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Virtuoso No. 2

 
Album Review: Virtuoso No. 2

  • Artist: Joe Pass
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 1976
  • Total Time: 58:16
  • Genre: Jazz

Review

Virtuoso No. 2, the second of Joe Pass' solo guitar albums for Pablo, finds the remarkable Pass exploring more recent standards than one might expect. In addition to a few warhorses, there is also "Feelings" (which he somehow manages to make tolerable), "If," two Chick Corea songs ("Five Hundred Miles High" and "Windows") and even "Giant Steps." Pass' mastery of the guitar is obvious throughout this enjoyable set. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Giant Steps John Coltrane Joe Pass (3:35)
Five Hundred Miles High Chick Corea Joe Pass (6:20)
Grooveyard Carl Perkins Joe Pass (4:46)
Misty Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke Joe Pass (5:25)
Joy Spring Clifford Brown, Jon Hendricks Joe Pass (5:10)
Blues for O.P. Joe Pass Joe Pass (4:21)
On Green Dolphin Street Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington Joe Pass (7:43)
Windows Chick Corea Joe Pass (5:56)
Blues for Basie Joe Pass Joe Pass (3:39)
Feelings Morris Albert Joe Pass (3:58)
If David Gates Joe Pass (5:07)
Limehouse Blues Philip Braham, Douglas Furber Joe Pass (3:09)

Credits

Frank Foster (Performer), Norman Granz (Producer), Sheldon Marks (Artwork), Grover Helsley (Engineer), Sheldon Marks (Layout Design), Norman Granz (Cover Design), Norman Granz (Artwork), Norman Granz (Layout Design), Joe Tarantino (Digital Remastering), Joe Pass (Guitar), Sheldon Marks (Cover Design), Tamaki Beck (Mastering Engineer), Phil Stern (Cover Photo), Phil Stern (Photography)
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Virtuoso No. 2
Studio album by Joe Pass
Released 1976
Recorded September 14 & October 26, 1976 at RCA Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Genre Jazz
Length 58:16
Label Pablo
Producer Norman Granz
Professional reviews
Joe Pass chronology
Joe Pass at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975
(1975)
Virtuoso No. 2
(1976)
Fitzgerald and Pass... Again
(1976)

Virtuoso No. 2 is an album by jazz guitarist Joe Pass, released in 1976.

Track listing

  1. "Giant Steps" (John Coltrane) – 3:35
  2. "Five Hundred Miles High" (Chick Corea) – 6:20
  3. "Grooveyard" (Carl Perkins) – 4:46
  4. "Misty" (Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke) – 5:25
  5. "Joy Spring" (Clifford Brown, Jon Hendricks) – 5:10
  6. "Blues for O.P." (Pass) – 4:21
  7. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronislau Kaper, Ned Washington)7:43
  8. "Windows" (Corea) – 5:56
  9. "Blues for Basie" (Pass) – 3:39
  10. "Feelings" (Morris Albert) – 3:58
  11. "If" (David Gates) – 5:07
  12. "Limehouse Blues" (Douglas Furber, Philip Braham) – 3:09

Personnel

Chart positions

Year Chart Position
1977 Billboard Jazz Albums 31

 
 

 

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