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Released
  
1983

Virtuoso No. 4 (1983)
  
Speak Love (1983)

Release date
  
1983

Label
  
Pablo Records

Length
  
103:12 Reissue

Artist
  
Joe Pass

Producer
  
Norman Granz

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
November 11, 26 and 30, 1973 at MGM Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA

Similar
  
Joe Pass albums, Jazz albums

Virtuoso No. 4 is an album by American jazz guitarist Joe Pass, recorded in 1973 and released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). Originally a double-LP, it was re-issued in 1993 on CD with three additional tracks ("Weaselocity", "Blues for Pete", "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?").

Contents

Virtuoso No. 4 differs from the three previous Virtuoso releases in that it is performed on acoustic guitar instead of electric (with the exception of "Indian Summer").

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Scott Yanow wrote of the album "The relatively little-known set finds the guitarist sounding very much like a self-sufficient orchestra, and although his tone is necessarily softer on acoustic than electric, he swings hard on the uptempo pieces."

Track listing

  1. "Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) – 4:55
  2. "Indian Summer" (Victor Herbert, Al Dubin) – 3:16
  3. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer) – 5:40
  4. "Yesterday" (Lennon–McCartney) – 4:24
  5. "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) – 3:46
  6. "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) – 6:18
  7. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Mercer) – 3:37
  8. "My Shining Hour" (Arlen, Mercer) – 4:25
  9. "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) – 4:55
  10. "Some Day My Prince Will Come" (Frank Churchill, Larry Morey) – 3:21
  11. "Weaselocity" (Joe Pass) – 6:54
  12. "Acoustic Blues" (Pass) – 6:46
  13. "I Can't Get Started" (Ira Gershwin, Vernon Duke) – 4:10
  14. "It's a Wonderful World" (Harold Adamson, Jan Savitt, Johnny Watson) – 3:20
  15. "Now's the Time" (Charlie Parker) – 7:03
  16. "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:47
  17. "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) – 4:03
  18. "Limehouse Blues" (Phllip Braham, Douglas Furber) – 4:46
  19. "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 6:57
  20. "Blues for Pete" (Pass) – 3:21
  21. "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) – 5:28

Personnel

  • Joe Pass - guitar
  • Norman Granz – producer

    • Songs

    1Lush Life4:56
    2Indian Summer3:18
    3Autumn Leaves5:45

    References

    Virtuoso No. 4 Wikipedia
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