Biography
Joe Pass (born Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalacqua; January 13, 1929 – May 23, 1994) was an American jazz guitarist. Pass recorded and performed live with pianist Oscar Peterson, composer Duke Ellington, and vocalist Ella Fitzgerald, and he is generally esteemed as one of the most notable jazz guitarists of the 20th century for his solo guitar playing, found on recordings such as Virtuoso.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Chet Baker Sings
1956
Virtuoso
1974
Moment Of Truth
1963
How Long Has This Been Going On?
1978
For Django
1964
How The West Was Won, Original Soundtrack
1963
Fitzgerald & Pass...Again
1976
Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4
1975
Blue Break Beats Volume Two
1993
Crazy And Mixed Up
1982
Duke Ellington Song Book One
1980
The Trumpet Summit Meets The Oscar Peterson Big 4
1980
Night Child
1979
Fine And Mellow
1979
Phil Spector's Greatest Hits
1977
Porgy & Bess
1976
Portraits Of Duke Ellington
1975
"Satch" And "Josh"
1975
Take Love Easy
1974
Clair
1973
A Time In My Life
1971
Stretchin' Out
1964
Paint It Black (From Jazz To Soul 'n' Funk To Blaxploitation)
2002
Welcome To The Basement (A Spicy Mixture From Black & Latin America)
2000
Credited work
2,340 releases · 272 albums · active 1961–2026
- Performance · 3,184
- Other credits · 126
- Production · 33
Studios: Group IV Recording Studios · Montreux Jazz Festival · Pacific Jazz Studios · London House, Chicago