Sometime around the mid 70s Joe Pass toured Australia with Oscar Peterson. I was a fledgling rock and roller. My dad was a jazz pianist. Dad got me out of bed about 2 AM to watch Joe and Oscar on TV. (When else would they broadcast jazz) I remember being mesmerized. I taped most of the performance on a cheesy desk cassette recorder next to the TV's 2 inch speaker. Within days my solid body guitar was traded for an archtop. Joe Pass started a jazz fire in my heart that has burned to this day. Perhaps what attracts me most to his music is that he can play with such high technique and yet with such passion. His music is filled with emotion. Sometimes it makes me smile, even laugh out loud. Dad has gone to the big gig now and it is just me but I will never forget that night sitting on the end of his bed watching 2 of the world's best musicians ply their trade.
Great story, thanks for sharing. I remember the first time I heard Virtuoso. A friend lent me the album and said I had to check it out. It took me years to really understand what I was hearing, and I become more in awe of Joe Pass by the day.
That's an incredible job transcribing that!! Kudos!! But for Joe to play it....its just a " walk in the park" for him. That's why he's in my top 5 all time greatest.
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Bret - It took me a few hours to do the whole transcription, then I took some time and went back to refine some parts. I don't think I'd be able to memorize a 3 1/2 minute improvisation. I hadn't thought about doing a lesson, but now that you mention it, I think it might be fun. Instead of teaching this, I think it'd be more helpful to show you what I do with a transcription like this. It's about learning from it and cherry picking - taking some of the things he's doing, breaking them down, learning them, and then working those things into your playing. Great idea, Bret!
Just look for a short(er) phrase that is within your skill range and work on that. I think I'm going to work on a lesson about how to "cherry-pick" from transcriptions and work those phrases into your playing and vocabulary. Thanks for the comment!
Honestly, that's the best way to work from transcriptions/tabs IMO. You will forget how to play the solo (unless you have eidetic memory of course), but you will always remember the concepts and continue to build off that foundation.
@@jofferyblack1338 this isn't blues. He's comping and using over 90% bebop scales, few notes from blues scales but playing 8th notes most of time. Its jazz. Not blues. It might be 95% jazz and 5% blues maybe but it isn't by strict definition just blues. Not even a little by definition and by using your ear you can tell
@@jofferyblack1338 you can say it's very small percentage blues only based on a few notes derived from blues scale. This is predominately jazz, 8th note swing, chromatic passing tones used with bebop mixolydian scales and a few blue notes. But this isn't blues. Its jazz with a very small mix blues. I wouldn't say jazz blues. It would be mostly jazz and some blues. All of the structure and notes and chords used are part of cultural jazz, the drums, the tempo, chord changes and groove. But you don't place blues in front of jazz if you know what I mean. Look at the structure of the song everything about it. It does have a small amount of blues I guess just by a few notes. But like I said judging by the composition of this song its mostly jazz. They do have jump and swing blues but even in that case 13th chords and 9th chords are more associated with jazz standards in most cases
@@jofferyblack1338 well for one blues is built from 7th chords. Dominant, minor or major although not exclusively. Blues usually contains lyrics and a singer, although not exclusively. Also it's built from what is known as call and response and a 12 bar form. Like I said jazz is very similar to blues but it is different. Jazz incorporates (usually) much more colors of chords, such as the 7th chords but also 9th, 13th, 6ths, major and minor, flat 5, raised 9th raised 13th etc I can go on. Blues isn't normally recognized in that capacity of chords but sometimes it is. Jazz is usually an ensemble, and improvised often usually having no singer, often heard in the swing tempo form but again not exclusively. They are similar as I said but by strict definition (because saying it is more jazz than blues would be subjective) I retain an objective standpoint that by cultural and known genre standard procedure this is compositionally speaking jazz. Yes as I said it has blues elements but it's just some blues notes used, sure it has swing blues elements but swing blues is basically jazz -blues. Not a traditional blues music in respect.
Sometime around the mid 70s Joe Pass toured Australia with Oscar Peterson. I was a fledgling rock and roller. My dad was a jazz pianist.
Dad got me out of bed about 2 AM to watch Joe and Oscar on TV. (When else would they broadcast jazz)
I remember being mesmerized. I taped most of the performance on a cheesy desk cassette recorder next to the TV's 2 inch speaker.
Within days my solid body guitar was traded for an archtop. Joe Pass started a jazz fire in my heart that has burned to this day. Perhaps what attracts me most to his music is that he can play with such high technique and yet with such passion. His music is filled with emotion. Sometimes it makes me smile, even laugh out loud.
Dad has gone to the big gig now and it is just me but I will never forget that night sitting on the end of his bed watching 2 of the world's best musicians ply their trade.
Great story, thanks for sharing. I remember the first time I heard Virtuoso. A friend lent me the album and said I had to check it out. It took me years to really understand what I was hearing, and I become more in awe of Joe Pass by the day.
Wow. Astonishing transcription . Respect, my friend
Mighty job Sir, respect and thanks for sharing the transcription
Super inspiring music and onscreen tab...I salute you brother!
Terrific job of transcribing this solo!
Probably a lifetime worth of study in that piece alone.
Amen!
That's an incredible job transcribing that!! Kudos!! But for Joe to play it....its just a " walk in the park" for him. That's why he's in my top 5 all time greatest.
The instrument is endless in its applications. This is yet another example of that.
Really liked this style of video good stuff man
What a guy!
Just when we all thought Jerry was difficult..... you bring in the big guns Joe Passalaqua.... my two favorite guitar players on my favorite UA-cam channel thanks Craig
I did subscribe. I would love to purchase this PDF from you. Is it available for purchase? Thanks for all that hard work.
Great effort - should be appreciated more - thanx
great transcription
Hello, great transcription. How can I go about purchasing off you?
amazing content
Hello, how can I get a pdf of this transcripton, thanks
Nice work putting together. but the transcription is from Melbay Joe Pass Live Album Booklet.
No, this is my transcription.
Do you have pdf available? And tip jar to support your effort?
I loved Joe Pass I got a chance to see him in person in Chicago I didn't tell him I was a guitarist my new CD is coming out soon Albert J Anderson from the seed group podcast subscribe like it you might enjoy
How can I buy sheet music?
Awesome tab, tech as fuck 😃
How long did this take you? Can you play it, is a lesson coming? Outrageous video!
Bret - It took me a few hours to do the whole transcription, then I took some time and went back to refine some parts. I don't think I'd be able to memorize a 3 1/2 minute improvisation.
I hadn't thought about doing a lesson, but now that you mention it, I think it might be fun. Instead of teaching this, I think it'd be more helpful to show you what I do with a transcription like this. It's about learning from it and cherry picking - taking some of the things he's doing, breaking them down, learning them, and then working those things into your playing. Great idea, Bret!
Transcriber obviosly has perfect pitch.
Not even close!
Nice amazing tab too bad it's way out of my skill range
Just look for a short(er) phrase that is within your skill range and work on that. I think I'm going to work on a lesson about how to "cherry-pick" from transcriptions and work those phrases into your playing and vocabulary. Thanks for the comment!
@@WeepingWillowGuitarLessons haha yeah that's exactly what I did I came up with some cool riffs based on those parts
Honestly, that's the best way to work from transcriptions/tabs IMO. You will forget how to play the solo (unless you have eidetic memory of course), but you will always remember the concepts and continue to build off that foundation.
still jazz lol not blues.
@@jofferyblack1338 this isn't blues. He's comping and using over 90% bebop scales, few notes from blues scales but playing 8th notes most of time. Its jazz. Not blues. It might be 95% jazz and 5% blues maybe but it isn't by strict definition just blues. Not even a little by definition and by using your ear you can tell
@@jofferyblack1338 you can say it's very small percentage blues only based on a few notes derived from blues scale. This is predominately jazz, 8th note swing, chromatic passing tones used with bebop mixolydian scales and a few blue notes. But this isn't blues. Its jazz with a very small mix blues. I wouldn't say jazz blues. It would be mostly jazz and some blues. All of the structure and notes and chords used are part of cultural jazz, the drums, the tempo, chord changes and groove. But you don't place blues in front of jazz if you know what I mean. Look at the structure of the song everything about it. It does have a small amount of blues I guess just by a few notes. But like I said judging by the composition of this song its mostly jazz. They do have jump and swing blues but even in that case 13th chords and 9th chords are more associated with jazz standards in most cases
@@jofferyblack1338 well for one blues is built from 7th chords. Dominant, minor or major although not exclusively. Blues usually contains lyrics and a singer, although not exclusively. Also it's built from what is known as call and response and a 12 bar form. Like I said jazz is very similar to blues but it is different. Jazz incorporates (usually) much more colors of chords, such as the 7th chords but also 9th, 13th, 6ths, major and minor, flat 5, raised 9th raised 13th etc I can go on. Blues isn't normally recognized in that capacity of chords but sometimes it is. Jazz is usually an ensemble, and improvised often usually having no singer, often heard in the swing tempo form but again not exclusively. They are similar as I said but by strict definition (because saying it is more jazz than blues would be subjective) I retain an objective standpoint that by cultural and known genre standard procedure this is compositionally speaking jazz. Yes as I said it has blues elements but it's just some blues notes used, sure it has swing blues elements but swing blues is basically jazz -blues. Not a traditional blues music in respect.