You gotta love Joe Pass - every guitar player and every interviewer is amazed by his talent and they beg for him to give them at least some explanation of how does he do it, and they try to squeeze the wisdom out of him in every possible way what is understandable ... and he's always like, just play, i don' know how i do it. Hahaha, he almost wasn't even aware that he is God among men, when it comes to guitar. Such a talent and such a cool person.
I saw Joe Pass play at Mondavi Winery in the mid 70s and then heard him interviewed by Dick Conte on KJAZ about ten years later. Very modest man with no pretense, given how genuinely gifted he was. There was something about that "group" of guitarists, such as Joe, Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel, Charlie Byrd, Laurindo Almeida, George Barnes, Kenny Burrell. I hear them all plus Wes Montgomery in Emily Remler, too.
Had the pleasure of seeing Joe Pass twice in the late eighties and early nineties at Lite's Tavern which was situated in the Royal York hotel in Toronto. Also, Herb Ellis, and Tal Farlow at the same venue on different occasions. Also privileged to see Lenny Breau, and Barney Kessel at Toronto's now defunct Bourbon Street. I feel lucky to have seen them in person before they all pased on. So sorry not to have seen Emily Remler before she left us so soon. Ken, Toronto
Interesting that he talks about playing solo guitar concerts. I had the privilege of seeing him in concert in the '90s at a place in Montreal called the "Rising Sun" ("Levant Soleil"?) and he performed solo. I had never seen a jazz solo guitar concert before and I thought this was unusual. I remember him commenting that he had a son who played guitar in a rock group. He scoffed at what his son referred to as "power chords" which he demonstrated as being just the root note, the fifth and the root an octave higher. I thought that was amusing. Anyway, from what he said solo concerts were not unusual for him.
I saw Joe play with George Shearing and also solo. I enjoyed the solo gig much more because he just had so many ideas. Sat the next table to him one night in Venice CA watching Joe DiOrio. True heavyweights.
Joe lived for music his entire life, even while he strayed in the wrong direction. I am mad at myself for never haven gone to see him play when he was alive. I had several friends that spent some time hanging around him and some that took lessons from him. He was a skilled player, a good person, humble, and a walking encyclopedia of music.
Many thanks for posting this. I have always felt exactly that way about my playing. But because I am nowhere near his level and ability the doubt remained. Coming from him I take that point entirely, no questions anymore. That is I believe how one must perform.
Great advice from the best solo guitar player and one-man band. "You can't think while soloing". Easier said than done but it is the enabling key concept.
My guitar teacher was taught a few times by the man himself. meeting him is one thing but getting taught by this genius would be a blessing..i guess in a way i've somewaht been taught by joe through my teacher...and damn can my teacher play..genius..
@KooGuitar I would call Joe Pass a great improviser and Stochelo a great performer. I think stochelo is a great guitarist with a tremendous amount of talent. But I also think he rehearses all his solo's. Off course he can interchange surtain ideas, but I hear a lot of the same stuff in different takes. But, again, I think he's great! A gypsy guitarist who does improvise is Andreas Oberg, great talent! Cherio!
Listen to him play and try to say that again. Joe's saying not to worry about x notes on x chord, just feel it out. Your mind works on its own after much practice and improvisation improves.
It's a shame that there aren't many clips of interviews with Joe on RUclips. I'd give anything to gain more insight on the man behind the guitar. Brilliant musician.
@freekdevos I do really appreciate what your saying. Yes i would say he does repeat himself, but any guitarist does from time to time, the thing i hate doing is comparing musicians, every guitarist is different, thats a beauty in its self. But whenever i watch stochelo i just feel so happy. But i do have to agree with you about Andreas. Bireli Lagrene is also another great.
He didn't give many. His years suffering from serious addiction, years in a Federal 'Medical' prison, for as cool a cat as he was, he was very reserved in life, best guess is because he spent such a long time living on the underbelly and the withdrawn distrust that can create. No surprise to hear the interviewer has a Euro-accent. They appreciate Jazz. We here in America don't. We're kinda idiots like that.
Very true. The key to improvisation is not thinking. Pretty much all your experience should just flow through your fingers. The perfect analogy is when you speak, you don't really think about speaking most of the time, unless you're a stutterer. All the vocabulary you have learned through your life just flows from your mouth.
I think one of the biggest problems in jazz education is we obsess over learning language and don’t talk about the importance of having something to actually say with that language.
He's right. Musicians should be like lightning rods and just allow the music to flow through them. Thinking about it is like unplugging the cable. Makes the lights go out.
Joe..., talkin' 'bout the zone. Why so humble...why not mention your God given ability that 99.99999% who have ever touched a guitar don't have. The guy's immortal.
Why don't you mention the hundreds of thousands of hours he spent practising? The only thing that 99.9% of guitarists will never do is put in the amount of work that it takes to be as great as Joe was
@@bronzewand Amen to that: Being born with talent is just the start. The rest is WORK. Nobody is born with the technique and virtuosity of a Joe Pass. God gives you the ear and the feel, then YOU put in the sweat and blood. I wouldn't be as harsh as to say 99.9% of guitarists don't work at it, but I WOULD say that 99.9% of great players DO!
@KooGuitar That's right. I don't like these kind of discussions about who's better and what not. And I don't consider myself to be in any position to critisize these greats. I'm a great fan of both but I think they are in a different league. It would be great to see Joe 'alive', though. It might as well be with Britney Spears, I don't care. Well may be just al little... Nice talking to you mate!
@taildragger53 In what alternate reality did that ever happen? Haha. Yes, Epiphone was there before Gibson, but Gibson did Not come from Epiphone! One needs to remember they used to be rivals until the company that also owns Gibson Guitar Corp. bought Epiphone. So they used to be rivals, and now they're both owned by the same company.
One day a centipede falls into a hole... And another bug comes near the hole and asks to the centipede: Which leg do you move first before you start walking? And the centipede starts to thinking and answers: I don't know, I just walk... Then the bug leaves him alone. But the centipede can't even moves, because of thinking what leg to start walking and in few days centipede dies in that hole...
"All guitar players sit around the house lollllll and play solos.... "Man next to Joe pass thats the legacy that most guitarists are destined to leave behind... I must say i dislike that image of a guy who has nothing to do so he fiddles around with a guitar in his pyjamas all day loll. But joe pass is right, he can get away with saying that, he is a legend and he proved his craft in the same way flamenco guitar masters did.
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"I did it kinda by accident. Nobody got mad, or threw anything, so I kept doin' it." Joe Pass.
That was the best comment.
Hahaha 😆🤗🙏🏽
who the flying fuck would dislike this shit?
"You can't think and play."
- Joe Pass
Thanks for the post. I've never heard this guy speak before, but he sure sounds humble and honest. On guitar, he was one of the very greatest.
What a humble guy with such a tremendous talent! Great to hear him again, thanks for posting.
What a nice guy Joe was. Thanks for posting this. Joe lives through his music and through fortunate little pieces of tape like this.
Joe Pass was so amazing that words get in the way. An absolute legend.
You gotta love Joe Pass - every guitar player and every interviewer is amazed by his talent and they beg for him to give them at least some explanation of how does he do it, and they try to squeeze the wisdom out of him in every possible way what is understandable ... and he's always like, just play, i don' know how i do it. Hahaha, he almost wasn't even aware that he is God among men, when it comes to guitar. Such a talent and such a cool person.
Happy Birthday Joe!!! Hope you had a great celebration up there- We miss you!
I saw Joe Pass play at Mondavi Winery in the mid 70s and then heard him interviewed by Dick Conte on KJAZ about ten years later. Very modest man with no pretense, given how genuinely gifted he was. There was something about that "group" of guitarists, such as Joe, Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel, Charlie Byrd, Laurindo Almeida, George Barnes, Kenny Burrell. I hear them all plus Wes Montgomery in Emily Remler, too.
Such a humble guy!! Will be my personal inspiration until I die ❤
Had the pleasure of seeing Joe Pass twice in the late eighties and early nineties at Lite's Tavern which was situated in the Royal York hotel in Toronto. Also, Herb Ellis, and Tal Farlow at the same venue on different occasions. Also privileged to see Lenny Breau, and Barney Kessel at Toronto's now defunct Bourbon Street. I feel lucky to have seen them in person before they all pased on. So sorry not to have seen Emily Remler before she left us so soon.
Ken, Toronto
POWERFUL JOE PASS
Interesting that he talks about playing solo guitar concerts. I had the privilege of seeing him in concert in the '90s at a place in Montreal called the "Rising Sun" ("Levant Soleil"?) and he performed solo. I had never seen a jazz solo guitar concert before and I thought this was unusual. I remember him commenting that he had a son who played guitar in a rock group. He scoffed at what his son referred to as "power chords" which he demonstrated as being just the root note, the fifth and the root an octave higher. I thought that was amusing. Anyway, from what he said solo concerts were not unusual for him.
Tremendous talent. We are spoiled to have so much recordings of his sublime guitar playing and these wonderful little snippets of insights
I saw Joe play with George Shearing and also solo. I enjoyed the solo gig much more because he just had so many ideas. Sat the next table to him one night in Venice CA watching Joe DiOrio. True heavyweights.
I first saw this clip many years ago and always remember Pass’s expression at 0:52. A humble person.
What a legend. His playing is insane , beautiful.
my hero.
Joe lived for music his entire life, even while he strayed in the wrong direction. I am mad at myself for never haven gone to see him play when he was alive. I had several friends that spent some time hanging around him and some that took lessons from him. He was a skilled player, a good person, humble, and a walking encyclopedia of music.
Many thanks for posting this. I have always felt exactly that way about my playing. But because I am nowhere near his level and ability the doubt remained. Coming from him I take that point entirely, no questions anymore. That is I believe how one must perform.
I feel so unlucky i didn't have the chance to see him play live...
I had the privilege of seeing him play solo back in the early 80"s. It was incredible! I have never seen anything like this in my life.
Wonderful warm, engaging... brilliant. Miss him.
It's nice to just hear him talk about music.His voice sounds more normal than I thought it would.dan
Thank you Joe, for your music.
fucking awesome humble genius
Great advice from the best solo guitar player and one-man band. "You can't think while soloing". Easier said than done but it is the enabling key concept.
My guitar teacher was taught a few times by the man himself. meeting him is one thing but getting taught by this genius would be a blessing..i guess in a way i've somewaht been taught by joe through my teacher...and damn can my teacher play..genius..
I thought that was me breathing heavy lol, it was the interviewer.
@KooGuitar I would call Joe Pass a great improviser and Stochelo a great performer. I think stochelo is a great guitarist with a tremendous amount of talent. But I also think he rehearses all his solo's. Off course he can interchange surtain ideas, but I hear a lot of the same stuff in different takes. But, again, I think he's great! A gypsy guitarist who does improvise is Andreas Oberg, great talent!
Cherio!
Listen to him play and try to say that again.
Joe's saying not to worry about x notes on x chord, just feel it out. Your mind works on its own after much practice and improvisation improves.
Gibson should make a Joe Pass tribute guitar instead of Epiphone, come on this guy deserves it !
It's a shame that there aren't many clips of interviews with Joe on RUclips. I'd give anything to gain more insight on the man behind the guitar. Brilliant musician.
@freekdevos I do really appreciate what your saying. Yes i would say he does repeat himself, but any guitarist does from time to time, the thing i hate doing is comparing musicians, every guitarist is different, thats a beauty in its self. But whenever i watch stochelo i just feel so happy. But i do have to agree with you about Andreas. Bireli Lagrene is also another great.
He didn't give many. His years suffering from serious addiction, years in a Federal 'Medical' prison, for as cool a cat as he was, he was very reserved in life, best guess is because he spent such a long time living on the underbelly and the withdrawn distrust that can create. No surprise to hear the interviewer has a Euro-accent. They appreciate Jazz. We here in America don't. We're kinda idiots like that.
Those idiots are proud to be "know it alls"
Very true. The key to improvisation is not thinking. Pretty much all your experience should just flow through your fingers. The perfect analogy is when you speak, you don't really think about speaking most of the time, unless you're a stutterer. All the vocabulary you have learned through your life just flows from your mouth.
True, but you still think about what you’re going to say. The language analogy is effective, but can only get us so far.
I think one of the biggest problems in jazz education is we obsess over learning language and don’t talk about the importance of having something to actually say with that language.
spoken like a true ledgend
He's right. Musicians should be like lightning rods and just allow the music to flow through them. Thinking about it is like unplugging the cable. Makes the lights go out.
Joe..., talkin' 'bout the zone. Why so humble...why not mention your God given ability that 99.99999% who have ever touched a guitar don't have. The guy's immortal.
Why don't you mention the hundreds of thousands of hours he spent practising? The only thing that 99.9% of guitarists will never do is put in the amount of work that it takes to be as great as Joe was
@@bronzewand Amen to that: Being born with talent is just the start. The rest is WORK. Nobody is born with the technique and virtuosity of a Joe Pass. God gives you the ear and the feel, then YOU put in the sweat and blood. I wouldn't be as harsh as to say 99.9% of guitarists don't work at it, but I WOULD say that 99.9% of great players DO!
@wisesatyr72 To be fair, Epiphone is a sub-branch of Gibson. Ibanez has a guitar named after him as well.
coool i never heard this guy talk before either... lets us know him better
❤
@Isiyac
Actually Epiphone were around before Gibson....Gibson came out from within 'Epiphone'.
what a guy, what a guy
The guy doing the interview sounds a lot like the backroom facials guy! Joe Pass is my fav jazz guitar player =)
Great modest talent.
Master
Id would have been great if he'd done a duet with stochelo rosenberg or something. Two masters of improvisation right there.
I think i recognise the interviewers voice. This is from DR, right?
@kingofskateop Wow, a talking centipede and bug. Amazing. Where did you see this??
Joe was the beat.
Where was this filmed?
WISDOM.....
@KooGuitar That's right. I don't like these kind of discussions about who's better and what not. And I don't consider myself to be in any position to critisize these greats. I'm a great fan of both but I think they are in a different league. It would be great to see Joe 'alive', though. It might as well be with Britney Spears, I don't care. Well may be just al little... Nice talking to you mate!
This sound as it is from danish TV! Can any confirm that?
Love his music.
Haha yeah my friend and me were saying that the other day - as soon as you start thinking the tune and whole thang goes to pot
from what year is this interview? anyone knows?
fuck I wish nardwuar could have interviewed him, would be incredible
can anybody tell me where this interview came from? was it a documentary or something?
@bluesgurugod Baha that's what I always thought he looked like
@taildragger53 In what alternate reality did that ever happen? Haha. Yes, Epiphone was there before Gibson, but Gibson did Not come from Epiphone! One needs to remember they used to be rivals until the company that also owns Gibson Guitar Corp. bought Epiphone. So they used to be rivals, and now they're both owned by the same company.
@freekdevos Why dont you think he can improvise?
dont think, feel
One day a centipede falls into a hole... And another bug comes near the hole and asks to the centipede: Which leg do you move first before you start walking? And the centipede starts to thinking and answers: I don't know, I just walk... Then the bug leaves him alone. But the centipede can't even moves, because of thinking what leg to start walking and in few days centipede dies in that hole...
somehow, i ended up here
@Nun o Yo business true
not bad.
@limaktba you don't have to see everything...
@KooGuitar Yeah, If stochelo would improvise...
I know, who would have thought such a thing was possible?
I know, who would have thought such a thing was possible?
What year is this from?
"All guitar players sit around the house lollllll and play solos.... "Man next to Joe pass thats the legacy that most guitarists are destined to leave behind... I must say i dislike that image of a guy who has nothing to do so he fiddles around with a guitar in his pyjamas all day loll. But joe pass is right, he can get away with saying that, he is a legend and he proved his craft in the same way flamenco guitar masters did.
If someone asked me "Do i love joe pass?" id say "yea" !!
That man was a god! Long live Joe Pass.
When improvisation starts rational thinking STOPS,
0:50
"nobody got mad or anything"
He's a man !!!
@likesonny71 I see what you did there
Could sure go for a lesson from him.
Why do people such as Joe have to pass....damn
Don’t think Abahht it….. bringing out that western PA dialect
When improvisation begins is when rational thinking should begin.
Funny he didnt like
Jimi , he was from another generation I guess
Joe Pass never liked to rehearse much , even
At least you were born before he passed away...
Daijoubu yo!!
lol
Deeep
''nobody got mad or threw anything so I continued to do it''...........X)
what year was this?