Virtuoso No. 2

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Virtuoso No. 2
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Studio album by
Joe Pass
Released1976
RecordedSeptember 14 & October 26, 1976
StudioRCA Studios, Los Angeles
Genre Jazz
Length58:16
Label Pablo
Producer Norman Granz
Joe Pass chronology
Joe Pass at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975
(1975)		Virtuoso No. 2
(1976)		 Fitzgerald and Pass... Again
(1976)

Virtuoso No. 2 is an album by jazz guitarist Joe Pass, released in 1976.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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In his Allmusic review, critic Scott Yanow wrote "Pass' mastery of the guitar is obvious throughout this enjoyable set." [1]

Track listing

  1. "Giant Steps" (John Coltrane) – 3:35
  2. "Five Hundred Miles High" (Chick Corea) – 6:20
  3. "Grooveyard" (Carl Perkins) – 4:46
  4. "Misty" (Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke) – 5:25
  5. "Joy Spring" (Clifford Brown, Jon Hendricks) – 5:10
  6. "Blues for O.P." (Pass) – 4:21
  7. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) - 7:43
  8. "Windows" (Corea) – 5:56
  9. "Blues for Basie" (Pass) – 3:39
  10. "Feelings" (Morris Albert) – 3:58
  11. "If" (David Gates) – 5:07
  12. "Limehouse Blues" (Douglas Furber, Philip Braham) – 3:09

Personnel

Chart positions

YearChartPosition
1977Billboard Jazz Albums31

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References

  1. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. "Virtuoso No. 2 > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved November 5, 2011.
  2. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 159. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  3. ↑ 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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