Virtuoso No. 4
1983 studio album by Joe Pass
Virtuoso No. 4 | ||||
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Studio album by Joe Pass | ||||
Released | 1983 | |||
Recorded | November 11, 26 and 30, 1973 | |||
Studio | MGM Recording Studios, Los Angeles | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 103:12 | |||
Label | Pablo | |||
Producer | Norman Granz | |||
Joe Pass chronology | ||||
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Virtuoso No. 4 is an album by jazz guitarist Joe Pass that was recorded in 1973 and released in 1983.
It was re-issued in 1993 on CD with three additional tracks ("Weaselocity", "Blues for Pete", and "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?"). Virtuoso No. 4 differs from the three previous Virtuoso releases in that it is performed on acoustic guitar instead of electric (with the exception of "Indian Summer").
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Scott Yanow wrote of the album "The relatively little-known set finds the guitarist sounding very much like a self-sufficient orchestra, and although his tone is necessarily softer on acoustic than electric, he swings hard on the uptempo pieces."[1]
Track listing
- "Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) – 4:55
- "Indian Summer" (Victor Herbert, Al Dubin) – 3:16
- "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer) – 5:40
- "Yesterday" (Lennon–McCartney) – 4:24
- "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) – 3:46
- "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) – 6:18
- "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Mercer) – 3:37
- "My Shining Hour" (Arlen, Mercer) – 4:25
- "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) – 4:55
- "Some Day My Prince Will Come" (Frank Churchill, Larry Morey) – 3:21
- "Weaselocity" (Joe Pass) – 6:54
- "Acoustic Blues" (Pass) – 6:46
- "I Can't Get Started" (Ira Gershwin, Vernon Duke) – 4:10
- "It's a Wonderful World" (Harold Adamson, Jan Savitt, Johnny Watson) – 3:20
- "Now's the Time" (Charlie Parker) – 7:03
- "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:47
- "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) – 4:03
- "Limehouse Blues" (Philip Braham, Douglas Furber) – 4:46
- "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 6:57
- "Blues for Pete" (Pass) – 3:21
- "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) – 5:28
Personnel
- Joe Pass - guitar
- Norman Granz – producer
References
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. "Virtuoso No. 4 > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 159. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1132. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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