Joe Pass

4 1/2 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

PERSONNEL:

NIELS-HENNING ORSTED PEDERSEN, bass
JOE PASS, guitar

Recorded at Chapell Studios, London, November 19, 1978.

SIDE A:

01. Have You Met Miss Jones
02. Oleo
03. Lover Man
04. £5 Blues
05. Come Rain Or Come Shine

SIDE B:

01. Quiet Nights
02. Tricrotism
03. Old Folks
04. Yardbird Suite
05. In Your Own Sweet Way

The word "chops" is a major understatement when describing the talents of guitarist Joe Pass and bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen. Their duo Pablo date is as exciting and full of inventive interplay as one would hope. Pass and Pedersen play an ad-lib blues, nine jazz standards including a three-quarters version of "Lover Man," plus "Oleo," "Quiet Nights," "Tricrotism," and "Yardbird Suite." Pass in particular sounds stimulated during this session and comes up with some of his hottest playing. - Scott Yanow