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 | |
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
- "What's Your Story, Morning Glory?" (Jack Lawrence, Paul Francis Webster, Hank Williams) – 4:08
- "So Rare" (Jerry Herst, Jack Sharpe) – 4:24
- "As Long as I Live" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 4:36
- "Marquita" (Eliseo Grenet) – 3:55
- "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 5:20
- "We'll Be Together Again" (Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine) – 5:04
- "Can't We Be Friends?" (Paul James, Kay Swift) – 4:14
- "'Deed I Do" (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose) – 3:55
- "'Tis Autumn" (Henry Nemo) – 4:48
- "God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.) – 3:18
Personnel
Songs
1What's Your Story - Morning Glory4:12
2So Rare4:29
3As Long as I Live4:40
References
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