Joe Pass

Performing Gershwin's 'Summertime/It Ain't Necessarily So' a recital from the year '91

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• joe
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• gershwin
• summertime

[dankeewolnir4042]

"summertime....lets try it in this key...how bout this one...Let me pop it in to this key right quick..." joe pass can play any song in any key, any groove, any tempo, with a tight litte impromptu arrangement. i havent seen this vid in years. I use to rent the vhs from the local library like ten years ago....thanks so much for the post.

[twcal]

Couldn't say it better myself. I was smitten in the 70's as a budding teen guitar player. Got hooked on jazz and then drifted off to other musical regions. About a year ago I thought I would reacquaint myself with Joe. He is truly a master that will be know a hundred years from now. Such a balance of technique and art. He doesn't say "look at how well I play". You hear a voice that just sings.... It just happens that his technique is amazing.

[mikecalzone]

I found a Joe Pass album in the cutouts of our local kinda like five and dime store in New Haven CT when I was 14. The album was Simplicity. I bought it because it had a pretty guitar on the cover. It cost me 59 cents. I'd been playing guitar for about a year. I dropped the needle in the groove and it changed my life. HOLY CRAP! WHAT WAS THAT? The best 59 cents I ever spent. He is in my all time top five. The Segovia of jazz guitar.

[Korsaro1]

One of the best tperformance of Joe! Thanke you for the upload

[rsvitale]

I'm amazed every time I watch this, no matter how many times I've seen it.

[loren1283]

grovin freaking HARD!!!

[loumaTROM]

Gotta love this,just him,a guitar,an amp,and the magic's here..

[Gminor7]

I have loved this man for 35 years. I admire a lot of guitarists, but none reach me like Joe. Unlike anyone I've ever heard, Lenny Breau, Ted Greene, George VanEps, it always seemed to me that whatever musical idea entered Joe's mind could be instantly executed - no predetermined arrangements, just music at the speed of thought. One of the most instinctive, natural musicians I've ever heard.

[SPGGuitar251]

@SamiGundogdu He's playing his Ibanez JP-20 (a fantastic guitar), but he had no endorsement deal with Ibanez at the time.

[rosatijazz23]

Simply The BEST all around jazz guitar player of all time!!

[Lahed92801]

I remember in an issue of Guitar World magazine, there was a section with 100 tips from great guitarists. Joe Pass' tip was "Learn everything you know in every key" and I said "THAT CAN'T BE DONE. AND WHY BOTHER?".

I'm so glad to be wrong.