Songs for Ellen

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Songs for Ellen
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Studio album by
Joe Pass
Released1994
RecordedAugust 7–20, 1992
StudioGroup IV Recording Studio, Hollywood, California
Genre Jazz
Length45:26
Label Pablo
Producer Eric Miller
Joe Pass chronology
My Song
(1993)		Songs for Ellen
(1994)		 Roy Clark & Joe Pass Play Hank Williams
(1994)

Songs for Ellen is an album by jazz guitarist Joe Pass that was recorded in 1992 and released posthumously in 1994.

Contents

History

All tracks on this album are performed on acoustic guitar, are from the same 1992 session that produced Unforgettable. Those two recordings were the only Pass records where he played a nylon-string guitar exclusively. "We had talked about an all-acoustic album for years," (producer) Eric Miller explains. "I wanted to do the equivalent of what Norman (Granz) had done with Art Tatum and Joe. We ran tape all of the time, something I had learned to do with him anyway. It was very satisfying." [1]

The title song is a ballad written for his wife.

Reception

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Writing for Allmusic, music critic Ken Dryden wrote of the album "Most of the works of Joe Pass tended to be improvised blues, so the title track is an exception — a simple yet elegant ballad written for his wife... The good news is that there are several more unreleased sessions by Joe Pass that will follow this superb collection." [2]

Track listing

  1. "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:43
  2. "Song for Ellen" (Joe Pass) – 2:55
  3. "I Only Have Eyes for You" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 2:52
  4. "Stars Fell on Alabama" (Mitchell Parish, Frank Perkins) – 4:07
  5. "That Old Feeling" (Lew Brown, Sammy Fain) – 2:53
  6. "Star Eyes" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 2:40
  7. "Robbins Nest" (Illinois Jacquet, Charles Thompson) – 2:42
  8. "Someone to Watch over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:00
  9. "Blues for Angel" (Pass) – 3:36
  10. "There's a Small Hotel" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:53
  11. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) – 2:25
  12. "Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:16
  13. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) – 3:21
  14. "Blue Moon" (Hart, Rodgers) – 3:29
  15. "Satellite Village" (Pass) – 2:34

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. ↑ "Joe Pass Unedited," Part III article by Jim Ferguson, accessed April 29, 2009.
  2. 1 2 Dryden, Ken. "Songs for Ellen > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved June 28, 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1132. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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