Joe Pass - Original Blues in G

[@thomasgalfano2981]

Joe was born to play and with dedication reached this plateau. This defines jazz blues all the way.

[@danarcotta1283]

I had the awesome pleasure of studying with him in the summer of 69 when I was 13 years old. 3 precious lessons that are incorporated into my playing to this day. He was a kind man and awesome teacher. Unfortunately, my parent's marital problems put me on a plane back to Connecticut from California after just 3 weeks. He probably wondered what happened to that kid.

[@fluffkiller]

A privileged kid from CT whose parents hated each other? Never heard of such a thing…

[@alexhedstrom582]

3 weeks is longer than any of us. Great story.

[@danarcotta1283]

@fluffkiller I'm from bridgeport, that's early privileged . Just because people split up ,doesn't mean that they hate each other. You're an asshole

[@danarcotta1283]

I wouldn't call bridgeport, being privileged, jerk off

[@danarcotta1283]

​@fluffkiller have you ever been to Bridgeport? That's Hardly privleged!

[@harveyjohnny1967]

Not a single note on Joe Pass's guitar is not getting touched when he goes for a wander. Man's a genius.

[@miraposajehano4309]

I saw him twice in Vancouver in the late 80's early 90's. Both times, he came on stage with just his guitar, plug it in and played. The audience listened religiously and there wasn't a sound (and certainly no cell phones in those days) and it was just magic. At one point, he bended a note during an incredible solo, stop playing, leaned on the microphone and said «that's for the rock guys» and resume playing.

[@ittinanintaranan8902]

Around 1986, I went to see his solo concert at a club in Harvard Square, Boston. No chairs, everyone all stood up. At one time, after playing single note lines for a while, all of a sudden, a very fast rock lick! He said to the audience, “That’s fast, huh?” We all screamed! What a blast! For about one and a half hour, the audience was nailed to the floor. That was one of the best jazz concerts for me.

[@adityanemlekar]

Legend!

[@dingodogrecords]

Haha awesome.

[@patcom1013]

Ha, the crowd must have broken their silence at that, gave a laugh back I mean.

[@duelenigma7732]

I saw him in the 90's east cultural centre , with a broken leg in a cast . He looked at a dude in a front brow seat with a tape recorder . Joe said' don't they sell records in Vancouver' Great show !

[@andrewwilson888]

I got to see Joe Pass and Oscar Peterson play together in Victoria, BC in the late 1970s or beginning of the 1980s. To this day, I've never seen anyone can improvise as effortlessly and without limits as Oscar and Joe. Joe would play a line out of thing air and Oscar would play it back perfectly and vice versa. On this went for 15-20 minutes, never repeating an idea and all done at breakneck spped. By the end Oscar and Joe were bursting out laughing as they couldn't believe it themselves and they never made any bad notes. I got to meet Joe during the intermission and he was a super nice person, cracking onle liners the whole time.

[@DanielSteduto]

that is amazing.. both absolute legends for sure

[@letsdisagree]

Pass and Montgomery. The tops of the mountain!

[@Jonobueno]

I agree

[@keithalcock7173]

I also love Bucky Pizzarelli. Cheers from Canada

[@Chrstiansonne69]

And dont forget Grant Green😊

[@WillyMakesMusic]

@@Chrstiansonne69 yeah Grant Green and George Benson for me lol

[@miedgarful]

I saw him play in North Vancouver and got to talk to him while he enjoyed a cigar, he signed my copy of Virtuoso.

[@TBINBD]

After my car crash in Massachusetts in 2005, I couldn’t listen to music for a year. My brain felt tender and full. My friend Duncan loaned me some CDs for when I was feeling up to it, and the first CD I could listen to was Porgy and Bess with Oscar Peterson and Joe Pass. I’ve been a guitar player for over 50 years, and I still have no idea how Joe does the things he does. He’s obviously criminally underrated and overlooked in discussions of great guitarists. And by all accounts he was a sweet and funny guy. This performance here is mesmerizing.

[@ilikezappa3268]

He sure isn`t underrated by many guitarists. We think he was amazing.

[@blahblah49000]

What a great visual of his right-hand technique! The way he uses his thumb all across the strings as well as his other fingers is so smooth. I haven't seen anyone else play quite like that. What a master of the instrument.

[@boilinabag]

i am so fortunate to have seen joe at least 50 times over the late sixties and seventies. with oscar, and other heavyweights. he was the freakin best. also see him and joe DiOrio play together, another master of the jazz guitar. my jaw still hurts from it being on the floor 50 years ago....

[@Phil-w4u]

I've been playing my whole life..this man is just fabulous. I usually can recognize most chords. Some of his just baffle me. Where's my mel bay book one. I must have missed a bunch.

[@JBGuitarInstruction]

Joe Pass is THE Jazz Virtuoso👏🙌🙏👍❤️

[@The_ScapeGoat]

I remember teaching him how to play this. He was so excited when he finally got it!

[@saginawdan]

You did an excellent job.

[@andrews3789]

😂😂👍

[@jamessmelcer616]

LMAO 🤣👏👍❤️❗️

[@frogmantoad8110]

😂😂😂

[@DanMccollum-om5mz]

Bullshit. I taught him and you cannot prove otherwise.

[@alanwebbguitar]

I sure wish I had this to look at way back when… It was Joe Pass that got me into jazz guitar and led me to Berklee College of music. Nice and beautiful.

[@BriedeKalle]

JOE...😊😊😊...

[@gr637]

So much practice, practice and practice.

[@marlon1171]

Wow man! The flow,the timing,the feel,the sweet tone....A true master Joe pass was,rest his soul...

[@kylermosely8118]

Sophisticated shredding 😊

[@loupiat2173]

Great thanks to the filmmaker for showing the fingering..

[@SakinCorap]

Nothing worse than when they just zoom in on the player’s face 😂

[@naxguitar74]

Blues in jazz and jazz in blues

[@vayabroder729]

Pure genius. May he RIP.

[@anthonyalfredyorke1621]

Thanks for the wonderful music, absolutely phenomenal some people think the Guitar begins and ends with Eddie and the Two Jimmy's, how wrong they are !!! . PEACE AND LOVE TO EVERYONE ❤❤.

[@waynemoores]

Hittin' the sweet spot on every note.

[@cirimaxg651]

Great, great, great...... Very great.

[@Typical.Anomaly]

Here because Jens Larsen said his name so many times... figured I should stop by, and I am thoroughly impressed. ✌❤🤘

[@Jonobueno]

Jens is a great teacher, smart dude and can play !

[@tunafang]

There were several times while watching this that made me say out loud: "what did you just say?". Truly, one of the best.

[@aeynghus]

Joe was so smooth. I literally wore out my album copies of Virtuoso and Blues for Fred.

[@bigredracingteam9642]

Thank you for sharing this! There are many great jazz guitarists, but I really like Pass' self-accompaniment playing.

[@DanielSteduto]

legend. one of my top 3 jazz guitarists of all time

[@VidarLund-k5q]

I saw him with the Count Basie big band in the 1980s, playing a classical guitar, nylon strings. He plays finger style, not with a straight pick. It was a great experience.

[@jazzed2b]

Simply incredible...Joe is a legend

[@ericdts]

Legendary as always

[@feliperojo8724]

I've always loved Joe...a pure genius...😌🙏

[@fluffkiller]

A true virtuoso.

[@MinkShmink]

Absolutely Genious!

[@joemitchell9981]

That was a masterclass! Five and a half minutes packed with musical magic. It would take me a long time to transcribe that and then actually be able to play it with any kind of smoothness and dexterity yet he plays it effortlessly. Amazing and beautiful.

[@Loflopas-pm4ln]

Joe pass es adictivo!

[@brandonessick775]

Wow.

[@PlayCheez]

Beautiful and inspiring! 💯

[@marions.120]

I just got inspired!✌️😎🎸

[@nymbusDeveloper86]

Legend.

[@HardToBeSomeone]

Go Joe - Forever Joe - Rest Easy Mr. Ambassador.

[@guilhermefrancisco5260]

Que maravilha! 🙂👏

[@randallthemandle]

The lick at 3:36 killed me. Had to listen at least 15 times to get what was happening. Virtuosity at its finest

[@user-uv1rr5xk8i]

It's diminished inversions

[@mitchmatthews6713]

Magic!

[@caesedilla4080]

Had the awesome pleasure of having a sleepover with joe back in 79'. We went out and ding dong ditched the neighbors. Legendary guy

[@danvee1804]

Legendary Status!!!!

[@deemdoubleu]

Awesome playing

[@reddmann2216]

Jazz players, 1000 chords, three fans, Rock player's three chords, 1000 fan's... But He knows his guitar!

[@johniethompson8788]

I didn't just hear him...I hear you too! @reddmann2216 I agree.

[@Deliquescentinsight]

Ha! That made me laugh, but kinda true! Yes this guy could play

[@guillongi]

mon Père aimait beaucoup ce guitariste!!

[@terryjames548]

Saw him in the Mission in SF one day giving a free guitar seminar. OMG!

[@SomeGuyInSandy]

Flawless.

[@TravisTheTreeGuy]

Touch, tone, style, and ability know no color. No one owns a genre of music, a sport, particular food, etc.. It doesn't matter where it came from. Once it's out there, it's everybody's now.

[@JanNielsen-vj9dd]

Brilliant

[@verycrankyperson]

Oh man sooo good!!

[@ToddTheJoker]

Dang! What a player!

[@danterognoni7719]

phenomenal

[@kentuckyslime]

WOW smooth

[@StonePaul66]

once we had Wes Montgomery and Joe Pass .... meanwhile we have Philipp Catherine ... today we have Randy Napoleon and Jocelyn Gould .... Jazzguitar is something special

[@RadicalCaveman]

Pass was just friggin' good.

[@paulkossak7761]

His cord melodies were insane.

[@randybock82]

Unreal 😮

[@Jonobueno]

In a world full of bullshit , sometimes you just have to ground yourself with some wholesome true talent and ability. Joe Pass is a Legend.

[@4am_no_sleep]

Preach 🔥

[@RocknRo11Vox110]

Earth Soul⚡ Blues Jazz⚡ RocknRoll...

[@mrgoodfinder]

I was at a Summer Jazz Band camp in Portland Oregon in 1970, and had improvisation classes with Joe. Just beginning jazz studies before high school, I was blown away! "Voice leading" I still remember him demonstrating with "Over the Rainbow" I wonder if I can find that tape I recorded?

[@フェンリル-c6x]

いーい音だなぁ😍 そしてフィンガリングが美しい❤

[@Sam123rod]

😮wow

[@martystuart1041]

Not too shabby.

[@josephhargrove4319]

Eric Clapton and Joe Bonamassa, eat your hearts out! richard --

[@wolfgang4078]

Here they can learn wich notes are NOT to play!🙂

[@julioguzmanrock]

MAESTRO 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎵🎵🎵❤️❤️❤️

[@raylangley4842]

The one and only 🎸

[@guymandude1482]

I think Alvin Lee listened to this a few times. A lot of similar riffs and moves in Alvin's jazzier blues.

[@brandonbaker3063]

I can play Wes Montgomery, Hendrix, etc...but I doubt I'll ever attempt to copy Joe Pass. I'll study his music, play bits and pieces, bit never attempt to recreate one of his solos. His ability to play chord solos, with regular soloing mixed in is not possible with a pick. Well maybe it is, but it wouldn't sound like Joe Pass. He's got multiple melodic ideas happening a light speed up and down the neck.

[@TheOverlordOfProcrastination]

The intonation on that guitar…

[@ridovem]

love see a guy (or Anyone )playing the guitar barehanded.. lotsa thumb going on! ^..^

[@mpcguy]

All that soulful sheet like water off a ducks back amazing 😊

[@flimffub]

Great camera work. Unlike the always amateurish shot of just the picking/strumming hand, this camera crew got both of Pass's hands

[@paulsimmons5726]

There’s only a handful of guitarists who have played with the same abilities as Joe Pass! A complete master of his craft, RIP Joe Pass!

[@gwynnielsen5081]

As a guitarist myself (not a very good one), I can totally respect what this man does with his instrument. N-i-c-e!

[@ChrisBuonoGuitar]

Needed that.

[@paulsterner8190]

Greatest guitar player ever, the best to Joe. 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@james-497]

Good stuff

[@johnrourke4363]

The man has made me quit,and restart playing the guitar more than any player i can think of

[@francheska404]

I dont get what so special about this "too much" for blues

[@Banzo_]

​@@francheska404I think it's a theory/technical thing. I like it, but doesn't hit the spot imo.

[@Otisleevonridge]

Řttttťt try i🎉🎉😮 it

[@Taco_Raider]

He makes me throw rocks at gophers

[@christopherhenderson1078]

I'm sure there's something unique about your playing that others would like. Don't worry if you don't have his speed. Passion is far more important in my opinion. Comparing your skills to others will only impede your own talent.

[@Passion535]

You almost have it Joe, just keep on practicing and, maybe, you'll get it one day!?

[@cletusbeauregard1972]

Thing is, he'd probably agree with you.

[@Passion535]

@@cletusbeauregard1972 Totally understand!! I'm going to adjust my previous statement just a tad! "The GUY'S just out there"!!!!!

[@АнатолийАртишевский-к4ы]

Это так здорово, сто и писать не могу , великолепно. Так чисто все звучит , как стёклышки и тембор на гитаре классный.

[@fedecaivano8259]

the best

[@daveydacusguitars9033]

That drummer is back there thinking.... "This is the easiest gig or my life" haha Heard the name many times, but never heard any examples or saw any videos of him playing. Interesting to see this clip and especially to see his right hand technique A lot of the jazz licks don't do it for me like it does for some, but I appreciate that his mind is so far deep into all the different things he can do before, during, amd after chords, all the things hes able to just throw together harmonically... It's pretty minblowing.

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

Joe Pass, Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalacqua (Nuevo Brunswick, 13 de enero de 1929 - Los Ángeles, 23 de mayo de 1994), fue un músico de jazz estadounidense. Caracterizado por su uso del walking bass, del contrapunto melódico en medio del curso de una improvisación y de un estilo melódico de acordes, se trata de uno de los más alabados guitarristas de jazz, tanto por la crítica como por sus compañeros de profesión, a algunos de los cuales sirvió de eficiente acompañante en distintos trabajos.

[@caryd67]

My longtime guitarist friend has always talked about “sweet notes”. If you look up sweet notes in the dictionary, you’ll see a picture of Joe Pass.

[@jorgeyaquilugobeltran]

The Suit says it all

[@gregarnold1696]

The frustration listening to Joe for us lesser mortals is he makes it look so easy you pick up your guitar and try to imitate him and then you spend two days with your guitar in your lap wondering why you ever bothered

[@infotecgames]

10/10.

[@cryptotharg7400]

Good evening. And welcome ... to Jazz Club.

[@MS-Patriot2]

….nice.

[@thomasgalfano2981]

Is there a note for note transcription for his playing on this video. My old guitar teacher from High School Ray Gogarty (Massapequa NY) knew and played with Joe. After over 40 years looking to get back in to playing again in retirement.

[@kto-totam]

Как же он хорош

[@TheGazza83]

Wow

[@tidepoolbay]

Oh So Cool! WooF!!🐶🐶

[@patrickfallon8950]

Original blues in the key of holy shit

[@MickWhittington]

I had the pleasure of seeing him at the Concord Jazz Festival along with Herb Ellis and Barney Kessel. The Great Guitars session. Good times.

[@digittydog]

I am wondering how it would sound on steel string with some of the bass notes sustained longer.

[@InsignificantSpeckOfDust]

The drummer in the background is goin'..."That's not music Martelli....That's masturbation"