Unforgettable (Joe Pass album)

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Unforgettable
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Studio album by
Released1998
RecordedAug 7–20, 1992 at Group IV Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA
Genre Jazz
Length58:04
Label Pablo
Producer Eric Miller
Joe Pass chronology
Joe's Blues
(1998)
Unforgettable
(1998)
Resonance
(2000)
Professional ratings
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Unforgettable is an album by American jazz guitarist Joe Pass, released posthumously in 1998.

Contents

All tracks on this album are performed on a nylon string classical guitar, and are from the same 1992 session that produced Songs for Ellen .

Reception

Jim Ferguson (JazzTimes) said of Unforgettable: "Musicians will marvel at Pass' innovative solo voice, facility, and encyclopedic array of harmonic devices, while casual listeners will be soothed by the session's gentle mood. Overall, a vivid look at one facet of the greatest jazz guitarist since Wes Montgomery." [4]

Track listing

  1. "My Romance" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:55
  2. "The Very Thought Of You" (Ray Noble) – 4:10
  3. "I Cover the Waterfront" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) – 4:13
  4. "Isn't it Romantic" (Hart, Rodgers) – 3:08
  5. "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 2:39
  6. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) – 2:29
  7. "'Round Midnight" (Bernie Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) – 5:15
  8. "I Should Care" (Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston) – 3:27
  9. "Unforgettable" (Irving Gordon) – 2:14
  10. "Don't Worry 'bout Me" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) – 4:06
  11. "Spring Is Here" (Hart, Rodgers) – 3:22
  12. "Moonlight In Vermont" (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) – 3:26
  13. "April In Paris" (Vernon Duke, E. Y. Harburg) – 3:35
  14. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 3:25
  15. "You'll Never Know" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 2:37
  16. "After You've Gone" (Henry Creamer, Turner Layton) – 2:30
  17. "I Can't Believe You're In Love With Me" (Gaskill, McHugh) – 2:54

Personnel

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. JazzTimes review
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1132. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. JazzTimes review of Unforgettable by Jim Ferguson (retrieved 3 October 2011)