An 80th birthday celebration of jazz guitarist Joe Pass featuring tracks from the albums Virtuoso, For Django, Joy Spring, Live at Yoshi's, Catch Me, I Remember Charlie Parker, Oscar Peterson et Joe Pass à la Salle Pleyel (with Oscar Peterson), Fitzgerald & Pass... Again (with Ella Fitzgerald), Virtuoso #2, Portraits of Duke Ellington, On Time (with Les McCann), Ira, George and Joe, Chops, Finally, One for My Baby and Virtuoso #3 with Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Clare Fischer, Plas Johnson, Gerald Wiggins, John Pisano, Mike Wofford, Ray Brown, Jim Hughart, Red Mitchell, Albert Stinson, Monty Budwig, Leroy Vinnegar, Andy Simpkins, Albert 'Tootie' Heath, Ron Jefferson, Bobby Durham and Colin Bailey All tracks feature Joe Pass (guitar), with: [1'14] Grooveyard (Virtuoso #2, Pablo 1976) [5'56] Rosetta (For Django, Pacific Jazz 1964) John Pisano- g; Jim Hughart- b; Colin Bailey- d [9'02] Lover Man (Chops, Pablo 1978) Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen- b [14'34] Bay City Blues (One for my Baby, Pablo 1988) Plas Johnson- ts; Gerald Wiggins- p; Andy Simpkins- b; Albert 'Tootie' Heath- d [21'38] Out of Nowhere [Concept I] (I Remember Charlie Parker, Pablo 1979) [26'56] Falling in Love With Love (Catch Me, Pacific Jazz 1963) Clare Fischer- org; Albert Stinson- b; Colin Bailey- d [32'42] with Oscar Peterson: Blues for Bise (Oscar Peterson et Joe Pass à la Salle Pleyel, Pablo 1975) Peterson- p [38'53] The Song is You (Live at Yoshi's, Pablo 1992) John Pisano- g; Monty Budwig- b; Colin Bailey- d [45'02] Sultry (Virtuoso #3, Pablo 1977) [49'30] with Les McCann: On Time (On Time, Pacific Jazz 1962) McCann- p; Leroy Vinnegar- b; Ron Jefferson- d [53'45] with Ella Fitzgerald: I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues (Fitzgerald & Pass... Again, Pablo 1976) Fitzgerald- vcl [57'50] Oh Lady Be Good (Ira, George and Joe, Pablo 1981) John Pisano- g; Jim Hughart- b; Shelly Manne- d [62'09] Stompin' at the Savoy (Virtuoso Live, Pablo 1991) [67'16] The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (Joy Spring, Blue Note 1964) Mike Wofford- p; Jim Hughart- b; Colin Bailey- d [74'18] Have You Met Miss Jones? (Finally, EmArcy 1992) Red Mitchell- b [79'45] In a Mellow Tone (Portraits of Duke Ellington, Pablo 1974) Ray Brown- b; Bobby Durham- d [86'05] How High the Moon (Virtuoso, Pablo 1974) [91'04] This podcast is made possible with your PayPal contributions. Please use the link below to contribute, or visit illasounds.podomatic.com and look for the Paypal button in the right hand column. Thank you.

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