Blues for Fred

Songs for Fred
Studio album by Joe Pass
Released	1988
Recorded	February 2 – 3, 1988 at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA
Genre	Jazz
Length	55:08
Label	Pablo
Producer	Eric Miller
Joe Pass chronology
Sound Project (1987) Blues for Fred (1988) One for My Baby (1988)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	(favorable)[1]
Allmusic	[2]

Blues for Fred is a 1988 (see 1988 in music) album by American jazz guitarist Joe Pass. It was recorded as a tribute to singer and dancer Fred Astaire, who had died the previous year.

After numerous recordings produced by Norman Granz (who had sold Pablo to Fantasy Records in 1987), this is Pass' first with new producer Eric Miller. ^[3]

Track listing

1. "Cheek to Cheek" (Irving Berlin) – 5:38
2. "By Myself" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 4:21
3. "Night and Day" (Cole Porter) – 5:22
4. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:38
5. "Blues for Fred"/"They All Laughed" (Joe Pass)/(G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 6:15
6. "Dancing in the Dark" (Dietz, Schwartz) – 4:56
7. "Oh, Lady be Good!" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 4:39
8. "I Concentrate on You" (Porter) – 7:14
9. "A Foggy Day (In London Town)" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 2:38
10. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) – 6:12

    1992 reissue bonus track:

11. "Tap Blues" (Pass) – 3:55

Personnel

• Joe Pass - guitar

References