Joe Pass

• 2-CD SET

• 5 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

This edition contains Joe Pass’ earliest recordings as a leader. It including his complete original long unavailable 1962 LP Sounds of Synanon (Pacific Jazz PJ48), It presents an unusual instrumental combination with baritone horn and bongos in a program of originals by Pass and other members of the band. All of the musicians there, including Pass himself, were patients recuperating at the Synanon Drug Center in California at that time, hence the title of the album.

In addition to the seven songs on the original LP, this release also boasts a rarely heard blues that completes the session, as well as a selection of Pass’ earliest quartet dates under his own name.

PERSONNEL:

• JOE PASS, guitar on all tracks, plus:

• CD 1 [1-8]:
• DAVE ALLAN, trumpet
• GREG DYKES, baritone horn
• ARNOLD ROSS, piano
• RONALD CLARK, bass
• BILL CRAWFORD, drums
• CANDY LATSON, bongos.
• CD 1 [9-15]:
• CLARE FISCHER, piano & organ
• RALPH PEÑA, bass
• LARRY BUNKER, drums.
• CD 1 [16-17] & CD 2 [1-3]:
• Unknown, piano/organ;
• RALPH PEÑA or JIM HUGHART, bass;
• LARRY BUNKER or COLIN BAILEY, drums.
• CD 2 [4-10]:
• CLARE FISCHER, piano & organ
• ALBERT STINSON, bass
• COLIN BAILEY, drums.
• CD 2 [11-15]:
• LES McCANN, piano
• HERBIE LEWIS, bass
• PAUL HUMPHREY, drums.
• CD 2 [16-19]:
• LES McCANN, piano;
• PAUL CHAMBERS, bass
• PAUL HUMPHREY, drums

TRACKS:

• CD 1: TOTAL TIME: 76:09 Min.
• 01 C.E.D.
• 02 AARON’S SONG
• 03 STAY LOOSE
• 04 PROJECTIONS
• 05 HANG TOUGH
• 06 SELF-IMAGE
• 07 LAST CALL FOR COFFEE
• 08 BLUES
• 09 CATCH ME [FORWARD PASS #1]
• 10 DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES
• 11 YOU STEPPED OUT OF A DREAM
• 12 BUT BEAUTIFUL
• 13 MOOD INDIGO
• 14 IT’S ALL RIGHT WITH ME
• 15 DEEP PURPLE
• 16 TANGERINE
• 17 THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU

• CD 2: TOTAL TIME: 76:36 Min.
• 02 THERE IS NO GREATER LOVE
• 03 THE NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES
• 04 NO COVER, NO MINIMUM
• 05 JUST FRIENDS
• 06 WALKING UP
• 07 PERI’S SCOPE
• 08 CATCH ME [FORWARD PASS #2]
• 09 SUMMERTIME
• 10 FALLING IN LOVE WITH LOVE
• 11 THESE FOOLISH THINGS
• 12 JOE’S TUNE [SAMBA]
• 13 STRAGLER
• 14 SIMON POTTER
• 15 CATCH UP [FORWARD PASS #3]
• 16 SERMONETTE
• 17 BAGS’ GROOVE #2
• 18 SISTER SADIE
• 19 LI’L DARLIN’