Joe Pass Tribute To The Rolling Stones
The Stones Jazz ( 1967 USA Mono WP-1854 Liberty Records World Pacific Records Black Azure Label )
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Record Printed In USA By RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis.
Except For One Song ( Stone Jazz), All Tracks Are Jazz Covers Of Songs Recorded By The Rolling Stones.
Joseph Anthony Passalacqua, Better Known As Joe Pass, Is Remembered As One Of The Greatest Jazz Guitarists Of All Time, Not Only For His Remarkable Technique And Great Knowledge Of The Instrument But Also For His Indisputable Improvisational And Compositional Skills.
His Extensive Use Of The Walking Bass Technique, Melodic Counterpoint During Improvisation, Use Of A Chord-melody Playing Style, And Enormous Knowledge Of Chord Progressions, Opened Up New Possibilities For Jazz Guitar And Had A Profound Influence On Later Guitarists, Such As George Benson And Pat Matheny.
Pass Found Work As A Performer As Early As Age 14.
He Played With Bands Led By Tony Pastor And Charlie Barnet, Honing His Guitar Skills While Learning The Ropes In The Music Industry.
He Began Traveling With Small Jazz Groups And Moved From Pennsylvania To New York City.
Within A Few Years, Pass Developed A Heroin Addiction.
He Moved To New Orleans For A Year And Played Bebop At Strip Clubs. Pass Revealed To Robert Palmer Of Rolling Stone That He Had Suffered a "Nervous Breakdown" In New Orleans "Because He Had Access To Every Kind Of Drug There And Was Up For Days.
Pass Spent Much Of The 1950s In And Out Of Prison For Drug-related Convictions.
In The Same Rolling Stone Interview, Pass Said, "Staying High Was My Priority, Playing Was Second, Girls Were Third.
But The First Thing Took All My Energy.
He Recovered After Two-And-A-Half Years Of Stay In The Synanon Rehabilitation Program.
Pass Largely Put Music On Hiatus During His Prison Sentence.
New York Magazine Wrote Of Pass: "Joe Pass Looks Like Someone's Uncle And Plays The Guitar Like Nobody's Business.
Joe Pass Also Recorded With Benny Carter, Milt Jackson, Herb Ellis, Zoot Sims, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie And Others.
He Is Called 'The World's Greatest' And Often Compared To Paganini For His Virtuosity.
There's A Certain Purity To His Sound That Makes Him Easily Stand Out From Other Top-notch Jazz Guitarists. Source Wiki
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