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Joe Pass
g, 1929-1994 US, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Musician / Composer of Jazz
A.k.a. Joseph Anthony Passalaqua Joe Passalaqua
Joe Pass (born Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalacqua, January 13, 1929 – May 23, 1994) was an American virtuoso jazz guitarist of Sicilian descent. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest jazz guitarists of the 20th century. His extensive use of walking basslines, melodic counterpoint during improvisation, use of a chord-melody style of playing and outstanding knowledge of chord inversions and progressions opened up new possibilities for the jazz guitar and had a profound influence on later guitarists.
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live In Vegas | Joe Pass | 2018 | Album |
| Complete Quintet Recordings | Earl Bostic, Richard "Groove" Holmes, Joe Pass | 2015 | Compil. |
| 12 String Guitar (Great Motion Picture Themes) - The Stones Jazz | Joe Pass | 2009 | Compil. |
| Hamburg Duets 1976 | Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Pass | 2008 | Album |
| Joe Pass '75 | Joe Pass | 2004 | Album |
| Joe Pass '75 & '77 | Joe Pass | 2004 | Album |
| Virtuoso In New York | Joe Pass | 2004 | Album |
| Sueno Navideno Con Guitarra | Joe Pass | 2003 | Album |
| Arrival | Herb Ellis, Joe Pass, Ray Brown, Jake Hanna | 2003 | Compil. |
| Seven, Come Eleven | Herb Ellis, Joe Pass, Jake Hanna & Ray Brown | 2002 | Album |
| Simplicity / A Sign Of The Times | Joe Pass | 2002 | Compil. |
| Meditation | Joe Pass | 2002 | Album |
| What Is There To Say: JOE PASS Solo Guitar | Joe Pass | 2001 | Album |
| Sophisticated Lady | Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass | 2001 | Album |
| The Genius Of Joe Pass | Joe Pass | 2001 | Album |
| Sophisticated Lady | Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass | 2001 | Album |
| Resonance | Joe Pass | 2000 | Album |
| Live At Northsea Jazz Festival '79 | Joe Pass, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen | 1999 | Album |
| Unforgettable | Joe Pass | 1998 | Album |
| Joe's Blues | Joe Pass With Herb Ellis | 1998 | Album |
| Full Circle / Jazz/Concord | Howard Alden, Jimmy Bruno, Michael Moore, Alan Dawson / Herb Ellis, Joe Pass, Ray Brown, Jake Hanna | 1998 | Album |
| The Best Of Joe Pass | Joe Pass | 1997 | Compil. |
| In Hamburg | Joe Pass | 1997 | Album |
| Guitar Virtuoso | Joe Pass | 1997 | Compil. |
| A Man And His Guitar - Virtuoso | Joe Pass | 1997 | Album |
| Duets | Joe Pass, John Pisano | 1996 | Album |
| Joe Pass | Joe Pass | 1996 | Compil. |
| on guitar tablature songbook with cd | Joe Pass | 1996 | Album |
| Live At Elder Hall,Adelaide | Joe Pass | 1995 | Album |
| Songs For Ellen | Joe Pass | 1994 | Album |
| Play Hank Williams | Roy Clark & Joe Pass | 1994 | Album |
| The First Lady On Bass | Carol Kaye Featuring Joe Pass, Ray Brown, Mark Soskin, Joe Sample, Tom Scott | 1994 | Album |
| Finally | Joe Pass, Red Mitchell | 1993 | Album |
| My Song | Joe Pass | 1993 | Album |
| Finally: Live In Stockholm | Joe Pass, Red Mitchell | 1993 | Album |
| Solo, Duo. Trio | Joe Pass | 1992 | Album |
| Virtuoso Live! | Joe Pass | 1992 | Album |
| What's New | Joe Pass, Boško Petrović, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen | 1992 | Album |
| Six-String Santa | Joe Pass | 1992 | Album |
| Rose Room | Joe Pass Meets Tony Rizzi's 5 Guitars | 1991 | Album |
| Appassionato | Joe Pass | 1991 | Album |
| Wes Montgomery, Jim Hall, Joe Pass | Wes Montgomery, Jim Hall, Joe Pass | 1991 | Compil. |
| Minor Matter | Joe Pass | 1990 | Single |
| Live! | Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, Dave Young, Martin Drew | 1990 | Album |
| "Minor Matter" | Joe Pass | 1990 | Single |
| Skol | Oscar Peterson + Stéphane Grappelli - Joe Pass + Mickey Roker + Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen | 1990 | Album |
| Summer Nights | Joe Pass | 1990 | Album |
| One For My Baby | Joe Pass | 1989 | Album |
| After Hours | André Previn With Joe Pass & Ray Brown | 1989 | Album |
| Blues For Fred | Joe Pass | 1988 | Album |
| Minor Matter / Trouble At Madame Dong's | Joe Pass, Francis X And The Bushmen | 1986 | Album |
| University Of Akron Concert | Joe Pass | 1986 | Album |
| Easy Living | Ella Fitzgerald And Joe Pass | 1986 | Album |
| The Living Legends | Joe Pass / Robert Conti | 1985 | Album |
| Jazz Guitar Clinic Live | Joe Pass | 1985 | Album |
| Whitestone | Joe Pass | 1985 | Album |
| We'll Be Together Again | Joe Pass & J.J. Johnson | 1984 | Album |
| Live At Long Beach City College | Joe Pass | 1984 | Album |
| Blues For 2 | Zoot Sims Plus Joe Pass | 1983 | Album |
| Speak Love | Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Pass | 1983 | Album |
| The Best Of Joe Pass | Joe Pass | 1983 | Compil. |
| Jazz Masters Presents Basie & Friends on Pablo | Count Basie Orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Zoot Sims And Joe Pass | 1983 | Album |
| Blues For 2 | Zoot Sims Plus Joe Pass | 1983 | Album |
| Virtuoso #4 | Joe Pass | 1983 | Album |
| The Alternate Blues | Dizzy Gillespie + Freddie Hubbard + Clark Terry + Oscar Peterson + Joe Pass + Bobby Durham + Ray Brown | 1982 | Album |
| Ira, George And Joe - Joe Pass Loves Gershwin | Joe Pass | 1982 | Album |
| Skol | Oscar Peterson + Stéphane Grappelli + Joe Pass + Mickey Roker + Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen | 1982 | Album |
| Live In The Netherlands | Toots Thielemans + Joe Pass + Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen | 1982 | Album |
| Checkmate | Joe Pass / Jimmy Rowles | 1981 | Album |
| Northsea Nights | Joe Pass And Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen | 1980 | Album |
| Digital III At Montreux | Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Joe Pass, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen | 1980 | Album |
| Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark | Stéphane Grappelli + Joe Pass + Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen | 1980 | Album |
| All Too Soon Quadrant Toasts Duke Ellington | Milt Jackson, Ray Brown, Mickey Roker, Joe Pass | 1980 | Album |
| The Complete "Catch Me!" Sessions | Joe Pass, Clare Fischer, Albert Stinson, Colin Bailey, Ralph Peña, Larry Bunker | 1980 | Album |
| Quadrant | Quadrant Featuring Joe Pass, Milt Jackson, Ray Brown, Mickey Roker | 1979 | Album |
| The Paris Concert: Salle Pleyel, 1978 | Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen | 1979 | Album |
| "Chops" | Joe Pass And Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen | 1979 | Album |
| I Remember Charlie Parker | Joe Pass | 1979 | Album |
| Virtuoso #3 | Joe Pass | 1978 | Album |
| Tudo Bem! | Joe Pass And Paulinho Da Costa | 1978 | Album |
| The Giants | Oscar Peterson & Joe Pass & Ray Brown | 1977 | Album |
| Virtuoso #2 | Joe Pass | 1977 | Album |
| Montreux '77 | Joe Pass | 1977 | Album |
| Fitzgerald & Pass...Again | Ella Fitzgerald / Joe Pass | 1976 | Album |
| The Big 3 | Milt Jackson - Joe Pass - Ray Brown | 1976 | Album |
| Guitar Tapestry | Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Charlie Christian, Les Paul, Johnny Smith, Bucky Pizzarelli, Joseph Iadone, Don Arnone, Chet Atkins, Tony Mottola, Al Caiola, Eric Weissberg, Vinnie Bell, Jay Berliner, Don Young, Al Casamenti | 1976 | Album |
| Porgy & Bess | Oscar Peterson And Joe Pass | 1976 | Album |
| Happy Time | Roy Eldridge With Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, Ray Brown, Eddie Locke | 1975 | Album |
| Live À Salle Pleyel | Oscar Peterson Et Joe Pass | 1975 | Album |
| At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 | Joe Pass | 1975 | Album |
| Oscar Peterson Et Joe Pass À La Salle Pleyel | Oscar Peterson / Joe Pass | 1975 | Album |
| Portraits Of Duke Ellington | Joe Pass | 1975 | Album |
| Virtuoso | Joe Pass | 1974 | Album |
| Take Love Easy | Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass | 1974 | Album |
| A Man And His Guitar - Take Love Easy | Joe Pass · Ella Fitzgerald | 1974 | Album |
| Seven, Come Eleven (From Their Live Performance At The Concord Summer Festival) | Herb Ellis & Joe Pass Also Featuring Jake Hanna & Ray Brown | 1974 | Album |
| Two For The Road | Herb Ellis / Joe Pass | 1974 | Album |
| Jazz/Concord | Joe Pass, Ray Brown, Jake Hanna, Herb Ellis | 1974 | Album |
| Better Days | Joe Pass | 1971 | Album |
| Intercontinental | Joe Pass | 1970 | Album |
| Guitar Interludes | Joe Pass | 1969 | Album |
| A Man And His Guitar | Joe Pass | 1969 | Album |
| Simplicity | Joe Pass | 1967 | Album |
| The Stones Jazz | Joe Pass | 1967 | Album |
| (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction / Play With Fire | Joe Pass | 1966 | Single |
| A Sign Of The Times | Joe Pass | 1966 | Single |
| A Sign Of The Times | Joe Pass | 1966 | Album |
| Tell It Like It Tis | Richard "Groove" Holmes Featuring Gene Ammons, Ben Webster, Joe Pass, Les McCann | 1966 | Single |
| 12 String Guitar (Great Motion Picture Themes) | Joe Pass | 1964 | Album |
| For Django | Joe Pass | 1964 | Album |
| Catch Me! | Joe Pass Featuring Clare Fischer | 1963 | Album |
| Days Of Wine And Roses (Bossa Nova)/ Forward Pass | Joe Pass | 1963 | Single |
| Brasamba! | Bud Shank / Clare Fischer / Joe Pass | 1963 | Album |
| Sounds Of Synanon | Joe Pass | 1962 | Album |
| MP3 Collection | Joe Pass | Album | |
| An Evening With Joe Pass - Concert, Clinic, Interview | Joe Pass | Album | |
| Joe Pass In Concert - Brecon Jazz Festival 1991 | Joe Pass | Album | |
| Chillin' | Carmell Jones, Joe Pass | Album |
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