Virtuoso 2

Joe Pass | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Pablo
• ASIN: B000000XJ9
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,334 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Media Type: CD
Artist: PASS,JOE
Title: VIRTUOSO NO. 2
Street Release Date: 01/01/1987
Domestic
Genre: JAZZ

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Surreal Guitar Abilities! Miss You Joe! :0), December 18, 2000

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Brian G. Jett, MRC (Lexington, KY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Virtuoso 2 (Audio CD)

This has to be one the most incredible CDs that I've heard irrespective of genre! Joe, I believe, will be remembered as the best all around jazz guitarist to the extent he was able to play his guitar much like one plays a piano.

On this totally JOE CD, he starts the show with John C's tune, "Giant Steps." These are some odd chordal changes, but Pass played them with ease and much fluidity. He incorporated popular tunes like, "Feelings" which is typically a lounge lizard tune, but Joe turned it into a masterpiece!

Another tune that showcases his posthumously surreal skills and aptitudes on this CD is "On Green Dolphin Street." He must have been in some type of transient state when he blew out this track as the solo(s)--cleverly broken up--were (are) remarkably fast and NOT circuitous in nature. Each run is fresh and this is old news to anyone who has listened to Pass' music for any period of time!

If you are a jazz guitarist and you do not have this CD, this is a MUST GET CD for your collection. If you are a jazz fan and passive listener, this CD will absolutely amaze you. Any jazz musician can listen and learn from this particular solo CD which I feel is the best of all of his "Virtuoso" releases!

This is a collector's item so add it to your collection! You will not be disappointed! We miss ya Joe! Respectfully, Brian G. Jett

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great solo Jazz guitar, October 11, 2004

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Kay Emm Gee - See all my reviews

This review is from: Virtuoso 2 (Audio CD)

"Virtuoso #2" is much mellower than "Virtuoso #1." This is the classic Pass style which combines chord/melody arrangements with single note passages. The momentum is occasionally broken with rubato single note cadenzas, but this occurs less frequently than in "Virtuoso #1." If you want to hear pure chord/melody jazz guitar pick up, "Soliloquy" by George Van Eps.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars hot solo guitar, January 9, 2007

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Conrad - See all my reviews

This review is from: Virtuoso 2 (Audio CD)

i really appreciate this album. joe pass grooves, and i have probably listened to this version of giant steps half a million times. very much recomended for guitarists: not sure if you'd enjoy this if you don't play guitar, but hey, give it a shot: they're great arrangements of great tunes.