Joe Pass in Alex music store
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- That was like late 80...you can see that he is not just genius musician but also a man with a big heart.
He is always was trying to help young guitarists and was very much down to earth man.
Joe had a bad case of diabetes type 2 like me, sometime he's remarks like "I don't know how long I be around" it was making me very sad, so I told him that he's music will be around for ever, but he was always was laughing when I was saying that, so proof it to him, one day I decided to recorded his day at work! I borrow camera from a friend of my and that day, it was a recording session for christmas carols day at Rockefeller Center, and after, we visit it Alex recording studio in Manhattan and stop at Alex music store on 48th street... used to be...rest off just history....enjoy :)
I will try to start a blog about Joe Pass, his music, his life, his talent, anybody interesting? Hit me up on Facebook.
I met Joe Pass in Amsterdam inside the elevator of the hotel where I was working with my italian band. I did not know him then and he said to me that he saw me playing the night before and he enjoy the music and had fun dancing. He was in Amsterdam for some recording with Quincy Jones and some other musicians. Invited me to his room and gave me one lp and signed it. Very very nice man. Humble and down to earth. I treasure the memory of the time I spent with him.
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Wow great story
Which hotel was it
In FOUR years, you've had FOUR replies?? Jayzuz, that is an absolutely AMAZING event in anyone's life. Fantastic, and thanks for sharing it.
He plays guitar. A crowd swiftly forms. I play guitar, a crowd swiftly leaves...
Me too Dave.
I've turned crowds into unruly mobs
Thats funny! ... i can relate ... to paraphrase Leo Kottke ... "my guitar playing sort of sounds like goose farts on a muggy morning" ... (his comment was voice)
I saw him 11 times before he died, and one of those times he sat me down and talked w/me 1-on-1. He told me two things that were totally mind-blowing and was a complete paradigm shift in my approach to music.
1.It doesn't matter how many years you've been playing guitar; the only thing that matters is how many SECONDS you've been playing guitar.
2.You ALWAYS should hum the note you are playing!!
Music is just like a foreign language - it's like learning Japanese or Spanish. First you learn some words, just like you learn some notes. Then you learn phrases, just like chords or simple progressions; it's called translation, and what your brain is doing is translating these languages into English.
Humming the note you play is the same thing. Once you go from translating to being fluent; or humming the right note every time you play without having to even think about it, you no longer need the guitar to practice - you can just practice in your head!
A total genius and very down to earth man. He passed (no pun intended) on my 31st birthday. What a loss to the music world!
Pat Ferris Thanks for sharing. Things like that can get lost in the ether. But now it’s in the internet cloud sky forever... Heaven on earth. Many thanks to you fam 🙏
@@kenaestheticfm It was certainly an event that helped shape my music career. Too bad we didn't have cell phones with video recording capabilities back then
Thank you.
Thanks for sharing this.
Great story. And great advice. I never saw him, but he is one of my biggest heroes since early 90's. And 23.5.1994 It was also my (28th) birthday. It was a sad day then.
"Sir, will you be buying this guitar? Otherwise, you and your friends are gonna have to leave"
LOL :)
he has just uped the value
JAJAJAJA!
"This is not a bad guitar." - Joe Pass
I look at mine now...and shudder to think that they have more in them than I can get out of them. Maybe I should....set them free...hahaha.
@@RickMcCargar i'll keep them safe for you ;-)
Joe Pass - moving from single string solo to chording solo to bass runs smooth as silk all blending together - He was THE guitar virtuoso plus a pretty good man. I don't think he'll ever be duplicated
Truly genious, Joe seems like born with guitar and jazz )) !! ... Big Man Joe Pass !!
A piece of history that would never have been seen without your video camera .. Thank You Michael
I thank you for looking at my video! I just loved that man, musician, good friend.
Yes. He had a great sense of humor from what people have told me
A real piece of history. And with an off the shelf guitar ! Such a great player. And a humble person to top.
I don't know if Alex Music is still on 48th St. Manny's is gone, maybe Sam Ash too. Who knows?
I remember this store being called Alex Axe. It was on the 2nd. floor, across the street from Sam Ash. 48th st. a little east of 7th Avenue, Manhattan. I think I am remembering right, maybe not. 48th st. in that block had so many music stores, all were unique. I first visited there in 1977 and was blown away. You could haggle & even barter in those stores back in the days. Also there were drum, horn, piano, sheet music stores nearby like on 46th & 47th st. Lost era. Seeing a well-known musician in one of these places was not some big shock. They shopped there too. P.S. Joe Pass was one of a kind.
Cosmic coincidences... While watching this I could instantly recognize Spanish/Argentinian accents. The guy sitting at Joe's right was Pappo (Norberto Napolitano - R.I.P.) a well known blues/hard rock guitarist. Standing with the white t-shirt, curly hair and ala Lennon glasses is Piero, another well known folk rock musician. I guess there are some other Argentinian musicians around there but can't recognize them so far. This was some easy money ("sweet money" we referred then) and not-so-human-rights friendly era for our country so renowned musicians went to the US to buy gear. Pappo happened to share several gigs with Mr. BB King.
Creo que también había una gente del Uruguay allí que eran amigos de Piero
Years back I had occasion to meet Joe, Ella and Oscar after a concert in Dallas. To our suprise we were the only * 2 at the backstage door when they came out and we had an uninterrupted 20 minute chat with them ending with Ella asking me if I'd mind helping her to her late arriving limo (a high point in my life) apologizing for her eyesight (I didn't wash that arm for damn near a year after) ---
* now --- There should have been 3 in our group HOWEVER ... one decided to put the move on a girl in the parking lot and chat her up --- 44 years later and WE STILL GIVE HIM HELL about his most unfortunate TOTALLY LOST OPPORTUNITY TO MEET ELLA, JOE and OSCAR!! 😂 ... what did his love interest look like? Hell, she could have been standing there naked and I'd have ignored her ... ... but I'll NEVER FORGET meeting 3 pf my MUSIC HERO's that night and still have a cowboy hat SIGNED BY ALL 3 to remember (RIP 3 of my heros). --- --- and thanks for posting this rare glimpse of the master. 👏
Saw Joe only once, in 1989. I was astounded by his music and have been a big fan ever since. A very nice man and an original.
Joe Pass was without a doubt, the MASTER of Solo Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar!
Joe's guitar runs meant something..THE BEST
It's a brazillian song by a composer called Ernesto Nazareth, originally for piano. The title is "Apanhei-te cavaquinho" (Gott'cha, "litlle guitar"!!) Ps: "cavaquinho" it's a ritmic string instrument, sized like an ukelele, but with 4 steel string.
Great story about Joe what a mesmerizing player..
thanks so much for posting this.
Texas...
Thank you for posting this! I shopped very often in Alex Music! Great memories! And Joe is my favorite guitarist! Would go to see him at Fat Tuesdays!
OMG if I had ever walked into a music store and saw him there I would have followed him around like a puppy until he smacked my nose with a newspaper. How cool.
My thoughts exactly. What are the chances!
He makes it look so easy. What a graceful man.
How Virtuoso musicians would stop by and playfor nothing in your average music store??? I think only "1" and your seeing him right here!
Feel blessed to have seen him perform up close and intimate at the old Village Gate back in the 70s. He was one of a kind. Nobody can play solo jazz guitar like Mr. pass.
Usda go see him at Dante's on Monday Guitar Night in the early 70s. I was a teenager and worked at his house in Van Nuys for lessons, but the real treat was just being good friends. i DON'T KNOW HOW HE TREATED EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT HE WAS REAL GOOD TO ME!
I had the privilege of studying with Joe at GIT back in the 80’s it was the experience of a lifetime
Just stumbled upon this small treasure...made my day
He is always so happy. Thanks for this upload!
I have one more video very unusual when he was playing on my synthesizer GR7 just need to edit so takes time...
+Michael Vainshtub That would put things in a different perspective, looking forward to it!
I fucking see you everywhere
Alejandro Soza Fucking thanks lol. Yeah I do comment a lot. Plus my user icon photo thingy is super bright and noticeable haha.
+TheJofrica check jesse van ruller
Oh man could you imagine walking into a music store and finding somebody like Joe Pass there LOL!!
James Anderson i would probably need to mop my brain off the floor if that happened to me
+James Anderson A million years ago, I walked into a local (and long defunct) music store and Joe Diorio was doing this kind of impromptu clinic. Yeah, it's mind-blowing...
Why were they making so much noise instead of listening? It sounds like a convention or something...
🤔
Joe Pass will never be replaced!
☆☆☆☆☆
"Apanhei-te, Cavaquinho!" ("I Gotcha, Cavaquinho!") is a Brazilian song. The cavaquinho is an instrument almost identical to the ukulele, the only difference is it's strings, which are made of steel. I had no idea Joe knew this song.
Joy Spring!!❤
I knew Alex music well and bought my first electric guitar and amp there! Cool footage of the master!!!
There are a ton of wonderful players.
Only one JOE THE GOAT.
Un saludo para todos mis amigos Argentinos y Uruguayos que escucharon ese "No te lo esperabas a esto flaco", al principio del video....
+Gonzalo Graf in english is :
Greetings to all my friends, Argentines and Uruguayans who heard that "Not expected you to this skinny", at the beginning of the video...
jajaja yo lo escuche! Que Grande Pass, nadie se esperaria entrar a una tienda de musica y ver al mismisimo Joe Pass tocando ensima..
Entre los que hablan están Pappo y Piero.
@@3158030Michael thank you! but that's a very literal translation tho, the meaning of the sentence is closer to "you weren't expecting this, uh, flaco?" (flaco is like saying boy, dude, pal, but yeah it means skinny, as in a skinny boy).
@@arg425 yo si decia... que se parecia mucho a piero ..
professor genius passalaqua.
Just wow......thanks
Wow ! Wish I was there.
Joe was the best....RIP
He was the real deal!
Joe pass was great man
Benaiah Wright yes he was!
What flow!
At 2:29 the lady in the back turns around like "what is that" when he starts playing some walking bass lol
joe pass, numa loja tocando várias coisas e entre elas, um pedacinho do choro apanhei te cavaquinho, e mostra conhecimento da cultura musical brasileira
Lit af!
So cool
Genius!!!
More guitars were returned on this day in 1980 than ever before!
Shootin' from the hip here but my guess is that the guitar Joe is playing (in this video)...the one with the big tag on the headstock, probably FLEW itself off the racks soon after this impromptu session...
Glad to see one of the greatest jazz masters playing at 0:40 to 1:20 a song of my country Brazil. A song that most stupid people of Brazil does not give due weight.
+maupric hi there was wondering what the name of this tune is? i would love to learn this! : D
+Garamuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu This is a brasilian music type "chorinho" and this song called "Apannhei-te cavaquinho" of the composer Ernesto Nazareth.
thank you so so much! : D i spent so long trying to find this! haha
with Pappo blues
Donde es eso???
Estaba tocando en una tienda de guitaras. La tienda se llama Alex's Music Store.(Alex's Tienda De Musica).
He was shredding before they gave it a name.
Did he just throw Soriento in there? One of my nan's favourites. thats so random
A la izquierda está pappo
Mandou um "Apanheite-te cavaquinho" , de Ernesto Nazareth.
in my personal opinion, the greatest jazz guitarist ever.
Absolutely the best! Joe was the best without a doubt! His extended phrasing was beyond any other jazz artist out there! And his 3 part style: bass, chord melody, and lead melody,,, set him apart from everyone one else out there. Little Joe Pass,,,,, The BIG player!!!!
he is
Any musician would laugh at your comment. Art is not a sport where you can come in first. Joe god bless him, my dollar says he would roll his eyes.
@@michaelhoward7009 yeah but any musician is allowed to have their opinion. maybe in this particular style (there could be greater than Joe in some ways but I have not seen nor heard) but in other styles there are amazing guitarists who are considered legends... there's nothing wrong with what Francesco said
@@michaelhoward7009 however I have to agree with what you said about the sport thing, it isn't a game
genius. it's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.
well said sir!
Imagine walking into a guitar shop and Joe is sitting and playing there... Wow!
Yes, then imagine pushing past him like some did.
pete guit. Do they even know how he is ? There in the presence of greatness ! I heard one guy say his name. One guy knows.
Especially today.
Yeah I’d be astonished too considering he’s stone dead
Unreal moment!
An artist of his caliber, being totally humble and modest. Sad to see the people just walking by without noticing him, but, the few fans there knew greatness and were in awe. R.I.P. Joe Pass, you are missed. 😢🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🎼🎸
Thank you Jose.
They were hoping it was Yngwie or EVH
Amigo, you're right they made a pass at Pass and didn't realized they just passed on by pure gold
José Molina. Isn't it amazing how good he is.
José Molina
Most people don’t recognise genius and they don’t care either
Thanks for posting,
I played with Joe in a small room at GIT 1984
we were playing a blues, when he looked up and gave me a Big Smile while i was soloing, it made me feel like a million bucks, thanks Joe.
RIP
vincent spaulding wow man that’s mad
Detrás de Joe esta Piero un musico Argentino de la época, y fuera de cámara se escucha la voz de Papo, este ultimo un buen guitarrista de Blues Argentino también que toco con BB King en algunas oportunidades, esas casualidades de la vida. Saludos desde Argentina
Difícil de chequear pero yo elijo creer
Sii esta pappo minuto 4:40
One does not simply walk by, or leave the area, when freaking Joe Pass is playing in a music store! Awesome vid.
90% of guitar " players " and expo visitors are pitiful musicians !
I saw him play at GIT in Hollywood and then sat next to him as we watched Joe Di Orio in Venice one night. Pass was smoking a cigar and they asked him to put it out. He said "fuckin' hippies."
So refreshing to see people watching with their eyes not their cell phones.
just goes to show...you can be one of the best who ever lived and some people will still ignore you and walk on by. lol
JONATHON SEAGULL ...an example of "casting your pearls among swine"
+JONATHON SEAGULL
Ahhh... isn't that often the case, oblivious. However, had he been playing a recognizable pop tune of the era they might have glanced over and wondered who the old guy was.
+JONATHON SEAGULL For most people it takes a whole lot more than "just" the music whether they will appreciate it or not. Probably only musicians can appreciate it for what it is.
You mean that old guy never played with Nirvana? LOL!
Maybe you yourself just walked past a great architect, a surgeon, who invented a new kind of operation, a brilliant scientist, a soldier who risked his life to save a comrade, or quite possible, a great musician from another genre. Just saying that before we start to be outraged by the stupidity of others, we should do some effort to recognize our own. Since even the most brilliant amongst us are naive and ignorant in one way or another.
The song he was trying to remember the name is called Apanhei-te Cavaquinho by Eernesto Nazareth. It is a Choro, an old Brazilian style of Samba. Joe Pass was really the nicest person. I saw him play at The Free Jazz Festival in '83. I was only 11, but will never forget it.
His style influenced even Pat Matheny.
Mr. Joe Pass, thank you. RIP
0:24 the song is called "Apanhei-te, Cavaquinho", writted by a brazilian composer Ernesto Nazareth. Cavaquinho is a 4 stringed tiny acoustic guitar, but the title is an old brazilian idiomatic phrase, meanning something like: "busted!", "caught red-handed".
The brazilian song's they are tryin' to remember is called "Apanhei-te cavaquinho" by Ernesto Nazareth.
Yes I recognized it too. A classic of traditional choro repertoire.
0:34 guy tryies to sing "Brasileirinho" lol
@@BrunoSirilo what's the second song?
@@vinidias015 qual minuto?
@@BrunoSirilo logo no começo
@ 1:20, Joe says, "what do you wanna hear, wanna hear something ?"...like it was no big deal to play perfect, beautiful chord melodies and entire songs without even thinking about it....hey yeah, no problem,lol, he was such an amazingly human and unassuming, kind guy , for all the superhuman guitar he has played and composed. Thank you, Joe, wish you were still with us . He really influenced me when Virtuoso came out on Pablo.
Around this same time he came to a music store in Hopkins, MN suburb of Minneapolis. He spent at least two hours with about 6-7 of us. He made a big point...learn tunes, as many melodys and tuned as possible. I have done that over the last 30 years, great advise.
I don't think a lot of people realise how bloody good he was. A true master. ( and dont let the bald head and 'conservative' clothing fool you, this guy was as cool as they come). RIP. Genius.He literally was the "you hum it, I'll play it," guy. Incredible mastery of the fretboard , harmony and substitution. ❤ The young guy's seemed to appreciate him though. Guitarist's thinking 🤯 I need to practice. 🤣 (I'm saving this). Thanks. This is special.
Thank you for wonderful comment!
the 6 people who disliked this video need a good smack.
you don't think they've already suffered brain damage ?
....no , its time for electro-convulsive therapy
Bob Saturday.. indeed. lol
I'd go with a preorbital lobotomy, but those are illegal now.
I don't think those people guitar players, may be it was people who was going by when I was filming ?
They are on smack
Great! Sitting on the left is one of the greatest guitar players from Argentina, Pappo! And standing with white t-shirt is Piero, singer.
Es verdad! Pappo para mi fue Dios... Pero Joe Pass era directamente de otra galaxia...! Cuando se filmó esto???
Could you link me to some music pf that Pappo chap? What band was he in?
@@versnellingspookie He played with many musicians and had mainly two bands: Pappo´s Blues and Riff. Here a link with the concert in Madison Square Garden NYC with B.B. King: ua-cam.com/video/b43yG0tN9OY/v-deo.html
God Bless Joe! I had the pleasure of taking my wife and my co-worker and her boyfriend to see him at the King Of France Tavern Inn (Annapolis, Maryland) in the 80's. They of course, never heard of Joe Pass but the Inn was "standing room only" and we were lucky to have a table. During Joe's "break" I met him and got his autograph. He was an honest, "down to earth" musician who loved his fans, unlike today's rock divas' who are self centered. I asked my co-worker's boyfriend what he thought of Joe's playing and he said: "he's good, but he plays too many notes".I laughed like crazy... I found out later, the boyfriend was a country and western listener. Oh Well!
el que esta justo atras de el es Piero un cantante argentino. la verdad es que joe pass fue el mas grade de los grades guitarristas de jazz.
Y el que está al lado sentado es Pappo
I remember Alex Music. Bought a G&L ASAT there in 1989. Recently went to 48th St NY (October 2018) and all the music stores are gone! Manny's block is a flattened wasteland. Alex's has gone too. Rudy's music stop (where Jack Sony of Dire Straights worked ) is derelict. Whatever reason the planners gave for ripping music row out of NYC - progress it aint!!!
Joe Pass the Master.That guitar will never be played better than it was that day and h was just noodling around.
Yes, he was the Master but he wasn't 'just noodling around'. He was creating music of the highest order.
@@oldsyphilitic Yes creating music at the highest order while noodling around in a music store
Very thankful to see Joe Pass in an store and all people around him. He was not just one of the best jazz guitar players, he surely was a gentle guy too. His name and his music will survive in the mind of all jazz lovers for ever.
An amazing talent. It's nice to see him smiling; he had quite a temper and no patience for Rock and Roll.
This is wonderful! What a treat it was for the people who were in the store that day. My brother, also a guitarist says that Joe Pass was known as the musician's musician. Thank you for making the video and for posting!
Love joe the beauty just flows out of his brain and through his fingers absolute genius
Micheal, Joes music will continue to live as long as I am alive. You were blessed to meet him. I thank you from my heart for bringing your videos for all the world to see. Joe D
One of the best videos on youtube
El mejor 'demo' de Joe Pass lo encontré aquí: el legendario 🎸🎵🎵 probando modelo en tienda de guitarras y como público, pues nada menos que Piero, muy querido en Ecuador 🇪🇨, con sus músicos ... Es un repaso de lo mucho que llegó a desarrollar Joe con su capacidad para tocar al mas alto nivel posible con dedos o vitela... En un momento pregunta a uno de los músicos si quisiera escuchar algo en particular. Este le dice "On Green Dolphin Steet'' y Joe le responde: Nah, ese no me gusta. Entonces un blues a lo Joe Pass .. también tocó un poco de Summertime y algo más de Brasil creo.... Piero y Joe Pass se conocieron en una tienda de guitarras ❤❤ * tocó Joyspring... Y Piero que dice a alguien: "Esto no te lo esperabas flaco"...😂😂🎸🎶🎶 Joseph Passalaqua 'Joe Pass' ❤❤
It was me who asked him to play green dolphin street he was little tired and he was hungry and little cranky:)
@@3158030Michael ohh! Thanx for writing, much appreciated... You're @ musician too... You understand... Best Joe Pass demo reel ever.. You were a part of it... Take care...
Cómo habrá sido? Piero y creo sus músicos en Estados Unidos, fueron al almacén seguramente a ver cuerdas o comprar guitarra nueva... Y Joe Pass? El tenía su modelo Epiphone de precio asequible. Posiblemente estuvo para ver cómo le iba en ese almacén... O fue también para comprar cuerdas... Bueno, ahí se encontraron dos grandes... Piero cantautor que debe tener una treintena de canciones muy conocidas en Latinoamérica... Grande también
@@pablotorres7436 I'm the one who made this video JP was a good friend
Y al lado de Joe está sentado Pappo
When I was 19 or 20, I went to hear Joe Pass do a solo gig in a club in Milwaukee. He walked on stage, and realized he'd forgotten his picks. So he puts down his guitar and goes to his coat that's hanging, and riffles through the pockets. I happened to have a few Jim Dunlap picks, so I went up to him and said "Mr. Pass, I have some picks you can use!" He gave me a look like I was some kind of bug, and said "Thanks, but I have mine." I said "Here, take them anyway" and handed him some picks. He gave me another look and said "Thanks," took the picks, and then went back on stage and played a FANTASTIC concert.
+Dawoud Kringle Not a particularly complimentary attitude, but hey when you're god, you can do what you want. He used to cut his picks in half so they were closer to the strings. So lucky you got to see him in person.
I can understand his thoughts, or what probably were his thoughts. He's a craftsman on his guitar, comfortable with the tools he brought, and probably not looking to change them.
Not that I have the remotest clue about what it's like to be that good.
Are you Kirk Hammett?
Did you also offer to tune his guitar?
Dawoud Kringle. He has very unique phrasing.
Fantastic Document!!!
Thank you Ulf!! I'm a big fan of your talent also. Hope I can see you in NYCity sometime soon and talk to you as well.
Yes! Would be great!!!!
Ulf, your work with Oscar Peterson is so beautiful - perfectly conceived. I have listened to it hundreds of times.
An absolute guitar stud, impeccable technique.
The sad thing is that there are people in that store who have no idea who Joe Pass was, or even remember the occasion, despite hearing him play. They were only interested in shopping for a budget acoustic for their kid or checking out the newest Marshall amp. You can see them in the background or passing in front, totally oblivious to his talents, genius and reputation. But jazz isn't for everyone I guess.
Unbelievable ... Listen to Joe play Summertime . Listen to Joe walk the bass with chords effortlessly 😮
This was the magic of 48th Street in Manhattan, “music row” as it was sometimes called. George Harrison, Billy Cobham in Manny’s, John McLaughlin in ‘We Buy Guitars’ and the stories! The last thing I bought in Manny’s was a Gibson Violin Bass complete with upright peg. Those were some days. Loved seeing this with Joe. I remember him thumping his ES-175 against the chair at a performance and he said to the board guy, “don’t worry, it’s just a plywood guitar!”
Amazing. I heard he had a hard life, was hooked on heroin, put his guitar under his bed, and didn't play it for two years, then when he got clean he started playing again. I dunno if it's true, but if it is, it just shows you the kind of stuff he was made from. A superb guitar player and a superb person. It looks like an L.5 he's playing
WOW, this video is a documentary! PURE GOLD!
São poucos artistas renomados como Joe Pass, que se doam por algum tempo, de graça, numa calçada, em uma loja, bem próximo dos fãs.
Que Deus tenha acolhido seu filho genial, Joe Pass!
What a gem! - thanks so much!
Clifford Brown, George Gershwin and a few others were clapping in muso heaven ;-)
I bought his used amp. KInd of beat up so I replaced the grill,... after 40 years, sound great! I think it was 1980-81, he was charging $15/hr for lessons.
did you take lessons from him?
...great musician, great man... Il Maestro
Genius jazz guitarist and a really nice dude.
I know, he did not like green dolphin streets don't know why? but I heard him play it.... Hmmmmm no words, and he never practice playing ether one of this tunes, that's why he was so unique musician!
+Craig Willis It was located in New York City. It's been closed for a long time.
My pleasure!
I actually worked at Alex Music for a few years: about ten years after this video was taken.
Not sure why he says he doesnt like it because im pretty sure he recorded it on one of the virtuouso albums. Maybe he got fed up with it as can happen
I saw him once at a hotel here in Dallas. It was not a full room and towards the end he took requests. Can you imagine?Someone asked for Cherokee and he absolutely killed it!
Thank G.od I managed to see Joe performing on stage every time I could... It was unforgettable
The people passed by Joe looking to buy some guitar had no idea how much of a privilege they could have had listening to the legend himself play in person, seriously if his playing didn't stop your feet and turn your head there then I'm mostly positive that guitar is not for you.
Joe was a human with a super-human gift. Thanks for this introspect.
Just another Saturday morning guitar shop wannabe - he can't even play Smoke on the Water!!
Who the hell walks away while Joe Pass is playing right in front of you? Oblivious.
...indeed!...Why are they in a music store?