Joe Pass: Virtuoso Standards, Songbook Collection Authentic Guitar-Tab Edition

Virtuoso Series

Alfred Publishing Co., Inc., 1998, Paperback

Product Description

Note-for-note Transcriptions of Joe Pass Performing classic jazz standards including: The Man I Love * I Can't Get Started * Sweet Lorraine * Have You Met Miss Jones * 'Round Midnight * On Green Dolphin Street * In Your Own Sweet Way. All transcribed from Joe's immortal Virtuoso series of Recordings. In standard notation and tablature.

Product Details

Title: Joe Pass: Virtuoso Standards, Songbook Collection Authentic Guitar-Tab Edition (Virtuoso Series)
Sales Rank: 425918 in Books
Author: Roland Leone
Publisher: Alfred Publishing Co., Inc., 1998-06, Paperback, 80 pages, ISBN: 0769217109
Package Dimensions: 11.7 x 8.8 x 0.1 inches, 0.5 pounds

Customer Reviews

Super hard!: The only thing about this book I would have liked to see were lists of the recordings these transcriptions came from. My guess is that the average jazz student(especially guitar players!) can't sight-read many of the polyrythmic figures. Plus, things like nuance and dynamic tend to get lost in transcriptions.… More reviews

Joe Pass, the genius.: I love this book. It gives a lot of insight into the genius of Joe Pass. I use it mostly to verify what I have transcribed by ear. More reviews

What a fantastic book!: I've been playing guitar for almost 20 years now and jazz has always been a mystery to me. I always wanted to play jazz standards but never had the patience to learn them. After trying many boring and unnecessarily difficult books, I bought Dan Towey's Chord Melodies on Hal Leonard and that got me started. I was hooked. I was then… More reviews

There is alot to learn from every page: This book is a great resource for those who want to study the solo guitar style of Joe Pass. Since Joe used alot of different textures and approaches in his solo work, a musician can find many different approaches to how to build lines, create interesting harmonies and keep the interest of the listener in every song transcribed. More reviews

the fantastic Joe Pass !: I had heard Joe Pass.
This book give me the opportunity to approach modestly his art.
And better feel the beauty.
Thank you Joe, thank you Roland. More reviews