Joe Pass - Jazz Lines DVD (1991)

[@peacemover]

"If you can't repeat the line you were playing, it obviously means it was not anything worth playing." Classic Joe Pass!

[@peacemover]

...because they are exercises not music.

[@antoniocaruso1702]

+John Olsen That's so true.. but that requires the player to go over the gap between mind and guitar, and that means hours and hours and hours of practice..

[@davidwinter2819]

I don't know about that - some of the most interesting lines creep into my playing while I'm noodling that I can never repeat unless I'm recording myself.

[@joejoe5921]

@@davidwinter2819 i agree, music can be free too (im-pro-vi-sa-tion)

[@brandoagusti7288]

@@davidwinter2819 That's exaclty what Joe meant. That was a licky noodle, not a mindfull and controlled phrase.

[@racecar06]

The famous Vintage VHS Chorus effect :~)

[@VolodyaVolodenka1981]

+racecar06 that awkward feeling when 1991 has become vintage... time flies

[@leomilani_gtr]

+racecar06 yeah, and it sucks... lol

[@TheJofrica]

+racecar06 Tape warble

[@wastrel09]

+Leonardo Milani I love it, sounds so retro!

[@peacemover]

At first I thought he was using some sort of Leslie effect pedal but soon came to my senses and realized Joe would never bother with such gimmicks as effects pedals and it is rather the wobbly audio from the old VHS tape transfer.

[@ThreadKiller123]

9:32 jazz lines for major chords 18:09 jazz lines for minor chords 27:35 jazz lines for static dominant 7th chords 33:47 jazz lines for altered dominant 7th chords 37:03 jazz lines for turnarounds 41:01 jazz lines for turnarounds with altered dominant 7th chords

[@ButtmanRises]

I bless you, son

[@ButtmanRises]

Thank you

[@jocsanmendoza]

Thank you!!

[@ddunddun]

Nice

[@stefanronnie6047]

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[@TheJudplay]

I smile when he burns up these jazz licks and then quietly says, "Hello, I'm Joe Pass." In my mind I'm thinking, "Yes, you certainly are!" and "You have already introduced yourself without saying a word."

[@michaelvalentiner8352]

"put your fingers on the guitar, sit there, and watch television for a while" - Joe, you crack me up. Love ya!

[@charlespeterson3798]

I spend 45 minutes playing along with this most days. Makes me better as a human being. The guitar is another can a beans.

[@Ayo.Ajisafe]

wow! :)

[@hayamwuruk7099]

Same

[@holygroove2]

I'm being blown away by the affirmation that this unfortunately deceased legend is giving me about the way I think theoretically. Many of the older players thought simpler about chords and progressions. It is freeing.

[@kurobass]

Dude, same.

[@JaxonBurn]

100%. It’s amazing to me that the simpler way of thinking is less common than the complicated way. Only in jazz would that happen, I suppose. What matters is a chord’s function, and that’s the same whether it’s a 7 chord or a 13. Simply stacking additional extension notes on top of a dominant chord doesn’t change its function as a dominant chord. Likewise with major and minor chords.

[@Faz99Master]

Joe was and still is a reference (read Giant). Notice that he says he doesn't use arpeggios yet they are all of the place in his playing. That's how unassuming and humble he was. He never "overanalysed" anything. He just let the music out in such a simple way, with sensitivity, taste and mastery.

[@jscordoba3]

seems true of many of the greats, they dont think so seriously about what they're doing because its just natural.

[@weijiejiang2436]

So true. Arpeggios are all over the place. But I have to admit that all arpeggios he used are simple ones that “falls right under his fingers”.

[@nancychace8619]

A true keeper! His ability on the guitar was masterful. He probably wrapped up 3-4 semesters or more of study into 46 minutes. Wish I'd run into this recording years ago. I got to see him live a couple of different times. Will always treasure it. Thank you for sharing.

[@catboyzee]

Next to his virtuosic playing, the other aspect I loved about Joe Pass was his dry-but-cutting sense of humor. Respect and RIP.

[@jimmyknopflericussi6488]

Einer meiner Lieblingsjazzer, mit einer gesunden Einstellung zur Musik. Es geht bei guter Musik nicht um Virtuosität, wie gerade viele junge Jazzmusiker zu glauben scheinen. Es geht um schöne Melodien und Harmonien, und die entspringen eher weniger virtuosem Können.

[@majorbalna]

funny how the bad sound quality of VHS makes a strange effect on the guitar sound. For first i thought he was using some kind of chorus pedal :D

[@Hollcall]

How good was Joe Pass? Well, think about this............how many singers of Ella 's caliber tour the world with one musician? This man was a GIFT to the musical world !

[@shubhamdash6519]

Joe Pass: It's all G7 My mind: Always has been

[@colbydobbs6399]

Why is everyone so hung up on audio quality? Are you people not listening to what he’s saying and playing? This is next level stuff! Who cares what the tone, or the degradation of the VHS sounds like?! This is about information, and this dude thought on a different level. Be thankful and focus on the information, not whether the VHS makes the audio warble out of tune 🤣

[@chazhogue2945]

Thank you SIR for everything!

[@serich]

You're right man this stuff is pure gold. What an awesome musician! I hope this stays up forever

[@deliberatemusician]

my mentor and friend, he was the best ever.

[@paulharris8551]

I love Joe Pass videos. He would make a great uncle. I wonder if he's right about doing what's comfortable instead of strict alternation and so on. Alternate picking with pick or fingers seems to change the sound from one note to the next. Downstrokes sound consistent. Django Reinehardt used only downstrokes I heard.

[@PhilipPoland1987]

+paul harris all players descending from Django (gypsy jazz players) use only downstrokes when changing strings and quite a few especially older generation jazz players. This get you more solid attack and louder sound but was abandoned gradually with improvement of amplification and jazz guitar evolving to more rock-influenced fusion style of playing.

[@keremcandundar4824]

such an amazing phrasing joe had

[@Aroncare]

Makes me cry, bro

[@crabtrap]

A Jedi's strenght flows from the force.... Joe Pass

[@davidwinter2819]

yep, definitely getting strong Yoda vibe from Joe Pass!

[@dhfalcon23]

Thanks for posting this video. I had the good fortune of seeing Joe Pass and Herb Ellis at an old jazz club in Ft. Lauderdale in the 70's within a few months of each other. Needless to say, they were both incredible.

[@guitar5289]

yeah I know I was just thinking the same thing. Too cool that someone so amazing at what he does keeps things relatively simple to understand..no ego going on there trying to make it difficult for students to be as good as the teacher. Seems like he was a wonderful and extremely genuine person.

[@tadasuyamato930]

Joe pass lesson videos are guitarists heritage! Thanks joe!

[@rosskstar]

A buddy of mine got me to go to a jazz club in Dallas roundabout '82 - we were both under age punk rockers but didn't matter. I had no idea who Joe Pass was but there he was noodling away on a stool while we were getting our buzz on. During their break we cornered the drummer, Colin Bailey and invited him out to burn a doobie in our car. Great guy. I don't remember what he said but we dug his accent. Man did he know when to sneak up on you with that bass drum - felt it in my chest like he literally put a boot in my sternum. That was the best jazz i've heard in my life. I bet that whole experience would be impossible to replicate now. And "Seek Jehovah while he may be found" - this system is going to get shut down soon by the Almighty. JWorg

[@City2x]

Thank you so much for uploading this. 🙏🏿

[@ELMER879]

the great, the legend, my mentor in thoughts and ideas... the world of music will remember you... sir joseph

[@OGStazzy]

Something about old school cats to will never get old

[@Cleveland_Chris]

This might be the single greatest piece of content on the internet.

[@superagnitio]

i'm still amazed at how much great info he puts in 45 min. Definitely one of the bst instructionals out there and boy I've seen MANY!

[@stevencarey3005]

I have always loved Jazz music especially. I am really into it and the endless challenge of this interesting genre of music.

[@AakwardAardvark]

joe pass seems like a really nice guy. great teacher too, doesnt super dumb it down but definately doesnt act pretentios at all

[@danilo8260]

What memories!!!! In 80's those tutorial-lessons were only a mirage from Italy, only few lucky and wealty people brought them back from travels.

[@clivehazell3672]

Awesome. Like all who are truly brilliant, he is so down to earth and humble.

[@carlwilson5339]

What an incredible bassist Joe has inside his brilliant mind and techniques

[@luischaza]

Unico. Qué sonido. Unas de las altas guitarras del jazz es Joe Jazz Pass

[@kentinspacetime5378]

The best guitar instruction video ever made! Well, except for his others.

[@davidhadley370]

Gee... I wish Joe was still here with us. He seemed like such a nice, humble person. Those are the kind of people that make learning less overwhelming or intimidating. You gotta go through some hardship to obtain that kind of grounded wisdom... IMO.

[@Qiuvoweb]

Thank you so much for posting, thank you KZbin!

[@omgsolikevalleygirl]

amazing how he kind of plays as if in a dream and then has to wake up looking at what happened to put it into words :D

[@1GuitarraFacil]

I saw Paco de Lucia with John Mclaughlin playing live in concert years ago; Barney Kessell, Laurindo Almeida and some others too. But the man who really shock me out with his playing technique was Joe Pass. Just alone with his guitar. Those amazing bass and chords lines...!!

[@henrikduende]

Jay Bee's BLUES LINE Joe Pass and Paco de Lucia. Heros

[@Modes9]

It's fascinating to hear him describe his technical and creative process.

[@brianbobyoung3266]

God this guy is cool as Jazz

[@berty611]

R.I.P. Joe ♥

[@Minotauro_di_Chieti]

Hi, my name's Joe Pass and I'm legend!!

[@oqueedeuseoquechamadodeus5346]

gosto muito desse tipo de trabalho

[@wesmatron]

Imagine you're listening to an old Django-era recording :)

[@hudsbass]

Just gorgeous.

[@domeniclimon9539]

incredible intro

[@CalebePriester]

What he's teaching makes a ton lot of sense!

[@RemovedNull]

Joe was on fire with the 1-6-2-5 vamp...great lines from the beginning to the end.

[@CAGED1702]

A lesson from THE MASTER..! Thanks for posting this :-)

[@fbcaware8805]

I just passed on buying this Ibanez. I can't believe they simply didn't try a second model with a different pickup placement, floating preferably.

[@jeanounou]

11:35 Dunno'bout you, but that concept of starting on root and ending on 7th brings an overflow of lines to me.

[@musket-hc1fc]

I saw him at Guitar 84 in Toronto. A small group of us sat around him on the grass and listened. What a great guy. By the way, I thought he was from Johnstown, Pa.

[@D.NogueraMusic]

Joe, the master! I got the book version of this video and the cd audio is neat, I only come here to watch the video for some fingerigs, even though everything is tabbed.

[@LumpyMusic]

I've watched this video since it was new on VHS. Always thought it odd when he did "minor" he used Cm instead of Dm, when he used G7 for the dom. And then he called Cm the I as well.

[@franktib]

harmonic and melodic minor

[@jimmymurphy7789]

1. Ahh, that great vintage analog VHS Tape "Wow & Flutter" effect - makes this video all the more priceless, especially for those of us Guitarists who walked 5 miles in the Cold Rain & Snow every day to our Jazz Lessons, with a battery-powered TV/VHS Player bungeed to our Guitar Case we watched along the Way. 2. I hope Joe got a real Gourmet meal after he finished this video.

[@mrg4441]

This is gold

[@juancpgo]

10:50 Cmaj7 line 1 11:03 Cmaj7 line 1: chordal version 11:03 Cmaj7 line 1: playing in other places 11:49 Cmaj7 line 2: chromatic, repeated an octave lower 12:11 Cmaj7 line 3 12:22 Cmaj7 line 4 12:29 Cmaj7 line 5 12:34 Cmaj7 line 6

[@laurasmith7421]

Thankyou❤️🙏🏼🤓

[@southamerican5402]

I like the way Joe Pass dictates he doesn't seem to fall into any traditional methods, he plays his way where some might think it's not correct or unorthodox..he says fuck it ...it's my way and it's sounded great all these years,... and I agree with him, he's unique and a great player,I have an LP of him and Barney Kessel on guitars and it's just outrageous.

[@stutty1400]

A true genius player

[@blackcatjazzin]

I totally agree with you, I have a fellow musician buddy who needs too see hear this, cause' this cat, i.e. my friend has great finger dexterity. He goes about music by way of flopping his fingers around, and CANNOT repeat something he just came up with!

[@davidwinter2819]

Yeah, I have the same problem - decent technique but not enough mind to back it up with - that's why I record a lot of my jams - but I still miss a lot - mindfulness while playing takes effort.

[@wansotaiji]

oh my god i love you

[@marcelocorrea7333]

Gênio!!!

[@brtmont]

Joe is a guitar god and his knowledge is prenominal.

[@ARATA_RED]

Crazy...

[@pencert]

My favourite stuff is around 24-25 minutes when he talks about thinking polychordally. I know in comping it's a good idea to move back and forth between octaves/voicing etc. for interest, and I feel dumb now for not seeing such an easy way to play rootless voicings.

[@49Jazman]

sus4 is to suspend the note and then (most of the time in older jazz) it would resolve into the 3rd of the chord for resolution of tension. Tension and release is very necessary to not wear out the listener. However, rock (heavy, etc.) goes the other direction and creates more tension than resolution as in jazz, country, etc.

[@life-is-inspiring3953]

True master

[@mguit06]

Ótimo! Demais!

[@wallyb55232]

“I give my guitar to a friend to tune it” 😎

[@rwheels6471]

Man I wish I knew what you tube was a long time ago

[@sebastianschweigert7117]

Those chromatic hammer ons are wild. Those are one of the licks that I really associate with his playing.

[@victorwong9622]

On playing single note lines fingerstyle: “It’s not hard to do, you just put your hand on the guitar and just sit there and watch the television set for a while…” Well if THAT’S all I needed to do!!

[@alexalby1099]

He's donating a little drop of the ocean of his lines ehehe THE OTHER LINES HE HAS TAKEN WITH HIM

[@davidwinter2819]

Many of the best things, at least partially, become public domain.

[@IamUncledeuce]

The good news is it's still available on DVD but if you live off of tab then I wouldn't recommend this, but if you can read music there is a wealth of information to study.

[@JAZZLARO]

Very good video and I definitely got something out of it. I have his Guitar but oh a long way to play like him on it! he he PRACTICE MAN!

[@DmitriChoulanov]

Great !

[@TheJofrica]

28:55 "something like that" lol even though it was totally awesome

[@ReneCamacaro]

Genius

[@sazopro]

The Paganini of Jazz...

[@bensacc]

"I don't play arpeggios"

[@josephrader1006]

Based

[@ATomagian]

Check the captions. Only Joe Pass can say these stuff with the guitar!

[@erosromeo]

wow

[@alterego7536]

...genial!!!

[@andresmanueltoledo2314]

Joe Pass Lo-fi

[@adam__mark]

14:00 what a gem

[@PERenatoSuhett]

Nothing Chorus effect. This is sound off The VHS translater to You Tube.

[@vinnothelizard]

louis was the greatest !!

[@greenatom]

The quality of this VHS is making me strangely aroused...

[@aidanjames1787]

First line 10:50.

[@k2enneth2]

Is there a transcription booklet that was published along with this VCR series? Where could it be found?

[@namtil]

It's a Joe Pass Signature by Ibanez.

[@DmitriChoulanov]

thanks , I learn how to play jazz :)

[@TheEDNC]

Wow, this is great, the iconic Joe Pass… wish the guitar sound was better though

[@JessmanCA]

What does he mean he plays a diminished as a dominant flat 9 chord? So if the music says play B diminished 7, what does he play instead? B7b9, G7b9? not sure which he means. What about half-diminished?

[@Bjazzzzzz12]

Nice !!1 Sounds like it was done without an amp. The cd sounds the same. Still great!!!

[@bennyjazzful]

Is the sound a trifle distorted?

[@GregoryPearsonMusic]

Just found this video - lots of practice material here. Anyone know how to get the original with video and perhaps an accompanying book?