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| Virtuoso [Japan version] |
| Joe Pass |
| első megjelenés éve: 2008 |
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| 5.860 Ft
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| 1. | Night and Day
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| 2. | Stella by Starlight
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| 3. | Here's That Rainy Day
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| 4. | My Old Flame
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| 5. | How High the Moon
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| 6. | Cherokee
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| 7. | Sweet Lorraine
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| 8. | Have You Met Miss Jones?
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| 9. | 'Round Midnight
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| 10. | All the Things You Are
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| 11. | Blues for Alican
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| 12. | The Song Is You
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Jazz
Recorded at MGM Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California on August 28, 1973
Digitally remastered using 20-bit K2 Super Coding System technology
Solo performer: Joe Pass (guitar)
The appearance of Virtuoso in 1974 transformed guitarist Joe Pass from a musician's musician to an international star. At a time when the unaccompanied format was almost exclusively the province of pianists, and many guitarists were leaning toward jazz/rock, this album set the standard for solo guitar while helping to renew interest in the instrument's pre-fusion tradition. It also left no doubts regarding the technique, imagination, and taste of Pass, whose deep harmonic knowledge, virtuosic speed, ability to sustain momentum while moving in and out of tempo, and elevated sense of form led many to compare his solo efforts to those of piano nonpareil Art Tatum. This music represents the foundation upon which the glory days of Pass's career were built.
* Akira Taguchi - Mastering Supervisor
* Alan Yoshida - Mastering
* Benny Green - Liner Notes
* Dennis Sands - Engineer
* Norman Granz - Producer
* Phil Stern - Cover Photo
* Shigeo Miyamoto - Engineer, Mastering
* Tamaki Beck - Engineering Supervisor, Mastering Supervisor
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.
--- Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Joe Pass
Active Decades: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s
Born: Jan 13, 1929 in New Brunswick, NJ
Died: May 23, 1994 in Los Angeles, CA
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Bop, Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Standards
Joe Pass did the near-impossible. He was able to play up-tempo versions of bop tunes such as "Cherokee" and "How High the Moon" unaccompanied on the guitar. Unlike Stanley Jordan, Pass used conventional (but superb) technique, and his Virtuoso series on Pablo still sounds remarkable decades later.
Joe Pass had a false start in his career. He played in a few swing bands (including Tony Pastor's) before graduating from high school, and was with Charlie Barnet for a time in 1947. But after serving in the military, Pass became a drug addict, serving time in prison and essentially wasting a decade. He emerged in 1962 with a record cut at Synanon, made a bit of a stir with his For Django set, recorded several other albums for Pacific Jazz and World Pacific, and performed with Gerald Wilson, Les McCann, George Shearing, and Benny Goodman (1973).
However, in general Pass maintained a low profile in Los Angeles until he was signed by Norman Granz to his Pablo label. 1973's Virtuoso made him a star and he recorded very prolifically for Pablo, unaccompanied, with small groups, on duo albums with Ella Fitzgerald, and with such masters as Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson, Milt Jackson, and Dizzy Gillespie. Pass remained very active up until his death from cancer.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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