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Autumn leaves joe pass, the best guitar pro tabs and music sheets for guitar, bass, drums, piano and more. Subjects include chord construction, embellishment, substitution, connection, resolution and chromatic movement. Highly recommend if you want to undertake the challenge to learn what joe pass was playing. In this second tutorial series we are going to learn more about how to play in the style of jazz guitar virtuoso joe pass. Jan 17, 2019 one of the biggest hurdles many jazz guitarists face early in their development is being able to connect chords, scales and arpeggios in their playing without having to jump all over the fretboard between shapes. Especially with a focus on how makes fills with chords and. He could play singleline solo, chord soloing phrases, perform in a trio, duo or solo setting with the best of them, and always be instantly recognizable by his tone and approach to the melodic and harmonic sides of jazz guitar playing. He started off playing for tv orchestras and as a sideman for the likes of sinatra or sarah vaughan, then in the seventies collaborated with guitarist herb ellis and. Joe pass you are the sunshine of my life solo jazz guitar. Guitar icon joe pass was prolific in terms of his recorded output and more than made up for a drugrelated lost decade at the very beginning of his burgeoning career. We greatly appreciate your suggestions for new dvd lessons. Joe pass is in many ways the definition of solid hard bop and a great place to go if you want to learn to play some melodic lines over chord changes. Joe pass the blue side of jazz 1991 forgotten guitar. Because he remained grounded in bop and swing, his guitar work was more conservative.

I believe carol kaye was the original publisher of this and she still recommends it to students who are ready for it. If you cant read, you can still use your eyes and ears to visually and aurally cop them. He created possibilities for jazz guitar through his style of chordmelody, his knowledge of chord inversions and progressions, and his use of walking basslines and counterpoint during. Fusing rhythmic and melodic approaches, his compelling solo guitar style develops at a time when most players are using either rhythm or melody but rarely both at the same time. Reading complete arrangements of chord melodies from a book doesnt cut. In this series of lessons were going to take a some of the elements of the style from the great joe pass, jazz guitar giant. This page shows all instructional videos for jazz guitar tons of iivs, lines, rhythms, chords and many more from the greatest jazz. Success isnt everything to jazz guitar legend joe pass. Joe pass was a master of every aspect of jazz guitar playing, including solo guitar, duo guitar with vocals, chord soloing, singleline playing, and of course chord melody. A compilation of a series of 19621982 live performances that capture the.

This book is intended for study use and should not merely be used to memorize solos. As usual, joe brings wit and style to his invaluable guitar lessons, taking you straight to the. He created possibilities for jazz guitar through his style of chordmelody, his knowledge of chord inversions and progressions, and his. Barney kessel, charlie byrd and herb ellis 11071982 world of jazz duration.

Jazz ala joe pass series 1 one of the most wonderful things we can do with the guitar awesome. Joe pass guitar tab books, instructional dvds, chord melody solos, arrangements. Joe pass you are the sunshine of my life solo jazz. Emerging from the haze of addiction and incarceration, pass jumped seemingly headlong into a busy career as a sideman and as a leader. Joe pass guitar instruction, dvds, licks, lessons youtube. More particularly though, when the discussion is about chord. Presented here are nine guitar solos from various joe pass recordings. The blue side of jazz is the followup to joe pass s bestselling solo jazz guitar instructional video and explores the blues elements of jazz guitar. Improve your playing via easy stepbystep video lessons. Autumn leaves by joe pass full score guitar pro tab. Joe covers chord melody, chord substitutions, leading tones, chromatic chords, voice movements, and many more special excercises, all with the unique joe pass twist. The aim of this series is to provide the watcher with more that the basic.

This episode is part 1 of my series how to play like joe pass. Joe pass top5 solo albums free jazz guitar lessons. In part 1 of this series, you explored joe pass journey from child prodigy to drug addict, to cleaned up jazz superstar. You have to play the song and make strong melodies, but like joe pass does here. Digitally remastered twofer from the jazz guitarist containing a pair of his original 60s albums on one disc.

Joe pass was a trailblazer when it came to solo guitar playing, and defined the style that has been emulated by countless players since. Joe covers chord melody, chord substitutions, leading tones, chromatic chords, voice movements, and many more special excercises, all. Joe pass is a fun guy to talk to because the legendary jazz guitarist doesnt take himself too seriously. He was able to play uptempo versions of bop tunes such as cherokee and how high the moon unaccompanied on the guitar. Oct 21, 2015 in part 1 of this series, you explored joe pass journey from child prodigy to drug addict, to cleaned up jazz superstar. A stepbystep breakdown of the styles and techniques of the jazz guitar virtuoso guitar signature licks by wolf marshall and joe pass dec 1, 2003 4. When learning how to solo as a jazz guitarist, there are few players that you can study who have more command of the bebop vocabulary than joe pass. Ive been working on keith jarretts autumn leaves solo from live at the blue note, but i wanted. There was no one better at swinging the blues than joe. In this episode i introduce many of joe s solo guitar playing.

He demonstrates legendary techniques that will be of value to rock guitarists as well as jazz purists. Barney kessel, and herb ellis he defined the west coast jazz guitar school. Theres a special place in the pantheon of jazz guitarists for joseph anthony passalaqua. Oct 17, 2015 in part 2 of this story i will share with you a summary of joes approach to solo jazz guitar. Joe pass guitar instruction books jazz guitar online. This means there is movement in both top and bottom parts of the instrument with important chord tones, predominantly 3rds and 7ths, affirming the. The 16th and 32nd note flourishes are all there, now there is the problem of playing them. Joe pass has 28 books on goodreads with 390 ratings. Joe pass joe pass is one of the greatest guitarists in the history of jazz. Joe pass the blue side of jazz music lessons download. Including the great rhythm guitarist john pisano, jim hughart on bass, and colin bailey on drums. The ability to play in solo, duo, and ensembles with ease, as well as move between single notes, bass lines, and chords, made him a. To view more guitar dvds and tab books by joe pass click here. Once the group has decided which book to start with, the title of this thread will be edited accordingly.

Continuing on with jazz guitar in the style of the great joe pass. This style of playing is called playing chords using drop 2 voicings. Joe covers bebop blues, new chord substitutions, pedal tones, jazz blues improvisation, and much more. Back in the 70s i had several of his solo and duet books and enjoyed learning and practicing from them. If youre looking for a book or dvd regarding guitar chordmelody soloplaying, look up lenny breau, because in this dvd, joe focuses on the difficult iviiivi. There is a reason that i keep recommending his joe pass guitar style book to all my students. In this lesson we are going to take a look at the style of the great joe pass, jazz guitar giant. Joe pass is undoubtedly one of the greatest jazz guitarists to ever play the instrument. When jazz musicians refer to the blues, theyre talking about a basic 12bar song form and its attendant harmonies, not a playing style.

The names that made it to the top 10 are wes montgomery, joe pass, pat metheny, george benson, charlie christian, pat martino, jim hall, django reinhardt, kenny burrell, and grant green. This followup to joes bestselling solo jazz guitar explores the blues elements of jazz guitar. In this joe pass lesson i will go over how he turns lil darlin into a chord solo masterpiece. That dvd presents joes approach to chordal playing in his own words and much much better than this underwhelming, thin book from. Joe passs most popular book is joe pass guitar chords. As notated in the accompanying booklet, joe also demonstrates nonstop improvised lines for major 7th, minor 7th, and static and altered dominant 7th chord types, plus theres a special section on turnarounds. Nov 29, 2015 joe pass untold lessons learned from joe pass heres another video in the new untold series on jazz guitar legends.

Joes guitar lessons cover chord melody, chord substitutions, leading tones, chromatic chords, voice movements, and. We call him joe pass and for many, he is the definitive model of the complete jazz guitar player. In part 2 we explore joes approach to the art of solo jazz guitar. Jan 30, 2019 joe pass was a master of every aspect of jazz guitar playing, including solo guitar, duo guitar with vocals, chord soloing, singleline playing, and of course chord melody. A genuine master of all the idioms of mainstream jazz guitar improvisation, he was equally at home with a burning bebop line, a down home blues groove, a sensitive rubato ballad, or a gentle chord melody solo. Joe pass achieved extraordinary balance in his career. Joe covers bebop blues, new chord substitutions, pedal tones, jazzblues improvisationand much more. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading joe pass guitar chords.

In this lesson, you find 141 classic jazz guitar licks, from easy to difficult and everything in between, to get under your fingers. In this video, joe plays a bunch of licks over major, minor, dominant and ii vs that are transcribed in standard notation. Some may think that joe pass ideas are cliched but remember that he came up with many of these cliches in the first place. Support me on patreon to access new pdf transcriptions and patron. The stones jazz and 12 string guitar both appearing here for the first time on cd. Joe pass joseph anthony jacobi passalacqua is the first widely famously known solo jazz guitarist in history. Joe discusses the scales and arpeggios he uses when improvising. If you are really interested in joe passs approach to chords i would suggest giving this book a pass and instead buying his excellent dvd joe pass solo jazz guitar. Joe pass untold lessons learned from legendary solo jazz.

Jazz ala joe pass series 1 jazz ala joe pass series 2 we are learning here to orchestrate on the guitar. Joe pass is often considered as the greatest jazz guitarist who ever lived. You need to have different types of melodies or colors in your playing. The guitarist joe pass is famous for this technique. When i was first learning how to play jazz, one of the best lessons i ever learned came from a comment i read from joe pass.

The idea for this came up in the re dutchbopper thread. If you havent worked through the first tutorial, i encourage you to do so. Especially with a focus on how makes fills with chords and voicings and how he harmonizes the melody. In part 2 of this story i will share with you a summary of joes approach to solo jazz guitar. Sep 06, 2017 joe pass guitar style book blues exercises no. The ability to play in solo, duo, and ensembles with ease, as well as move between single notes, bass lines, and chords, made him a true virtuoso. Build a chord melody on jazz plays a melodic line while accompanying yourself. Ever since starting to play jazz guitar about 40 years ago, ive been a fan of joe pass, particularly his solo playing.

For those of you new to jazz guitar, im not referring to stevie ray vaughan here. This dvd and solo jazz guitar were game changers for me years ago on vhs. Joe pass great jazz guitarists free jazz guitar lessons. One of the biggest hurdles many jazz guitarists face early in their development is being able to connect chords, scales and arpeggios in their playing without having to jump all over the fretboard between shapes. Anyway, a great book for learning chord melody playing, in the style of joe pass. So once the obligatory questions about his latest guitar a gibson, new album. Joe pass untold lessons learned from joe pass heres another video in the new untold series on jazz guitar legends. In this video, i take a few examples of his playing on the c jazz blues. He pushed the boundaries of harmony and selfaccompaniment chords, counterpoint, walking bass lines, fills, etc. Unlike stanley jordan, pass used conventional but superb technique, and his virtuoso series on pablo still sounds remarkable decades later. So far, we had mostly saxophone solos apart from one chick corea piano solo but this time we feature a beautiful jazz solo guitar performance by joe pass on the jazz standard summertime. Subscribe for more free jazz guitar lessons and videos. This is because if you drop or avoid playing the second chord voice you can more clearly separate and hear the distance and distinguish.

He is considered one of the greatest jazz guitarists of the 20th century. Joe pass summertime 1992 solo jazz guitar transcription. Unlike stanley jordan, pass used conventional but superb technique, and his virtuoso series on. He could play singleline solo, chord soloing phrases, perform in a trio, duo or solo setting with the best of them, and always be instantly recognizable by his tone and approach to the melodic and harmonic sides of. Joe pass tabs guitar solos, tab books, instruction dvds. January, 1929 may 23, 1994 was an american jazz guitarist of sicilian descent.

An important volume on both the harmonic and melodic aspects of the modern guitarist with an emphasis on improvisation. It will give you the knowledge and skills to better understand the lessons in this tutorial. Joe pass style blues chord melody guitar lesson joe pass style blues guitar joe pass is arguably one of the most important and historically significant jazz guitar players, in line with the likes of wes montgomery and the great charlie christian. Early childhood joe pass was born on january th 1929 in new brunswick, new jersey. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Ted greene or joe pass requires some level of skills on the instrument. This jazz guitar lesson is the result of a survey with the question what is the best jazz guitar solo ever played. Dont hesitate to drop me a line if you have any questions about our lessons. Joe pass guitar style the one coauthored by bill thrasher. One of the most wonderful things we can do with the guitar awesome instrument that it is.