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Checkmate (Joe Pass and Jimmy Rowles album)

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Released
  
1981

Length
  
43:42

Release date
  
1981

Label
  
Original Jazz Classics

Recorded
  
January 12, 1981

Artists
  
Joe Pass, Jimmy Rowles

Producer
  
Norman Granz

Genres
  
Bebop, Mainstream jazz

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Checkmate (1981)
  
George, Ira and Joe (1981)

Similar
  
Bebop albums, Other albums

Checkmate is a live album by American jazz guitarist Joe Pass and pianist Jimmy Rowles, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music). It was re-issued in 1998 on CD by Original Jazz Classics.

Contents

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Scott Yanow wrote of the album "Rowles sets the quiet mood, and Pass keeps his amplifier quite low and was content to play on the pianist's turf. The emphasis is on slower tempos and harmonically sophisticated chords... Superior background music that rewards close listening."

Track listing

  1. "What's Your Story, Morning Glory?" (Jack Lawrence, Paul Francis Webster, Hank Williams) – 4:08
  2. "So Rare" (Jerry Herst, Jack Sharpe) – 4:24
  3. "As Long as I Live" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 4:36
  4. "Marquita" (Eliseo Grenet) – 3:55
  5. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 5:20
  6. "We'll Be Together Again" (Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine) – 5:04
  7. "Can't We Be Friends?" (Paul James, Kay Swift) – 4:14
  8. "'Deed I Do" (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose) – 3:55
  9. "'Tis Autumn" (Henry Nemo) – 4:48
  10. "God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.) – 3:18

Personnel

  • Joe Pass - guitar
  • Jimmy Rowles – piano

    • Songs

    1What's Your Story - Morning Glory4:12
    2So Rare4:29
    3As Long as I Live4:40

    References

    Checkmate (Joe Pass and Jimmy Rowles album) Wikipedia
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