Pacific Jazz 12 String Guitar (Great Motion Picture Themes) 1964 · World Pacific
Chillin' 1964
For Django 1964 · Victor Joy Spring 1964 A Sign of the Times 1966 · World Pacific Simplicity 1967 · World Pacific The Stones Jazz 1967 · World Pacific Guitar Interludes 1969 · Discovery Records Intercontinental 1970 · MPS Better Days 1971 · Gwyn Records Virtuoso 1974 · Pablo Joe Pass at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 1975 · Live · Pablo Virtuoso #2 1977 · Pablo Tudo Bem! 1978 · Pablo "Chops" 1979 · Pablo I Remember Charlie Parker 1979 · Pablo Today Northsea Nights 1980 · Live · Pablo Live Eximious 1982 · Pablo Ira, George and Joe 1982 · Pablo The Complete "Catch Me" Sessions 1982 · Blue Note Live at Long Beach City College 1984 · Live · Pablo Live We'll Be Together Again 1984 Portraits of Duke Ellington 1985 · Pablo Whitestone 1985 · Pablo University of Akron Concert 1986 · Live · Pablo Sound Project 1987 · Polytone Productions Blues for Fred 1988 · Pablo
Copenhagen Jazz Festival 1988 1988 · Live
One for My Baby 1989 · Pablo Summer Nights 1990 · Pablo Appassionato 1991 · Pablo Rose Room 1991 · Polytone Finally: Live in Stockholm 1992 · Live · EmArcy Joe Pass Quartet Live at Yoshi's 1992 Montreux '77 1992 · Live · Original Jazz Classics Six String Santa 1992 · LaserLight Digital Virtuoso #3 1992 · Original Jazz Classics Virtuoso Live! 1992 · Live · Pablo Virtuoso No. 4 1992 · Pablo What's New 1992 · Live · Jazzette My Song 1993 · Telarc Jazz
Play Hank Williams 1994
Songs for Ellen 1994 Love Walked In 1995 · Alfa Jazz
Roy Clark & Joe Pass Play Hank Williams 1995
Duets 1996 · Pablo In Hamburg 1997 · ACT Blues Dues: Live at Long Beach City College 1998 · Live · Original Jazz Classics Checkmate 1998 · Original Jazz Classics Joe's Blues 1998 · LaserLight Digital Unforgettable 1998 · Pablo Resonance 2000 · Live · Pablo What Is There to Say: Joe Pass Solo Guitar 2001 · Pablo Meditation: Solo Guitar 2002 · Live · Pablo Virtuoso in New York 2004 · Pablo
1990-03-15: Elder Hall, Adelaide, Australia · Live
Joe Pass on Guitar

Also plays on

Albums where Joe Pass is credited as a sideman

1962 Brasamba! — Bud Shank / Clare Fischer / Joe Pass guitar
1963 Yesterday’s Love Songs / Today’s Blues — Nancy Wilson guitar
1963 Jazz Time — Earl Bostic guitar
1964 Soul Hits — Les McCann guitar
1964 Stretchin' Out — The Jazz Crusaders guitar
1966 All Through the Night: Julie London Sings the Choicest of Cole Porter — Julie London with The Bud Shank Quintet guitar
1970 Blood, Chet and Tears — Chet Baker guitar
1970 Cello Quartet — Roger Kellaway guitar
1971 A Time — Sarah Vaughan guitar
1974 Take Love Easy — Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass guitar
1974 Duke's Big 4 — Duke Ellington guitar
1974 The Trio — Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass & Niels‐Henning Ørsted Pedersen guitar
1975 The Oscar Peterson Big 6 at Montreux — Oscar Peterson guitar
1975 Happy Time — Roy Eldridge with Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, Ray Brown, Eddie Locke guitar
1975 Jazz at the Philharmonic at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 — Benny Carter/Roy Eldridge/Zoot Sims/Clark Terry/Joe Pass/Tommy Flanagan/Keter Betts/Bobby Durham guitar
1975 Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers — Zoot Sims guitar
1976 Fitzgerald and Pass… Again — Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass guitar
1976 The Big 3 — Milt Jackson / Joe Pass / Ray Brown guitar
1977 "The Giants" — Peterson & Pass & Brown guitar
1977 Quadrant — Milt Jackson, Ray Brown, Joe Pass & Mickey Roker guitar
1978 “Fine and Mellow”: Ella Fitzgerald Jams — Ella Fitzgerald guitar
1978 How Long Has This Been Going On? — Sarah Vaughan guitar
1980 The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big Four — Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Clark Terry, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Joe Pass & Bobby Durham guitar
1980 Duke Ellington Song Book, Volume 2 — Sarah Vaughan guitar
1980 Live At The Northsea Jazz Festival, The Hague, Holland, 1980 — Oscar Peterson electric guitar
1980 All Too Soon: The Ellington Album — Milt Jackson, Ray Brown, Joe Pass & Mickey Roker guitar
1981 Kansas City 6 — Count Basie guitar
1982 The Best Is Yet to Come — Ella Fitzgerald guitar
1982 Face to Face — Oscar Peterson • Freddie Hubbard guitar
1982 “Crazy and Mixed Up” — Sarah Vaughan guitar

Standards written by Joe Pass

TitleKeyFormGroove
Catch Me D minor AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing

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Frequently asked questions

What instrument did Joe Pass play?

Joe Pass is known for playing guitar.

When and where was Joe Pass born?

Joe Pass was born 13 January 1929 in New Brunswick.

What are Joe Pass's best-known albums?

Albums in our database include Sounds of Synanon (1962), Catch Me! (1963), 12 String Guitar (Great Motion Picture Themes) (1964), For Django (1964) and Joy Spring (1964).

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