Joe Pass: Virtuoso Standards, Songbook Collection Authentic Guitar-Tab Edition
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend 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 and pricing info |
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10 Customer Reviews Posted
- 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.
- 2008-08-31, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- 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.
- 2008-05-15, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- 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 looking for a more challening book, one that I could impress my audience with. When I found these note-for-note transcriptions of Joe Pass' Virtuoso recordings, I thought I'd give it a try but wasn't too serious about it. I figured this would be way out of my league.
Well, I've had this book for a week now and can't let my guitar down. I have learned the beautiful "Have You Met Miss Jones" standard by practicing over four hours a day. Unlike some books on chord melodies, Joe Pass does not use super complicated chords but rather a beautiful melody line along with swinging rhythms. For a non-jazz guitarist like me, it turned out to be a really good fit. This book is definitely for advanced guitarists but it certainly isn't out of reach for those of us who are prepared to practice hard.
The transcriptions are very accurate and the fingerings are top notch. Roland Leone did a fantastic job both in terms of accuracy and practicality. Highly recommended. - 2008-04-22, 2 of 2 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- 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.
- 2006-07-14, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- 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. - 2003-11-24, 3 of 5 people found this review helpful, Rated:
