Changing keys on the fly, furious picking, and the patented chord and melody playedintandem style add up to a truly virtuoso performance. Artist songbooks ser joe pass collection trade paper. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. The remastered version used 20bit k2 super coding system technology and included liner notes by benny green. Shop vinyl and cds and complete your joe pass collection.
Alfred joe pass virtuoso standards guitar tab book musician. It was reissued in 1992 on cd by original jazz classics. That is unfortunate, because it is the only disc in the series comprised only of pass original compositions. Joe pass virtuoso standards songbook collection by joe. If youre interested in trying to play like joe pass on his solo virtuoso albums then this book is an invaluable resource. It was titled the sounds of synanon, for the drug rehab center he was enrolled in at the time. Authentic guitar tab virtuoso series 9780769217109. Once again you can see the chromatic approaches in this lick, movement from natural to altered tensions, and a heavy use of drop 2 chords. No description available no track information available media type. Alfred joe pass virtuoso standards guitar tab book. He is considered one of the greatest jazz guitarists of the 20th century. A real genius was revealed as he simultaneously played all the elements of a jazz or blues improvisation. Barney kessel, charlie byrd and herb ellis 11071982 world of jazz duration.
Find your preferred location and add it to your address book dispatch to this address when you check out learn more complete your purchase. Authentic guitar tab sheet music transcription songbook virtuoso series by. This lp in joe pass virtuoso series differs from the others in that the unaccompanied guitarist performs a dozen originals rather than standards. Continue on to part 2 where we explore joe pass approach to solo jazz guitar 40. Shop and buy joe pass virtuoso standards songbook collection sheet music. This book and the original is a great introduction to the guitar style. No standards here, theyre all original tunes here, but if you go other transcriptions of joe. Each piece some are single note improvised solos while others are chord melody. Authentic guitar tab virtuoso series online pdf free. You will play all basic and extended chord forms, solos and chord substitutions. Learn the trademark riffs and solos of one of the greatest guitarists in the history of jazz. The ability to play in solo, duo, and ensembles with ease, as well as move between single notes, bass lines, and chords, made him a true virtuoso. To help you get started with this system, here are a few examples of how to learn chords, scales, and arpeggios in one position on the guitar. Learn the sound of modern chords and chord progressions.
The chords are divided into six major categories of soundsmajor, seventh, augmented, minor, diminished and minorseventh flat. Jan 17, 2019 the joe pass system of always having a scale and arpeggio under your fingers for every chord shape you use is a great way to learn the fretboard, providing you with soloing material at the same time. Joe pass the best of joe pass book and online audio a stepbystep breakdown of the styles and techniques of jazz guitar virtuoso joe pass taught by wolf marshall. It was reissued in 1992 on cd by original jazz classics virtuoso no. The virtuoso solo jazz guitar albums were recorded by joe pass in the 70s and feature a stunning mix of chordmelody, solo lines and walking bass.
It originally came with a cassette of joe playing some of the examples. What a fabulous way to study the jazz lines and melodic flow of the chords that joe played on these songs that were taken from the virtuoso cds on pablo records cds just masterfully transcripted and interpreted this is a great gold mine into discovering jazz guitar. Virtuoso standards songbook collection contains authentic guitar tab sheet music transcriptions for the following titles. This guitar tab book gives you notefornote transcriptions of joe pass performing classic jazz standards including the man i love, i cant get started, sweet lorraine, have you met miss jones, round midnight, on green dolphin street, in your own sweet way. Joe pass tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including joy spring, pasta blues, autumn leaves, django, blue moon.
Throughout nearly 50 years as a professional guitarist, joe pass managed to break through many barriers and obstacles in music as well as in his own life. Using this book will do good to your sight reading, too. Joe pass was every bit the virtuoso, and after hearing one track, a live one at that, on a compilation album, i started to buy joe pass albums. Despite having only one original composition blues for alican, it is widely considered to be his best album, as well as one of the best jazz guitar albums. Synanon attracted widespread acclaim from pass peers, but it took virtuoso. Joe pass develops such a beautiful accompanying style for himself that he becomes a natural choice to accompany legendary singers such as. Joe passs most popular book is joe pass guitar chords. The various other players who made up his band were synanon patients as well. Read joe pass book joe pass virtuoso standards songbook collection. Vintage music bookhanonthe virtuoso pianistin sixty exercises for the pianovol. Joe pass was a true virtuoso when it came to solo fingerstyle jazz guitar of special interest was his ability to improvise in this style.
On it, joe pass shows off all the qualities that made him such a legend. The chords in this book are divided into six major categories of sounds. Joe pass guitar instruction books jazz guitar online. Apr 26, 2011 with the release of virtuoso in 1974, joe pass became an overnight sensation, even though his first lp had been released way back in 1961. Listen to your favorite songs from virtuoso by joe pass now. He created possibilities for jazz guitar through his style of chordmelody, his knowledge of chord inversions and progressions, and his use of walking basslines and counterpoint during. Stream virtuoso by joe pass on amazon music unlimited now.
I now have three to buttress my jazz collection for my radio show. When joe pass recorded and released this first of his virtuoso series of albums, he was 44 years old, and ready to reclaim his crown as king of jazz guitar after years of heroin abuse. Joe pass virtuoso standards, paperback book, guitar with tablature, and thousands more titles. Joe pass has 28 books on goodreads with 399 ratings. Joe pass s most popular book is joe pass guitar chords. Joe pass tabs guitar solos, tab books, instruction dvds. Joe pass lick 3 the melodic figure on the first two beats of the next lick is a classic joe pass arpeggio phrase. Like bud powell, even bad joe pass is superior to the next musician. Joe pass is often considered as the greatest jazz guitarist who ever lived. As a solo artist playing only acoustic guitar in an amplified fusion era, the odds were stacked against him, but pass boldly issued this, his most creative and improvisationbased work, to mass critical acclaim. It was re issued in 1992 on cd by original jazz classics. The man i love i cant get started sweet lorraine have you met miss jones round midnight on green dolphin street in your own sweet way. This book contains the standard notation, tablature and chord symbols for seven songs.