What are we listening to now?

[Elspode]

Originally Posted by alphageek31337

...there's a man by the name of Joe Pass who is abso-fucking-lutely amazing.

I was listening to Joe Pass just yesterday, an album called "Unforgettable", which is just Joe and a guitar, playing his arrangements of many well-known standards from several genres. It is just like sitting in a room with him and listening to him play, so present is the recording. You can even hear him *breathe*. Needless to say, the music is amazingly intimate.

http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ux5t-oois/records.html

I saw Joe Pass about 20 years ago. He was, as you say, abso-fucking-lutely amazing. His death in 1994 left a large void in the world of jazz guitar.