Joe Pass - Joe Pass at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 (1997) FLAC

Tracks

01. You Are the Sunshine of My Life
02. The Very Thought of You
03. Nobs
04. Li'l Darlin'
05. Blues for Nina
06. How Long Has This Been Going On?
07. More Than You Know
08. Grete
09. Nuages
10. I'm Glad There Is You
11. Willow Weep for Me (Ronell)

Personnel

Joe Pass - guitar


This LP features guitarist Joe Pass playing 11 unaccompanied solos live at the 1975 Montreux Jazz Festival. Prior to Pass' work, one rarely ever heard a guitarist play anything by himself unless it was a lyrical ballad. In the years before Stanley Jordan emerged with his tapping keyboard approach, Pass demonstrated that the guitar could be its own orchestra while using conventional (although highly developed) technique. This excellent set is highlighted by "You Are the Sunshine of My Life," "More Than You Know," and three of the guitarist's basic originals.

Scott Yanow