LABEL: MPS

CAT NO: 0209856MSW

BARCODE: 4029759098560

Tracklisting:

Side A
1. Chloe
2. Meditation
3. I Cover the Waterfront
4. I Love You
5. Stompin at the Savoy

Side B
1. Watch What Happens
2. Joes Blues
3. El Gento
4. Ode to Billy Joe
5. Lil Darlin

JOE PASS Intercontinental
(2022 Reissue)

LP Black Vinyl

Reissue of a 1971 trio recording by guitar great Joe Pass, bassist Eberhard Weber and drummer Kenny Clare.

Joe Pass looks like somebodys uncle and plays guitar like nobodys business. So said New York Magazine about the man considered to be one of the greatest jazz guitarists of the 20th century. Passs masterful melodic counterpoint and quicksilver improvisational style flow throughout Intercontinental.

Since the American had a first-class bassist in Eberhard Weber at his side during his June 1970 MPS session in Germanys idyllic Black Forest, Pass could concentrate on playing the melody and the chords. Weber, who comes from Stuttgart, Germany, would soon develop his own electric bass, but at this point he was still playing the traditional acoustic contrabass. Third in the group was British drummer Kenny Clare. Pass chose the program for the recording, mixing standards with originals. Its amazing how such typical big band pieces as Stompin at the Savoy and Lil Darlin sound in trio; Pass and company swing like they were Count Basie and his orchestra.

See below for tracklisting