Joe Pass Recital

[MsMarc1234]

I played Joe Pass' version of Victor Young's beautiful love for mig acceptence into the acedemy of music - it is perfect for showing chords progressions and improvisation range

[Korsaro1]

Wonderfull playng; no comment ...

[MrIlovetopoo]

joe muthafuckin pass ladies and gentlemen!! there is no other its like someone reaching inside you and squezing ur soul till it hurts

[iacozizzle]

when isn't Joe Pass subtly fabulous

[whyfretguitar]

"....I don't know why I played it!?"

[FunkySkunk90]

Just a cool cat playing brilliant music.

[LiberoMan]

0 dislikes yet, let's keep it like that! :D Pass was the greatest! ;)

[Hoopermazing]

I loved Joe Pass, but I'm still going to call a spade a spade. Joe seems high as a kite in this video.

[motreby]

I saw him live in early 90's....I will never forget that day. Being in the presence of an incredible artist is a life time memory.

[scottd291]

God this so sweet it made me cry

[MrTheska24]

he plays with his finger i meen no pick?

[Barnekkid]

When was this?

[Fr3derick]

Awesome!!! Thanks for the share:)

Grandma Mary

[Boblw56]

Thanks for posting this beautiful video

[Jgk446]

As long as there are people who love and understand Joe's playing, there is hope for today's "music".

[jassbo]

@Jgk446 you are right.

[Jgk446]

As long as there are people who love and understand Joe's playing, there is hope for today's music.

[Bop2thebone]

Joe Pass=Time, sound and taste.

[Guitarist2098]

oh my God i'm in heaven don't ever wake me up, I could listen to this forever...oh my God

[goldensleeves]

Wow! I love this

[zinnington]

This is tough to take. Man what a musician. What do we have today? Lady Gagme, and a cultre aimed at a retarded 14 year old mentalityl

[rawbeautifulswing]

Joe took a simple approach to this song, but it is breathtakingly beautiful.

I applaud and salute Joe Pass for his phenomenal command, authority and mastery over the guitar.

He truly plays the guitar and the guitar doesn't play him. It takes a true master to know when to hold back and when to let loose with the fiery chops.

[gemydaloot]

there is never a dull moment in his playing.. Very few guitarists show such creativaty and emotion..

[rawbeautifulswing]

Here's a salute to the amazing, phenomenal, and great Joe Pass. His jazz guitar mastery is very amazing.

This tune was played with such beauty, emotion, and incredible skill and precision. There will always only be one Joe Pass.

[Vulnavia69]

I alwayz hear u

[anthonycrystal33]

what an amazing person!

[gentilguy]

oh that i would love to have the sheet music of this peice... i've never heard joe playing something that slow and touching.

[iamkellen]

REALLY GUYS? EVERYONE knows that Joe Pass studied under Cobain and followed Nirvana tours! He was the #1 Fan!

[imgloda]

thanks i might have been there i saw him live at ucsd and this looks like deja vu

[Starrman1970]

Just fantastic ! What a wonderful guitarist and musician....RIP Mr Pass

[Ronnie335]

Thanks for posting this. Joe was Really Special....

[bitcheznhos]

his style reminds me of kurt cobain from nirvana, especially the song 'polly' you can tell joe studied this sort of guitar technique

[Louzy11]

Dont insult Joe Pass mate!

PS. YAAFM!

[ScotWalt858]

I think Joe invented the technique.

[voodoovictims]

Are you saying that joe pass studied from kurt cobains technique?

[bitcheznhos]

yeah, i think joe pass is playing similar chords in this song. you have to have a good eye like mine to pick them out and analyze them.

[awesomewelles90]

I wish I had a good eye like you and could notice these things but my eyelid got infected and had to be cut off, the doctor said he could rebuild it by grafting on a donor's skin, the skin was someone's foreskin though. The operation was a success but now I'm cock-eyed.

[ricoismybitch]

@voodoovictims he did actually , and joe was honored to be able to play like the great great great kurt cobain

[vetmusician]

Is this your attempt at being funny??? cause your a hell of a comedian!!!

[bitcheznhos]

yes you are correct with the age difference, but my eagle eye can catch certain chord shapes that joe uses that are in most nirvana songs. especially minor chords and power chords. joe uses these extensively thus is copying kobains techinques

[Metalhead3333]

i somehow think bitcheznhos, that you might be a troll. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm *strokes beard*

[Cazaq]

You must be retarded , so by your logic Kurt Cobain invented minor chords and power chords?

Dear god , so Led Zeppelin and all the bands that made the use of power chords popular in rock must have went to the future to see Cobain perform.

Ahem.

[Guitfiddlejase]

@Cazaq wait a minute!

...are you saying there is dude on here who is comparing Kurt Cobain to Joe Pass???

[elduendecillo07]

I have to agree with voodoovictims, Kobain had to learn from Joe Pass, not the other way around, that like saying Miles Davis learn all his technique from Metallica. I have o assume that bitcheznhos just making a joke, I hope so!!!

[jazz1bro]

The cat was for real! Wish I could have met him. Most of the true greats were like him! They didn't have to prove anything.

[amusiathread]

This guy was so amazing, the pinnacle of jazz guitar. I always preferred his style to Wes Montgomery. There's more to it rhythmically.

[Iraqveteran8888]

You could hear a pin drop in that room...

[AmundLauritzen]

Anything else would be heresy :-)

[diseu89]

nor of joke ibzmav........ja

[ibzmav]

[sarcasm] HERMAN LI IS BETTER! [/sarcasm]

[VIKTORMENDOZA]

lol :D

[cagethug]

can i get this hole recital on dvd or somethin like that?

[MrElemental84]

Who would of guessed?! That Joe would be putting his talent behind a melody that came from a Frankenstien movie!! Joe made this tune his own.

[Maryhc67]

Joe speaks! He was a god.

[realymail]

The one and only. Just one more unique, interpretation from Joe Pass. It hits you like noone else does. That is Joe Pass. Thank you "You Tube" to keep his spirit among us.

[Mosin54r]

I wish he was still around . Never got to meet him not even close but I have seen every known clip that hes been in and have to say he maintains humour and a great attitude.

I love how he plays this tune .

[fakestrat57]

What model guitar is that?

[valdrighi]

this is an ibanez jp20, the joe pass model. a very good instrument, with a very solid construction, made in japan. you can find this model on ebay with some lucky.

[lougar1]

This is a fact. Issac Hayes wrote the part out. That sound at the time was fairly new at least in movie soundtracks. The guitarists couldn't read it. So someone suggested they go down the hall where Joe was doing a recording and ask him to do it. He had his Telecaster with him so he went over plugged into the wah wah and played it in one take and left. It's a funny story and true.

[shama2]

JOE PAS IS THE JAZZ FATHER!!

[lougar1]

Well in my opinion he was my favorite. The first Jazz guy was Charlie Christian and there was a player who played with Joe Venuti I think it was Barnes but I can't remember right now. George Van Epps is probably the most amazing in his chord voicing and his ideas. I got to meet him about two weeks before he died at Steamers cafe in Fullerton. It's the best jazz club behind the Orange curtain. Orange county a bastion of conservatism ( except for Laguna beach and some of Fullerton) is called that

[baldlawnmower]

I actually thought Charlie Christian was the first jazz guitar player for a while too, but Eddie Lang and I think Django were before him. Charlie Christian was the first on eletric guitar.

[muli99]

Gibson had to give me the third time a different guitar to please me. In my case the finish was the problem, the sound was great. In years to come, you will start to notice the difference between those guitars you mentioned and gibson es 175, just like I did. I too experimented allot with cheaper guitars, but now I am convinced that gibson for me is much better.

[lougar1]

People always say the older guitars were better but in fact some are not. Some were just not all that well designed. Many guitars of the 70's the CBS for Fender and the Norlin years for Gibson were crap. Not all the guitars but many were just built with green wood and no real care or pride. In the 90's the Gibsons and Fenders were very well made. Gibson made a guitar that looked like a can opener in the late 70's why no one knows? Old guitars sound better because they have been played in.

[lougar1]

If a guitar is played by a great player it will sound better because they play all over and develop the sound and range of the instrument. This is true of good violins. Not true of wine. LOL. Aging also makes the wood oxidize and become lighter and more stiff. It resonates better because it drys out. I once purchased a collection and in it was a 1956 strat in the original case with tags never played. Sounded like crap. This is why one of Joe's guitars would be a great buy. You might refret it.

[orlandoCF1]

Joe's ES175 and his D'Aquisto sounded better than the Ibanez or the Epiphone. Joe sounded great playing anything but the quality of those instruments really shined. One must realize that the ES175 that Joe played was fairly old. The newer ones dont sound that great. The 335's dont either.

[muli99]

I am not so sure if the new ES 175 sound bad. To me they all have uniformed sound. Maybe the old ones were better build.

[orlandoCF1]

I love the ES175 but I tried a couple of them and were not impressed considering the cost. I have a Bradley copy from the "70's" that sounds and feels better than the newer guitars. You can now buy an Ibanez or Epiphone that will compare with the Gibsons in sound and quality. Epiphone makes a great reissue of the ES175 Herb Ellis.

[lougar1]

This is why Joe is my favorite guitarist. I would say Jazz guitarist but if I was on a deserted Island with one guitarist to listen to it would be Joe. I used to see him at Dantes and at the Namm show. He would say hi with just a nod. Screw the show I just sat and listened to him play. He was the greatest! Like that guy said he could down you with one note and then another and you would be choking down tears of joy and sadness at once.

[ikkenmushou]

Well said.

I think he has, how to say, some "hipnotic" feel...

[rockfieldstone]

^ awsome!!!if could only listen to one guitarist it would be joe too.i was weened on jazz at dantes as a child..and randy aldcroft's garage..neat for you to mention dante's.cool..many great players graced their stage.,whew.....pass is etched into my physci.if i could play,thats what id play.thats what goes through my head.i live for dynamics,lol.or in my little mind...feelings,nothing more but.........

[slappingbelly]

amazing. i just wish they muted his mic while he was playing. the breathing is annoying. grrrr

[paolomanueldec]

I believe that his 175 sounds better than this ibanez... but most of his sound is in his own hands anyway, he could play a crappy squire and would still sound good.

[lougar1]

This is his Ibanez but it has been modified with a Buscarini tail piece and I bet he changed the pickup. I would love to get my hands on this guitar but it was made around 76-80. Frankly there is nothing special about a 175. it is all plywood with straight bracing and a rosewood board. Unlike a Johnny Smith that is a carved tuned maple top with x bracing on some. I have a Smith that I had Heritage custom build with a Buscarini tailpiece ebony pikgaurd and Benedetto pickup.

[KacanuHa]

The phenomenal playing of this guitar virtuoso is unmatched by the players of our days. Yet he was very humble and a nice person. 5 stars.. I doubt anyone could give less....

[Yoruboy]

Fantastic stuff.

[basilcumin]

Its a Ibanez

[lougar1]

This is the Joe Pass Ibanez. made from 76 to 1983.

He got endorsed by Epiphone/ Gibson and they made that other Joe Pass guitar not of as good a quality. He also owned a Jimmy D'Aquisto he uses on Virtuoso. Joe Pass did the wakawaka wahwah guitar rhythm on Shaft. He used a Tele. No one could read the part so Joe was down the hall and they got him to do it. LOL.

[SphereAcidBurn]

He also played a ES-175 in the 70's he did'nt like playing the Ibanez so he only played it outside the U.S but in the U.S he mostly used a Jimmy D'Aquisto

[lougar1]

Yes most of the time he played the ES 175. They sound pretty good. But they are a plywood guitar not anything like the D'Aquisto. But Joe could play any guitar and sound good. He did his last recordings on a nylon string guitar. Songs for Ellen and Unforgettable are on Nylon string. I don't know what guitar he used but the guitar did not sound all that great. He sounded great as always.

[doublealufwaffe]

Joe Pass played the wakawaka wahwah guitar rythym on shaft?!

[jkip44]

Does anyone know what kind of guitar Joe is playing?

[UlugOzkan]

Greatest bebop guitarist ever.

[hands107]

Salute him!

[rakmanenuff2]

joe pass... man i'm lost for words. what a master and complete musician. and what captivating, beautiful playing.

just as one note/chord has me tears he hits

another one, then another one, with no letup, and *then* he does some ridiculous supergroovy run just to f**k it up completely! :)

[talhavai]

such grace....

[earsoup]

intimate and beautiful !

[PattoJB]

thank you Joe!

[Korsaro1]

A genius, meraviglioso.

[vojto03]

Wonderful sound and Great Reharmonization By This guitar GENIUS!

[bolero1990]

great song...played by the greatest...;)