Joe Pass: Virtuoso Standards, Songbook Collection Authentic Guitar-Tab Edition (Virtuoso Series) (Paperback)

by Roland Leone (Author) "HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES..." (more)
Key Phrases: Have You Met Miss Jones, Can't Get Started, Sweet Lorraine (more...)

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Product Description
Note-for-note Transcriptions of Joe Pass Performing classic jazz standards including: The Man I Love * I Can't Get Started * Sweet Lorraine * Have You Met Miss Jones * 'Round Midnight * On Green Dolphin Street * In Your Own Sweet Way. All transcribed from Joe's immortal Virtuoso series of Recordings. In standard notation and tablature.

Product Details

• Paperback: 79 pages
• Publisher: Alfred Publishing Co., Inc. (June 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0769217109
• ISBN-13: 978-0769217109
• Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 8.8 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #270,139 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a fantastic book!, April 21, 2008

By	MLao - See all my reviews

I've been playing guitar for almost 20 years now and jazz has always been a mystery to me. I always wanted to play jazz standards but never had the patience to learn them. After trying many boring and unnecessarily difficult books, I bought Dan Towey's Chord Melodies on Hal Leonard and that got me started. I was hooked. I was then looking for a more challening book, one that I could impress my audience with. When I found these note-for-note transcriptions of Joe Pass' Virtuoso recordings, I thought I'd give it a try but wasn't too serious about it. I figured this would be way out of my league.

Well, I've had this book for a week now and can't let my guitar down. I have learned the beautiful "Have You Met Miss Jones" standard by practicing over four hours a day. Unlike some books on chord melodies, Joe Pass does not use super complicated chords but rather a beautiful melody line along with swinging rhythms. For a non-jazz guitarist like me, it turned out to be a really good fit. This book is definitely for advanced guitarists but it certainly isn't out of reach for those of us who are prepared to practice hard.

The transcriptions are very accurate and the fingerings are top notch. Roland Leone did a fantastic job both in terms of accuracy and practicality. Highly recommended.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the fantastic Joe Pass !, November 23, 2003

By	Jean Havenne (Martouzin-Neuville Belgium) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I had heard Joe Pass.
This book give me the opportunity to approach modestly his art.
And better feel the beauty.
Thank you Joe, thank you Roland.

5.0 out of 5 stars Super hard!, August 30, 2008

By	Andy Remedios (La Mirada, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The only thing about this book I would have liked to see were lists of the recordings these transcriptions came from. My guess is that the average jazz student(especially guitar players!) can't sight-read many of the polyrythmic figures. Plus, things like nuance and dynamic tend to get lost in transcriptions.