Intercontinental (album)

Intercontinental
Studio album by Joe Pass
Released 1970
Recorded June 8–10, 1970 at Tonstudio in Villingen
Genre Jazz, Bop
Label MPS
Joe Pass chronology

Guitar Interludes
(1969)		 Intercontinental
(1970)		 Jazz/Concord
(1973)
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Intercontinental is an album by jazz guitarist Joe Pass, released in 1970.[2] The album is a collection of mainly swing and latin jazz standards with the exception of the country/pop hit Ode To Billie Joe. A highlight of the album is Joe's Blues, a fine example of Joe's musical range, taste and splendid technique. Pass, a virtuoso solo performer, seems quite at ease within the guitar/bass/drums trio format. His signature chord melody style, interspersed seamlessly with bebop and swing single note lines, is heard throughout. Drummer Kenny Clare and bassist Eberhard Weber do a fine job respectively. (This album is notable as a rare example of Eberhard Weber playing straight ahead bass on covers of standards.)

Track listing

  1. "Chlo-e" (Gus Kahn, Neil Moret) – 5:24
  2. "Meditation" (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça, Norman Gimbel) – 5:25
  3. "I Cover the Waterfront" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) – 4:15
  4. "I Love You" (Cole Porter)
  5. "Stompin' at the Savoy" (Benny Goodman, Andy Razaf, Edgar Sampson, Chick Webb) – 4:15
  6. "Watch What Happens" (Michel Legrand) – 5:25
  7. "Joe's Blues" (Joe Pass) – 6:00
  8. "El Gento" (Willi Fruth) – 4:03
  9. "Ode to Billie Joe" (Bobbie Gentry) – 3:30
  10. "Lil' Darlin'" (Neal Hefti) – 3:45

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References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Allmusic entry for Intercontinental.

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