In some cases, it really becomes a matter of preferring the way he was recorded on that day vs another day. In fact, the incredible consistency of Joe Pass makes choosing favourites in this setting incredibly hard. Here is an overview of some of the best, from my perspective. His coming out party as a solo guitar “recitalist” was the 1973 date “ Virtuoso”. He would go on to record three volumes in the “Virtuoso” series plus many other solo outings.
But it would seem that he will be best remembered for recordings and concerts where he was neither of those things. Emerging from the haze of addiction and incarceration, Pass jumped seemingly headlong into a busy career as a sideman and as a leader. Guitar icon Joe Pass was prolific in terms of his recorded output and more than made up for a drug-related “lost decade” at the very beginning of his burgeoning career.
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