Joe Pass

JOE PASS1929年出生在美國賓夕法尼亞.9歲的JOE PASS就開始學(xué)習(xí)吉他了，到他14的時候就在當(dāng)?shù)匦∮忻麣饬恕?8歲的時候他已是當(dāng)時著名的樂隊 TONY PASTOR的成員了，天才在少年時代已經(jīng)非常了得了．但是后來象所以不聽話的孩子一樣JOE PASS輟學(xué)了．并離開了自己的家鄉(xiāng)，到了紐約開始的吉他手生涯,可是不辛的是JOE PASS染上了吸毒，這時的JOE PASS只是給一些商業(yè)唱片公司錄制一些流行音樂伴奏.由于吸毒的原因他不得不經(jīng)常出入戒毒所甚至監(jiān)獄,但這絲毫沒有影響他對吉他對音樂的熱情,反而使他對音樂對吉他有了更深的認(rèn)識和了解,他把自己所有的情感都容人他的吉他.之后的JOE PASS和毒品抗?fàn)幜?0年多的時間,終于戒掉了毒癮。
1961年，JOE和ARNOLD ROSS合作出了一張名為“famous Sounds of Synanon”的專輯,受到了圈內(nèi)許多音樂人的肯定．并成功的在洛杉機(jī)的各大錄音棚做了錄音室吉他手.,后來JOE PASS的吉他演奏被越來越多的音樂家肯定。
沒多久JOE PASS就簽約到了剛剛成立不久的PABLO唱片公司．在那里JOE PASS錄制許多經(jīng)典的吉他唱片,其中就有他著名的VIRTUOSO系列唱片,此后的JOE PASS開始和一些我們熟知的JAZZ大牌們一起合作并錄制了許多經(jīng)典JAZZ唱片.包括著名的JAZZ女歌手Ella Fitzgerald .JAZZ大師Oscar Peterson.　Conti Candoli.　Chet Baker.還有J ．J ．Jonson。
JOE PASS的在他的吉他世界中,把和聲的Bass聲部，和聲色彩，即興Solo完美的結(jié)合在一起，他時常是用一把吉他演奏整首JAZZ曲子.從INTRO到主旋律再到即興Solo，這需要有非常好的手指技巧才能表現(xiàn)出來，而且要把和聲轉(zhuǎn)位，Bass線條，Solo的美感都考慮進(jìn)來，想想夠難的了吧．JOE PASS做到了，他把JAZZ吉他的魅力帶給了全世界喜歡吉他的朋友們．真希望在很久的將來有中國的吉他手也能做到。
by Scott Yanow
Joe Pass did the near-impossible. He was able to play up-tempo versions of bop tunes such as Cherokee and How High the Moon unaccompanied on the guitar. Unlike Stanley Jordan, Pass used conventional (but superb) technique, and his Virtuoso series on Pablo still sounds remarkable decades later.
Joe Pass had a false start in his career. He played in a few swing bands (including Tony Pastors) before graduating from high school, and was with Charlie Barnet for a time in 1947. But after serving in the military, Pass became a drug addict, serving time in prison and essentially wasting a decade. He emerged in 1962 with a record cut at Synanon, made a bit of a stir with his For Django set, recorded several other albums for Pacific Jazz and World Pacific, and performed with Gerald Wilson, Les McCann, George Shearing, and Benny Goodman (1973).
However, in general Pass maintained a low profile in Los Angeles until he was signed by Norman Granz to his Pablo label. 1973s Virtuoso made him a star and he recorded very prolifically for Pablo, unaccompanied, with small groups, on duo albums with Ella Fitzgerald, and with such masters as Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson, Milt Jackson, and Dizzy Gillespie. Pass remained very active up until his death from cancer.