Joe Pass - An Evening With Joe Pass (2004)

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Concert Clinic Interview. An evening with Joe Pass is a very special 90-minute instructional and performance DVD by this legendary jazz guitarist. A camera crew spent the day with Joe as he visited Musicians Institute for a concert and clinic. You'll sit in during the sound check and watch Joe run through some standards in the pre-concert rehearsal with bassist Bob Magnusson and drummer Joe Porcaro. Later, host and fellow guitarist Don Mock talks with Joe about his incredible 50-year career.At concert time, Joe walks on stage to an enthusiastic and packed house. The trio performs many jazz classics including 'Satin Doll,' 'All the Things You Are,' and 'You Don't Know What Love Is.' Joe also plays his solo guitar arrangements of 'Stella by Starlight' and his own 'Solo Piece.'In the clinic portion of the evening, Joe discusses and demonstrates his renowned guitar style. Answering questions from the audience, Joe talks about chord melody and 'playing what you hear.'
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.

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