Joe Pass

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Joe Pass was an American jazz guitarist renowned for his virtuosic solo guitar work, sophisticated harmonies, and influential recordings in bebop and mainstream jazz.

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Joe Pass canonical 19

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
jazz guitarist
activeYearsEnd 1994
activeYearsStart 1940s
associatedAct Chet Baker
Count Basie
Dizzy Gillespie
Duke Ellington
Ella Fitzgerald
Gerald Wiggins
Herb Ellis
J.J. Johnson
surface form: J. J. Johnson

Jimmy Rowles
Joe Williams
Lionel Hampton
surface form: Milt Jackson

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Oscar Peterson
Paulinho da Costa
Ray Brown
Red Mitchell
Sarah Vaughan
Tommy Gumina
Zoot Sims
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist
birthName Joseph Anthony Passalaqua
causeOfDeath liver cancer
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1929-01-13
dateOfDeath 1994-05-23
ethnicGroup Italian American
familyName Passalaqua
genre bebop
jazz
mainstream jazz
givenName Joseph
influenced Frank Vignola
George Benson
John Scofield
Martin Taylor
Pat Metheny
countless modern jazz guitarists
influencedBy Bud Powell
Charlie Christian
Django Reinhardt
instrument guitar
movement bebop
cool jazz
post-bop
name Joe Pass self-link
notableFeature advanced harmonic vocabulary
sophisticated chord-melody style
virtuosic solo guitar technique
notableWork Appassionato
Blues for Fred
Checkmate
Chops
Eximious
Fitzgerald and Pass... Again
For Django
Guitar Interludes
I Remember Charlie Parker
Intercontinental
Joy Spring
Live at Long Beach City College
Meditation
Northsea Nights
One for My Baby
Portraits of Duke Ellington
Roy Clark
surface form: Roy Clark & Joe Pass Play Hank Williams

Skylark
Songs for Ellen
Sound Project
Speak Love
Summer Nights
Take Love Easy
Tudo Bem!
Unforgettable
Virtuoso
Virtuoso No. 2
Virtuoso No. 3
Virtuoso No. 4
What Is There to Say
Whitestone
occupation arranger
composer
guitarist
placeOfBirth New Brunswick, New Jersey
surface form: New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America
recordLabel Concord Records
Discovery Records
Pablo Records
Pacific Jazz Records
World Pacific Records
residence Los Angeles, California, United States of America
sexOrGender male
stageName Joe Pass self-link

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Erroll Garner influenced Joe Pass
Pablo Records releasedMusicBy Joe Pass
Wes Montgomery influenced Joe Pass
Misty notableRecordingBy Joe Pass
Joe Pass name Joe Pass self-link
Joe Pass stageName Joe Pass self-link
I'm Old Fashioned hasNotablePerformer Joe Pass
subject surface form: "I'm Old Fashioned"
Here’s That Rainy Day coveredBy Joe Pass
subject surface form: Here's That Rainy Day
Imagination hasPerformer Joe Pass
Pablo Live featuresArtist Joe Pass
Pablo Today hasNotableArtist Joe Pass