Joe Pass (born Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalaqua; January 13, 1929 – May 23, 1994) was an American jazz guitarist.
Pass worked often with pianist Oscar Peterson and vocalist Ella Fitzgerald. == Early life == Pass was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, on January 13, 1929. Pass found work as a performer as early as age 14.
[he] would come to New York a lot, then get strung out and leave." Pass spent much of the 1950s in and out of prison for drug-related convictions.
Pass largely abandoned music during his prison sentence. == Discovery and career == Pass recorded a series of albums during the 1960s for Pacific Jazz Records, including Catch Me, 12-String Guitar, For Django, and Simplicity.
During the 1960s, he did mostly TV and recording session work in Los Angeles.
In 1963, he received Downbeat magazine's New Star Award. He also played on Pacific Jazz recordings by Gerald Wilson, Bud Shank, and Les McCann.
He toured with George Shearing in 1965.
He performed with them on many occasions throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
Norman Granz, the producer of Jazz at the Philharmonic and the founder of Verve Records, signed Pass to Pablo Records in December 1973.
In 1974, Pass released his solo album Virtuoso on Pablo.
Also in 1974, Pablo released the album The Trio with Pass, Oscar Peterson, and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen.
At the Grammy Awards of 1975, The Trio won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Group.
Again (1976), "Hamburg Duets - 1976" (1976), Sophisticated Lady (1975, 1983), Speak Love (1983), and Easy Living (1986). == Later life and death == Pass was diagnosed with liver cancer in 1992.
He performed with them on many occasions throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
Again (1976), "Hamburg Duets - 1976" (1976), Sophisticated Lady (1975, 1983), Speak Love (1983), and Easy Living (1986). == Later life and death == Pass was diagnosed with liver cancer in 1992.
Again (1976), "Hamburg Duets - 1976" (1976), Sophisticated Lady (1975, 1983), Speak Love (1983), and Easy Living (1986). == Later life and death == Pass was diagnosed with liver cancer in 1992.
Although he was initially responsive to treatment and continued to play into 1993, his health eventually declined, forcing him to cancel his tour with Pepe Romero, Paco Pena, and Leo Kottke.
Prior to his death, he recorded an album of Hank Williams songs with country guitarist Roy Clark. Speaking about Nuages: Live at Yoshi's, Volume 2, Jim Ferguson wrote: The follow up to 1993's Joe Pass & Co.
There is a certain purity to his sound that makes him stand out easily from other first-rate jazz guitarists." ==Discography== ==Bibliography== Mel Bay Presents Joe Pass "Off the Record." Mel Bay, 1993.
Joe Pass (born Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalaqua; January 13, 1929 – May 23, 1994) was an American jazz guitarist.
Pass performed for the final time on May 7, 1994, with fellow guitarist John Pisano at a nightclub in Los Angeles.
Pisano told Guitar Player that after the performance Pass looked at him with a tear in his eye and said "I can't play anymore," an exchange which Pisano described as "like a knife in my heart." In 1994, Joe Pass died from liver cancer in Los Angeles, California at the age of 65.
Tokyo: Seiunsha, 2000.
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