Great sound, great playing and needless to say a great number! You inspired me to post a version of myself playing the same great composition. I hope that you like it. Best wishes, Dave, (Small Days)
I'm going to work through this book so when I pick up a high end jazz box at the Guitar Center I have something to play other than Good Times Bad Times, no but seriously this video inspired me to learn some jazz, I'm done with my rock/metal phase
superb!..gorgeous playing! great tone too! takes a lot of heart and soul to learn a Joe Pass solo! (that's why the negative comments usually come from the lazy with no uploads of their own playing "after a few drinks":) and with 13 total upload views (i get it all the time Lol!) if you can play joe pass... there's no where you cannot go..just a matter of choice and taste..Benson,Hendrix,Gambale? you already have the work ethic! Enjoyed :)
Great job! it´s such a difficult piece that just getting though it is an achievement. If you practice it until your fingers bleed ( you know what I mean) then maybe in time you can play it so it flows like Joe. it´s not just a question of imagining a band or having a few drinks.I enjoyed it anyway.
Ok, bleakanddivine obviously knows what model instrument he's playing. You folks at home can't tell if it's a carved top or not but there is another way to tell. The L4CES has the rhythm pickup right at the end of the fingerboard. The ES 175 has the rhythm pickup a small distance from the end of the fingerboard. Now you know.
Thank you for posting this and (the other Joe Pass transcription videos), it is helpful for learning. I hope you disregard the ignorant comments by folks who do not get what you are doing. I was fortunate to have seen Joe Pass play live on several occasions, both solo and with ensembles and a big band, always a treat!
The Barney Kessel version is nice but it's a lot more simplistic than this one. You should get the book, it's quite cheap and has some very pretty and sophisticated arrangements.
After listening to this rarrangement of Misty (twice), I lost my words (sigh).. Does make me all the more grateful for having had the opp to enjoy Joe Pass in concert in L.A. not long b4 he left us (played w/Oscar Peterson & Ron Carter). That was sheer adrenaline.....magic. Thanks for this & for Freddym (?) whose performance of Misty linked me here. God bless the internet;-)
I bought an L-4CES back in '95, an all Mahogany model, a beautiful instrument. I wasn't worthy of it, so i returned it for a lesser Gibson. What a fool I was...Nice playing, keep up the good work!
Nice job. I know how hard it is to put those Joe Pass arrangements together; I was assigned Pass' "Blues" by my teacher my freshmen year. When I finally had it "down" and in solid tempo, it still sounded mechanical for the next two years, which was discouraging. This is probably the most demanding jazz literature that has been arranged for guitar, especially Joe Pass' "Misty" (I would know, I have the music to it). You should be very proud of what you accomplished. Technique first, not soul.
i've been playing 35+ years and I know what I like. And I like this. For some reason jazz brings out the cranky critics. As far as I'm concerned I could learn a whole world of stuff right here. I can see exactly what you're doing. I'll learn all the licks and then I'll make it my own. Thanks for the push brother. I dig it!
Very nice. I started playing this one for the 1st time 20 years ago but got stuck around the last staff on the first page; those chords around the 12th & 13th positions threw me.
Don't listen to any twit who tells you this is soulless; I'm sure you don't want to be a carbon coy of JP anyway. The purpose of playing these transcriptions is to learn from the effort.
I am sure you learned a lot from that study.
You have a great career in jazz guitar ahead of you if you're not already amidst it.
Yes of course it's supposed to have soul and feel loose. But I'm sure you're concentrating as hard as you can and trying to make the changes as quick as possible.
Lovely sound, all the right notes/chords.......but souless, like a sequencer. Played parrot fashion from notation or tab, have a few drinks - -play a simple blues - -see what happens.
soulless is a word that should not be used ever, because it is never true. Also the concept of getting intoxicated, even slightly, before a performance because it will make you feel it more is ridiculous. learn to tap into your emotions without substances.
How would loosening up and playing a soulful blues instead help anyone working through the JP book and learning to play this specific written out exercise?
@bleakanddivine sounds great .stumbled upon this by acccident learning to play this tune right now this video is actually helping alot! and to that other guys comment, have a drink and play blues?? almost anyone can get drunk and hack away on a blues scale for an hour and pretend they have "soul" haha, Ive been playing in punk+rock n roll bands for over 13 years, blues isnt that much differnet, repetative and much more simple to play than a Joe Pass chord solo piece... keep it up sounds great
@debussy2002 People like you who are not so good at guitar and use Penotonic scale to make yourself think your so good cause you can play "blues" are always trying to sound smart when jazz players can play things out of this world i bet you cant even sight read sheet music. Blues is always a simple pattern when Jazz is very hard and takes years to do.
@TheBeatlesCom haha sight reading music has nothing to do with a musicians skill level. Joe Pass didnt know how to read music. I think all debussy was trying to say was hey man try and develop more of feel and dont just play notes.
@debussy2002 Claude, my man. Pieces such as those in the Joe Pass book are not intended to be "real" jazz -- they're etudes. Music intended to teach. Imagine how many new voicings, new rhythms, new ideas for bass lines and voice-leading... imagine all the stuff that bleakanddivine now has - "owns" - that he didn't know, didn't "have" BEFORE he worked his arse off and learned this complex piece. I'm impressed by this playing - hope I can do as well some day.
@debussy2002 I disagree. I felt this piece was wonderfully expressive. Just because he didn't improvise and/or fiddle with JP's version doesn't make it soulless.
@debussy2002 it's obvious that the performer is a student of jazz guitar, and has done well to complete the composition, you've made quite an ignorant comment/ observation, have a few drinks? what are you on about? debussy you fool
This isn't smoke on the water. This is a very difficult song. The soul is present when you realize the countless hours of practice it takes to get to this level.
@bleakanddivine It's not just carved - it's spruce instead of maple on 175. And it has ebony fingerboard, and neck pickup closer to neck (there's a gap between neck and neck pickup on 175).
I worked the Joe Pass book when I was 21 . Now I'm 52 . What Mr.Debussy says
is correct , to a point . Yes you have all the movements together . Now try to hear a band , a trio behind you . Bring up the tempo a bit so it FLOWS . Think of this for a moment ... When you read a book , do you read word by word or phrase by phrase
that are CONNECTED . I have no problem with what you showed here . Now practice the piece in full time as if there was a band behind you .
Wow, that was beautiful! 5 stars......what is the big difference between the L5 and the175. ( likes and dislikes )I wonder about the price difference also..THANX..DALLAS
hey what kind of amp are you using. I have an epiphone joe pass emperor 2 model which has a great sound but my fender blues deluxe reissue takes away some of the jazzy meloness. Do you have any suggestions?
get something without a master volume for one thing(no 'gain' controls) My suggestion go for something like a deluxe reverb or even one of the smaller like a fender champ. There are many others, but a deluze reverb is a great start.
Good Job! Love those L4's, I have one, I purchased back in 1987, It's aged real nice, I don't take it out anymore, I just keep it home for practice. I use an Ibanez Ah73 , And a few others to play with others.
Very nice. Smooth it out a bit and you'll sound just like the old boy. The top on your L4 is aging very nicely. You should consider going to an all wood (ebony) bridge and compensated saddle. The tone will be a lot warmer
this is some very nice playing but ibmmms was right about many of the chord voicing being wrong(if you are going by the joe pass chord solos book). I know jazz is all about making a song your own but in this case some of the melody is lost without the right voicings. anyway it was still an amazing performance.
So which voicings do you think are wrong then? Can you give some examples i.e. which chords in which bars and how they are wrong? I'd be genuinely interested in knowing this.
one example: in this arrangement, the first chord on bar three, (the b flat chord at about 0:17) consist of the notes B flat, A flat, D natural, and G natural. what you played still sounds good but it wasn't the written chord.
It's not Bb13 with a G in the score, the highest note is F, and confusingly Bbmi7 is written above it, which implies Db, which is how I played it, all on 6th fret Ab, Db, F. OK, I missed the bass Bb, but you're talking about getting the melody right, which it is.
In fact, having looked at the piece, every other Eb7 chord that appears is always preceded by its ii chord Bbmi7, never by Bb7, so I would go so far as to say that the D nat on the staff is a typo error and should have been notated as Db.
Bbmi7 is the implied chord which does make it a little confusing but Bb dominant7 is intended the first time around because the next chord which is a diminished chord has the d in it also which then resolves in the next chord where the d is flatted. you're right its not a g its an f on the high note so you are playing the melody right its just the dominant followed by diminished chord sounds pretty cool there. It's really just splitting hairs because it was a very impressive performance still.
Bar 2 of each A and B section is a variation on that basic Bbmi7 chordal lick, which makes me think that first Db accidental has just been put against the wrong chord. That Bbmi7 Eb7 move is like a ready-made building block that he just slots in there each time. I don't think he would be changing it to Bb7>dim on one arbitrary occasion. In fact it illustrates well how these exercises show that you can approach chord melody with a toolkit of different 'modules' to mix and match with.
Bravo--now close your eyes and hear the passing notes connecting---you already know them---hear the pulse of the beat in your heart---try to cut all the pauses out. I've been playin' for 40 yrs and I couldn't do what you just did but I'd blow your doors off at what I play. Please keep it up--Joe would be proud!
Good job, I am working through this myself although it will take me a while to get throught the reading portion of it. Isn't it amazing how many people criticize something when it's obvious they can't do it better? I never take criticism seriously from anybody who I've never heard play...
Look at arrangement again. You have - if indeed you are going by this arrangement from chord solo book - many incorrect notes. Looking very carefully at this and cleaning up some of these chord voicings will add alot to what you are doing. Jazzbox has this nailed also when he talks about the phrasing. Keep going - you seem young - this will happen eventually
you have a great sound. try phrasing the chords into 'lines' of melody, as at the moment you are just 'plonking them' and the solo does not really make much sense.
Divide the solo up into lines and play these lines more legato. Come on, I dare ya!
Great job. Now just think that that tremendous effort you made was to match something Joe did spontaneously... After learning something like that is when we really, really appreciate what an absolute monster of the guitar Joe Pass was.
Actually Joe wrote this out to be published in a tutorial book, so it wasn't spontaneous. It may have taken him months for all you know. Nice try as far as belittling the poster's playing ability though...
It would be wonderful to hear your great work with out the reverb....or if you must have it...cut it back 90%. You are too good...and the reverb takes everything away from your gifted technique
Yes endeed,it' s an L- 4 ; you can see that for example , because the main pickup is next to the neck, and in the 175, there is a space between neck and pickup!
It must be difficult to give that cind of jazzmusic rythem, (especially when playing alone; without bass, drums or somthing), and still give the music a lot of feeling. Nice warm sound by the way. god jobb
It's really difficult. I've been working on this solo for a few weeks-this time around-I've had the book for 30 years! Some of the triplet and 16th note passages are really hard to swing, even with fingers. Joe Pass played arrangements like this in time, not rubato, and they swung deeply. That's why i say-go for that, I'm not giving up til I nail it!
OK-there's the Misty solo. First of all, thanks for posting it. It's a difficult solo to play, and it's great to see the voicings coming together as a single performance. This is both a learning tool and a beautiful version of Misty. the reason some people are having a hard time recognizing it is because it's so difficult to play with a swinging feel-something Joe Pass always did, and made look and sound easy. Go for the feel, brother. I'm right behind you.
I like this a lot, it's really nice. The only suggestion I have is that when you're playing those quarter note block chords, there seems to be a lot of space in between. Try and make the transitions more fluid and I think that would really make a big difference.
Cheers for your comment - I just think folk should be able to search for Wes Montgomery or Joe Pass etc and find those clips first. It'd be fine if other players put their own name first and perhaps added 'As by Joe Pass' or similar.
He's playing with someone else's voice - and thus building his own voice. At some point he'll do his own thing and if he worked hard enough and chose the right influences a new voice will come into the world. And in that same period you sat on your computer posting negative comments on youtube
Whoa.... the Secret of Jazz(TM)was passed to some schmuck making comments on youtube, but not to the great Joe Pass, who wrote this 'tasteless' exercise???
its easier to learn from this vid than from Joe himself playing. this guy may not hav much comfort playing in time but the chords are rightly placed and one day if he keeps practisn he myt b lyk Joe Pass the master
Great sound, great playing and needless to say a great number! You inspired me to post a version of myself playing the same great composition. I hope that you like it. Best wishes, Dave, (Small Days)
SmallDays1 4 months ago
I'm going to work through this book so when I pick up a high end jazz box at the Guitar Center I have something to play other than Good Times Bad Times, no but seriously this video inspired me to learn some jazz, I'm done with my rock/metal phase
WoWintosh 6 months ago 3
@WoWintosh Hey, I like 'Good Times, Bad Times' just as much, but in a different way. Never tried it as a chord melody piece though.
bleakanddivine 6 months ago
superb!..gorgeous playing! great tone too! takes a lot of heart and soul to learn a Joe Pass solo! (that's why the negative comments usually come from the lazy with no uploads of their own playing "after a few drinks":) and with 13 total upload views (i get it all the time Lol!) if you can play joe pass... there's no where you cannot go..just a matter of choice and taste..Benson,Hendrix,Gambale? you already have the work ethic! Enjoyed :)
newislandguitar 8 months ago
Beautiful guitar... :-) And playing.
Cleverhill 9 months ago
really nice interpretation
Lovely indeed
stratcatavarious 9 months ago
Great job! it´s such a difficult piece that just getting though it is an achievement. If you practice it until your fingers bleed ( you know what I mean) then maybe in time you can play it so it flows like Joe. it´s not just a question of imagining a band or having a few drinks.I enjoyed it anyway.
stephen25uk 10 months ago
Forget the moronic comments by wanna-be players. Sounds very nice to me. Well done!
scooteroo 1 year ago
I love your sound and think there's a wonderful warmth there!
MrMconklin 1 year ago
Yes it does sound sterile.
It's recorded in a living room/bedroom through a camera!!! Of course it isn't going to have the same warmth.
TimJMorrison 1 year ago
Ok, bleakanddivine obviously knows what model instrument he's playing. You folks at home can't tell if it's a carved top or not but there is another way to tell. The L4CES has the rhythm pickup right at the end of the fingerboard. The ES 175 has the rhythm pickup a small distance from the end of the fingerboard. Now you know.
Marc329 1 year ago
You're reading your ass off. Great job.
edgarallenhoe 1 year ago
@edgarallenhoe My thoughts exactly!
orsvend 1 year ago
Very good.
What´s "Joe Pass Chord Solos" ? A songbook or a method ?
betomunhoz 1 year ago
WOW what tone
waitaminute991 1 year ago
debussy probably can't play. Your chording sounds great to me. Nice tone and clarity. Keep pickin'.
taterx 1 year ago 2
Awesome!
emosucks89 1 year ago
I really like the sound of your guitar, and you play with great clarity :)
Jimmyismyfriend14 1 year ago
Hey bleakanddivine! how long did it take you to get it down? and has this tune helped you improve musically?
nuke97 1 year ago
beautiful
SIRONEDRAGON 1 year ago
excellent!! what amp u using?
yahoochiewatchie 1 year ago
Thanks so much for all your hard work, from those of us who are in the Joe Pass "appreciation society" :-) .
Gminor7 1 year ago
Great work man!
AppleTheGreat76 1 year ago
Thank you for posting this and (the other Joe Pass transcription videos), it is helpful for learning. I hope you disregard the ignorant comments by folks who do not get what you are doing. I was fortunate to have seen Joe Pass play live on several occasions, both solo and with ensembles and a big band, always a treat!
steviegtr 1 year ago
I Perfer the Barney Kessel version. but this ones good too.
TheBeatlesCom 1 year ago
The Barney Kessel version is nice but it's a lot more simplistic than this one. You should get the book, it's quite cheap and has some very pretty and sophisticated arrangements.
awesomewelles90 1 year ago
whoa,i get misty just watching u play that beautiful guitar. as clean as the amp sounds,it's a Roland?
rocknrolldaddio 1 year ago
there is a book
herrmannator101 1 year ago
Is there a book with these JP transcriptions, or did you do it yourself?
fishqwer 2 years ago
Speechless.
After listening to this rarrangement of Misty (twice), I lost my words (sigh).. Does make me all the more grateful for having had the opp to enjoy Joe Pass in concert in L.A. not long b4 he left us (played w/Oscar Peterson & Ron Carter). That was sheer adrenaline.....magic. Thanks for this & for Freddym (?) whose performance of Misty linked me here. God bless the internet;-)
cali4nia4me 2 years ago
That is one gorgeous gitbox you got there
fenderstratguy 2 years ago
Is two hours to remember this long?
ppedalen 2 years ago
I practice the same melody and arrengement by joe pass.
Cant play it yet, will proberly take 14 day's more..
But rememberd it on 2 hours...Is that slow iff i wanna become a musician
ppedalen 2 years ago
I bought an L-4CES back in '95, an all Mahogany model, a beautiful instrument. I wasn't worthy of it, so i returned it for a lesser Gibson. What a fool I was...Nice playing, keep up the good work!
Rich915 2 years ago
Hi greatly played...would love to be able to play that...you dont have any tabs on this do you??If so could you possibly please post it??
Again thanks for this beatyful tune..
best regards Micael from Sweden
micaelsv 2 years ago
Really awesome job :D! That's a lot of chords to deal with!
MikeTheAnnoying 2 years ago
here you`ll get an overdose of chords. Lol.
roxiereuben 2 years ago
Nice job. I know how hard it is to put those Joe Pass arrangements together; I was assigned Pass' "Blues" by my teacher my freshmen year. When I finally had it "down" and in solid tempo, it still sounded mechanical for the next two years, which was discouraging. This is probably the most demanding jazz literature that has been arranged for guitar, especially Joe Pass' "Misty" (I would know, I have the music to it). You should be very proud of what you accomplished. Technique first, not soul.
Peanutpaw 2 years ago
Regardin this being an l4 , his touch is nice, but this is like the high end standard jazz guitar, beautiful instrument.
cm0220ster 2 years ago
what is soul? WHAT IS HIP! can ya tell meh! tell meh!
theecto1 2 years ago
If ya have to ask... you'll never know.
Exmech2 2 years ago
nice guitar dude
GnRafa 2 years ago
beautiful guitar...
Johnoooh 2 years ago
what kind of guitar does he has
??
iBryFilms 2 years ago
i've been playing 35+ years and I know what I like. And I like this. For some reason jazz brings out the cranky critics. As far as I'm concerned I could learn a whole world of stuff right here. I can see exactly what you're doing. I'll learn all the licks and then I'll make it my own. Thanks for the push brother. I dig it!
larryguitar54 2 years ago
It is a Study. It is not meant to be soulfull!
Don't be discouraged. Half of your critics could not even read the notes for this piece.
No TABs for this baby.
Joe Pass didn't play by numbers.
Keep going, man. You have a great career in jazz guitar ahead of you.
violinoscar 2 years ago
Beautiful. The purpose of these studies is to learn from them, not develop soul ( can anyone tell me what soul is?)
I have played professionally for 35 years.
I am sure you learned a lot from this study.
Keep it up, you have a great career in jazz guitar ahead of you.
violinoscar 2 years ago
Very nice. I started playing this one for the 1st time 20 years ago but got stuck around the last staff on the first page; those chords around the 12th & 13th positions threw me.
Don't listen to any twit who tells you this is soulless; I'm sure you don't want to be a carbon coy of JP anyway. The purpose of playing these transcriptions is to learn from the effort.
I am sure you learned a lot from that study.
You have a great career in jazz guitar ahead of you if you're not already amidst it.
violinoscar 2 years ago
Yes of course it's supposed to have soul and feel loose. But I'm sure you're concentrating as hard as you can and trying to make the changes as quick as possible.
I would be.
Semach4444 2 years ago
Lovely sound, all the right notes/chords.......but souless, like a sequencer. Played parrot fashion from notation or tab, have a few drinks - -play a simple blues - -see what happens.
debussy2002 2 years ago
soulless is a word that should not be used ever, because it is never true. Also the concept of getting intoxicated, even slightly, before a performance because it will make you feel it more is ridiculous. learn to tap into your emotions without substances.
khbgkh 2 years ago
How would loosening up and playing a soulful blues instead help anyone working through the JP book and learning to play this specific written out exercise?
bleakanddivine 2 years ago 41
@bleakanddivine sounds great .stumbled upon this by acccident learning to play this tune right now this video is actually helping alot! and to that other guys comment, have a drink and play blues?? almost anyone can get drunk and hack away on a blues scale for an hour and pretend they have "soul" haha, Ive been playing in punk+rock n roll bands for over 13 years, blues isnt that much differnet, repetative and much more simple to play than a Joe Pass chord solo piece... keep it up sounds great
PaulSociety 1 year ago
@debussy2002 People like you who are not so good at guitar and use Penotonic scale to make yourself think your so good cause you can play "blues" are always trying to sound smart when jazz players can play things out of this world i bet you cant even sight read sheet music. Blues is always a simple pattern when Jazz is very hard and takes years to do.
TheBeatlesCom 1 year ago
@TheBeatlesCom haha sight reading music has nothing to do with a musicians skill level. Joe Pass didnt know how to read music. I think all debussy was trying to say was hey man try and develop more of feel and dont just play notes.
ironman14eddie 1 year ago
@debussy2002 i notice you have no videos of yourself playing even a simple blues. you sound like the archetypal armchair expert
algoriddm 1 year ago
@debussy2002 Claude, my man. Pieces such as those in the Joe Pass book are not intended to be "real" jazz -- they're etudes. Music intended to teach. Imagine how many new voicings, new rhythms, new ideas for bass lines and voice-leading... imagine all the stuff that bleakanddivine now has - "owns" - that he didn't know, didn't "have" BEFORE he worked his arse off and learned this complex piece. I'm impressed by this playing - hope I can do as well some day.
inky960 1 year ago
@debussy2002 I disagree. I felt this piece was wonderfully expressive. Just because he didn't improvise and/or fiddle with JP's version doesn't make it soulless.
MikeTheAnnoying 1 year ago
@debussy2002 it's obvious that the performer is a student of jazz guitar, and has done well to complete the composition, you've made quite an ignorant comment/ observation, have a few drinks? what are you on about? debussy you fool
isleoforkney 1 year ago
it's a really nice sound, but, you play it with no soul!
YouMakeMeFeelSeaSick 2 years ago
This isn't smoke on the water. This is a very difficult song. The soul is present when you realize the countless hours of practice it takes to get to this level.
everennui1 2 years ago
I understand that! I've partially learnt it myself but aren't I allowed to give him some advice>? jees. I'm sure he wants to improve.
YouMakeMeFeelSeaSick 2 years ago
what you gave him wasnt advice. its like telling a kid who's gotten bad grades that if he wasn't such an idiot he'd do better. real helpful, no?
khbgkh 2 years ago
great job man hey is that a 175??
thanks
Rickyyy001 2 years ago
It's an L4, carved top version of a 175.
bleakanddivine 2 years ago
@bleakanddivine It's not just carved - it's spruce instead of maple on 175. And it has ebony fingerboard, and neck pickup closer to neck (there's a gap between neck and neck pickup on 175).
Great guitar by the way ! ))
Good playing too )
Vombatik 1 year ago
@Rickyyy001
I worked the Joe Pass book when I was 21 . Now I'm 52 . What Mr.Debussy says
is correct , to a point . Yes you have all the movements together . Now try to hear a band , a trio behind you . Bring up the tempo a bit so it FLOWS . Think of this for a moment ... When you read a book , do you read word by word or phrase by phrase
that are CONNECTED . I have no problem with what you showed here . Now practice the piece in full time as if there was a band behind you .
jsm355 1 year ago 4
@jsm355 This isn't a band piece, it's arranged for solo guitar.
bleakanddivine 1 year ago 5
good attempt
BillyC15 2 years ago
Love the sound of this guitar...
PatPradana 2 years ago 3
nice gibson flying v
Mooktopia 2 years ago
lol
TheiPodTouchFreak 2 years ago
Wow, that was beautiful! 5 stars......what is the big difference between the L5 and the175. ( likes and dislikes )I wonder about the price difference also..THANX..DALLAS
Tototwice 2 years ago
thats a beautiful guitar.
skrbeleven 2 years ago
In the book, is there an error at the 3rd bar? The D in the ''Bbmi7'' should be flat.
Sim2428 2 years ago
@Sim2428
Should be.
I'm playing this song as a study as well. I thought I wasn't wrong! :D
koreanhendrix93 1 year ago
Very nice. Over the years I have had a crack at this one a few times. You play it beautifully.
violinoscar 2 years ago
GUITAR PICK! EVIL!
PhiyukYu 2 years ago 3
muy bien
maral91 2 years ago
this tone is beautiful
ellusionist32 2 years ago
Where did you get the chords ?
Nice job !!!
ajhk92 2 years ago
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funkbeastbasslover 2 years ago
Very good effort!
I totally recommend this book... no frills, no bullshit tab, just the hard yards... all arranged by the master himself!!
citymusictuition 2 years ago
Good job man !!
guistar4life 2 years ago
Nice work on a difficult arrangement.
joe4jazz 2 years ago
Thanks my friend.
Awesone !!
miomao69 2 years ago
Bellissississimo!
TheThinkerMusic 2 years ago
is this book worth getting??
Posercorpse 2 years ago
does it sound like it?
Tangerinemustang 2 years ago
Love your tone, and great playing too!
mattek92 2 years ago 2
Bravo ma gli accordi vogliono più legati. Il tutto è un po meccanico e sporco .
gabri3l367 2 years ago
You shouldn't play it with a pick if your hoping to sound like Joe for Misty
jamboliboli 2 years ago 2
that´s a good version of misty thanks to upload it...GOD bless u...
Alvarikoke16 2 years ago
yeah, this is too sober, and very mechanical. although better than what i could probably do at this point.
TheRealEricLester 2 years ago
whatever dude
grumpy723 2 years ago
trhis sounds a bit too stone cold sober
for Joe on this song....which is ok....
what happens happens....and changes...
and ...
frawgface 3 years ago
The guitar sound is very nice,of couse,your play is nice,too.
porinkii11 3 years ago
I like the guitar sound.
I think you very good
Yaosedroo 3 years ago
nice sound... what's your guitar ?
stratoboy78 3 years ago
please add more videos of you playing from joe pass chord solos. It would be cool to here "watch what happens".
chewydavis 3 years ago
hey what kind of amp are you using. I have an epiphone joe pass emperor 2 model which has a great sound but my fender blues deluxe reissue takes away some of the jazzy meloness. Do you have any suggestions?
fenderfatstrat1993 3 years ago
get something without a master volume for one thing(no 'gain' controls) My suggestion go for something like a deluxe reverb or even one of the smaller like a fender champ. There are many others, but a deluze reverb is a great start.
RNRDOLL 3 years ago
love those jazz voicings. Good job
chrisfostermusic 3 years ago
Good Job! Love those L4's, I have one, I purchased back in 1987, It's aged real nice, I don't take it out anymore, I just keep it home for practice. I use an Ibanez Ah73 , And a few others to play with others.
Roger59Dodge 3 years ago
Very nice. Smooth it out a bit and you'll sound just like the old boy. The top on your L4 is aging very nicely. You should consider going to an all wood (ebony) bridge and compensated saddle. The tone will be a lot warmer
70soloman 3 years ago
this is some very nice playing but ibmmms was right about many of the chord voicing being wrong(if you are going by the joe pass chord solos book). I know jazz is all about making a song your own but in this case some of the melody is lost without the right voicings. anyway it was still an amazing performance.
txranger63 3 years ago
So which voicings do you think are wrong then? Can you give some examples i.e. which chords in which bars and how they are wrong? I'd be genuinely interested in knowing this.
bleakanddivine 3 years ago
one example: in this arrangement, the first chord on bar three, (the b flat chord at about 0:17) consist of the notes B flat, A flat, D natural, and G natural. what you played still sounds good but it wasn't the written chord.
txranger63 3 years ago
It's not Bb13 with a G in the score, the highest note is F, and confusingly Bbmi7 is written above it, which implies Db, which is how I played it, all on 6th fret Ab, Db, F. OK, I missed the bass Bb, but you're talking about getting the melody right, which it is.
bleakanddivine 3 years ago
In fact, having looked at the piece, every other Eb7 chord that appears is always preceded by its ii chord Bbmi7, never by Bb7, so I would go so far as to say that the D nat on the staff is a typo error and should have been notated as Db.
bleakanddivine 3 years ago
Bbmi7 is the implied chord which does make it a little confusing but Bb dominant7 is intended the first time around because the next chord which is a diminished chord has the d in it also which then resolves in the next chord where the d is flatted. you're right its not a g its an f on the high note so you are playing the melody right its just the dominant followed by diminished chord sounds pretty cool there. It's really just splitting hairs because it was a very impressive performance still.
txranger63 3 years ago
Bar 2 of each A and B section is a variation on that basic Bbmi7 chordal lick, which makes me think that first Db accidental has just been put against the wrong chord. That Bbmi7 Eb7 move is like a ready-made building block that he just slots in there each time. I don't think he would be changing it to Bb7>dim on one arbitrary occasion. In fact it illustrates well how these exercises show that you can approach chord melody with a toolkit of different 'modules' to mix and match with.
bleakanddivine 3 years ago
aflat7 that's all im saying
txranger63 3 years ago
amazing!!
antonov1983 3 years ago
thats some real nice playing there. complimented by a freakin nice guitar
xdivinebladex 3 years ago
Bravo--now close your eyes and hear the passing notes connecting---you already know them---hear the pulse of the beat in your heart---try to cut all the pauses out. I've been playin' for 40 yrs and I couldn't do what you just did but I'd blow your doors off at what I play. Please keep it up--Joe would be proud!
teleman60 3 years ago
Good job, I am working through this myself although it will take me a while to get throught the reading portion of it. Isn't it amazing how many people criticize something when it's obvious they can't do it better? I never take criticism seriously from anybody who I've never heard play...
jobaba64 3 years ago
awesome job i picked up the same book a little while ago and been learning it myself. always good to check out a good version of it. keep jammin
SixStringPirate 3 years ago
Look at arrangement again. You have - if indeed you are going by this arrangement from chord solo book - many incorrect notes. Looking very carefully at this and cleaning up some of these chord voicings will add alot to what you are doing. Jazzbox has this nailed also when he talks about the phrasing. Keep going - you seem young - this will happen eventually
ibmmms 3 years ago
There are no incorrect notes if it sounds good.
You seem condescending.
imgooley 3 years ago 2
yeah, you are right........there are no incorrect notes. Play whatever you want....sorry to bother you.
ibmmms 3 years ago
Why thank you! I appreciate your well informed and knowledge drenched response.
imgooley 3 years ago
Nice playing but to play this kinda jazz you need to play FINGERSTYLE!!!
cast390 3 years ago
perfect!!
almlima 3 years ago
good.
talos4020 3 years ago
bravo man post some more
thepossessor 3 years ago
you have great technique.
squeadlieshero 3 years ago
Fantastic. I really enjoyed your playing. Shit that's a lot of chords to remember????
jdrichard01 3 years ago
you have a great sound. try phrasing the chords into 'lines' of melody, as at the moment you are just 'plonking them' and the solo does not really make much sense.
Divide the solo up into lines and play these lines more legato. Come on, I dare ya!
jazzbox111 3 years ago
what amp are you using?
you play really well
sonnyboyUK 3 years ago
yes, good question. what amp is this?
nico69l1 3 years ago
No amp, DI through a PodXT Pro, using just the tube preamp patch.
bleakanddivine 3 years ago
Very nice job. But do yourself a favor and forget the pic on this tune. Use your fingers and the tone will be killer.
bobster1250 3 years ago
Great job. Now just think that that tremendous effort you made was to match something Joe did spontaneously... After learning something like that is when we really, really appreciate what an absolute monster of the guitar Joe Pass was.
JPGRMartin 3 years ago
Actually Joe wrote this out to be published in a tutorial book, so it wasn't spontaneous. It may have taken him months for all you know. Nice try as far as belittling the poster's playing ability though...
jobaba64 3 years ago
It would be wonderful to hear your great work with out the reverb....or if you must have it...cut it back 90%. You are too good...and the reverb takes everything away from your gifted technique
UrbanePrince 3 years ago
hank garland
localboy1948 3 years ago
absolutely beautiful tone
timjarrett 3 years ago
I can't help but be impressed and me things learning it on piano might be easier :)
Booyacatcha, you got it.
Hal2222222 3 years ago
A beautiful song, and you play it wonderfully. Bravo.
rockingroove112 3 years ago
does anyone have an mp3 of this played by joe pass??? please i really really need to listen to it played exactly like in the written notes!! thanks!!
lirzy1 3 years ago
very very nice!
Learning it at the moment too, ...
does anyone have an mp3 of this version by joe pass? or knows where i can get it?
i wanna listen to the way its played in time according to the notes...
lirzy1 3 years ago
just I cry
agus5to 3 years ago
Beautifully done! One of my favourite jazz standards that no one does better than Joe Pass.
theriffer 3 years ago
what's the name of your guitar?
guitarzpurenoise 3 years ago
I think it's a Gibson L4. Historic collection, possibly 1996.
sthetix 3 years ago
thank you
guitarzpurenoise 3 years ago
Nope! That's a Gibson ES-175 there. Trust me. :)
GeoStratocaster 2 years ago
Nope! That's a Gibson L4 there. Trust me. :)
bleakanddivine 2 years ago 4
@bleakanddivine lol you might know, since it's yours right....... sounds great man, keep on jazzin
prvthampton 1 year ago
Yes endeed,it' s an L- 4 ; you can see that for example , because the main pickup is next to the neck, and in the 175, there is a space between neck and pickup!
596278 1 year ago
It must be difficult to give that cind of jazzmusic rythem, (especially when playing alone; without bass, drums or somthing), and still give the music a lot of feeling. Nice warm sound by the way. god jobb
adlebadle 3 years ago
It's really difficult. I've been working on this solo for a few weeks-this time around-I've had the book for 30 years! Some of the triplet and 16th note passages are really hard to swing, even with fingers. Joe Pass played arrangements like this in time, not rubato, and they swung deeply. That's why i say-go for that, I'm not giving up til I nail it!
mellodc 3 years ago
Hey Bleak,
OK-there's the Misty solo. First of all, thanks for posting it. It's a difficult solo to play, and it's great to see the voicings coming together as a single performance. This is both a learning tool and a beautiful version of Misty. the reason some people are having a hard time recognizing it is because it's so difficult to play with a swinging feel-something Joe Pass always did, and made look and sound easy. Go for the feel, brother. I'm right behind you.
Peace,
DC
mellodc 3 years ago
I like this a lot, it's really nice. The only suggestion I have is that when you're playing those quarter note block chords, there seems to be a lot of space in between. Try and make the transitions more fluid and I think that would really make a big difference.
bookexceed 3 years ago
Nice tonality..keep it up...on eof my fave songs.
pivo35tongan 3 years ago
I just started tinkering with some jazz chords and scales. It's all new stuff but it helps to have other styles of music under your belt.
I could not imagine starting as a beginner and trying to do those chords.
If your think D or A is difficult, you have not seen nothing 'til you try a advanced jazz chord.
Now play me some "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana:).
Good job, Perry
fenderperry 3 years ago
Wow. Very nice. I play rock and some blues.
The jazz thing is so different, it looks like your finger get tied and knots:)
fenderperry 3 years ago
When you have a guitar like that you should be that good though
William9422 3 years ago
Keep it up - I enjoyed it. But Could you perhaps not mention Joe Pass in title please? It's best if folk use their your own name. Cheers
raymurdo 3 years ago
I agree with raymurdo.
Your tone is amazing. Good stuff
Markzyisme 3 years ago
Cheers for your comment - I just think folk should be able to search for Wes Montgomery or Joe Pass etc and find those clips first. It'd be fine if other players put their own name first and perhaps added 'As by Joe Pass' or similar.
raymurdo 3 years ago
Joe Pass wrote the arrangement. It's appropriate to give him the credit in the title.
bleakanddivine 3 years ago
amen
anest88 3 years ago
you got to put some more feeling in it
its good tho:)
XLuckieX 3 years ago
great.
magio677 3 years ago
what a great guitar.. it sounds amazing.. what amp are you using?
poprazor 3 years ago
He's playing with someone else's voice - and thus building his own voice. At some point he'll do his own thing and if he worked hard enough and chose the right influences a new voice will come into the world. And in that same period you sat on your computer posting negative comments on youtube
andocrates 3 years ago 2
tight tune, props :)
BAK87 3 years ago
relaxing :)
comradeyars 3 years ago
loved it
ZingZillion 3 years ago
you're doing very good.. anyone saying you're not evidently has no idea how hard this piece is...
cuahtemoc83 3 years ago
with jazz the secret is to know WHERE to put something you know...........not to cram everything tastelessly into the one song
musicluvinguy 3 years ago
Whoa.... the Secret of Jazz(TM)was passed to some schmuck making comments on youtube, but not to the great Joe Pass, who wrote this 'tasteless' exercise???
bleakanddivine 3 years ago
its easier to learn from this vid than from Joe himself playing. this guy may not hav much comfort playing in time but the chords are rightly placed and one day if he keeps practisn he myt b lyk Joe Pass the master
elisharJazz 3 years ago
this is one of the best jazz guitar vids on youtube
alibork 3 years ago
thanks for the lesson ive studied your playing and now know how to play this tune
i like to show it off when i go to guitar center. so im a poser so what
lanyaboy 3 years ago
what kind of amp are you using for that exellent warm tone?
saennor 3 years ago
this is the 3rd cover on youtube i've seen where the plpayer uses an es 175. hehe. i wish i had one.
jey12345 3 years ago
@jey12345 It's an l4.
StavJazzMan 1 year ago
beautiful man. i'm gonna have to pick up that book
guitarguy1685 4 years ago