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Joe Pass

Born: January 13, 1929

Joe Pass almost didn't make it as a musician due to his early battle with drug addiction. But following a successful rehab at Synanon and a recording session with fellow recovered musicians entitled Sounds of Synanon, the guitarist was signed by Dick Bock to the Pacific Jazz label. Pass made several albums as a leader and sideman for Bock, though work started drying up in the late 1960s as rock dominated the music marketplace.

But it was when Joe Pass met impressario Norman Granz that the guitarist's career took off. Granz signed him to his new Pablo label in the early 1970s and recorded him extensively, as a soloist (especially the oustanding Virtuoso series), in duos, trios and as a part of many studio and concert jam sessions

Mike Jones: Mike Jones With Strings

by Jack Bowers
September 1, 2026

Pianist Mike Jones' With Strings does not denote a sizable orchestral design but a piano-jazz trio in which a guitar replaces the drums, a format introduced in the 1930s by Nat King Cole's peerless trio and favored for years by the legendary Canadian pianist Oscar Peterson with Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel or Joe Pass on guitar. ...

David Blake Quartet: Radio Casual

by Jack Bowers
August 5, 2026

To gain a clear picture of the sort of high-caliber straight-ahead jazz Canadian-born, Brooklyn-based guitarist David Blake's quartet has to offer on Radio Casual, go directly to “Nut Bread," the second track, bypassing the more offbeat, effects-enhanced opener, “Jonas with a View" (the “Jonas" presumably a reference to the group's drummer, Jonas Esser). There is one ...

Norma Winstone: A Timeless Place

by Neil Duggan
July 3, 2026

This 1990 recording unites the outstanding vocal talents of Norma Winstone MBE with the NDR Radio Orchestra. Now known as NDR RADIOPHILHARMONIE, the distinguished German radio symphony orchestra, invited Winstone to participate in a broadcast session. In turn, she enlisted pianist and arranger Steve Gray, with whom she had previously collaborated on BBC projects.

Paul Silbergleit Trio: The Stillness of July

by Troy Dostert
June 11, 2026

With four previous releases under his belt, guitarist Paul Silbergleit has been a steady presence in the Milwaukee jazz scene since his debut record, Silberglicity, appeared in 1996. But The Stillness of July is his first outing complemented by bassist Clay Schaub and drummer Devin Drobka. This fine trio provides a lithe treatment of several Silbergleit ...

Jamile and Vinicius Gomes: Acoustic Thrills With Brazilian Twist

by R.J. DeLuke
May 23, 2026

The music of Brazil made its way into the jazz lexicon in the late 1950s and early 1960s when the bossa nova style emerged and caught on in the U.S., its chords and harmonies ripe for combining with the sensuous side of jazz. It's been a popular style ever since, with people in North ...

Dida Pelled: Sultry Swing, Blissful Blues

by R.J. DeLuke
May 13, 2026

Jazz and blues have different feels and styles. There's plenty of room for an artist to explore possibilities therein, bringing along influences and preferences, creating a distinctive strain that leaves a delectable impression. An artist with her own compelling style exists in Brooklyn in the person of Dida Pelled, a guitarist, songwriter, and educator ...

Sarah L. King, Joe Gransden, Maria Grand, Rebecca Rafla, Emie R. Roussel, Andrea Miller & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
May 5, 2026

This broadcast closes out Jazz Appreciation Month with new music from Sarah L. King, Joe Gransden, Maria Grand, Rebecca Rafla, Emie R. Roussel and Andrea Miller, with birthday shoutouts to Jazz Foremother Ma Rainey, Ella Fitzgerald, Roxy Coss, Rebecca Martin, Laufey, Kendra Shank, Lara Downes and Honorable Man Charles Mingus, among others. Happy listening and please ...

Michael Moody: The Ecstasy of Love

by Artur Moral
March 21, 2026

Whether or not there is any personal affinity with their stylistic and thematic approach, it is impossible not to tip one's hat to those musicians who insist on navigating against the current mainstream--be it by brandishing the flag of a fierce vanguard or by defending the essentials of tradition, updated with a layer of necessary contemporaneity. ...

Frode Kjekstad Qrt: Stars Aligned

by Glenn Astarita
March 11, 2026

Talented Norwegian guitarist Frode Kjekstad discovered jazz in his early teens through the bebop genius of Charlie Parker and the refined touch of Joe Pass. He started formal jazz guitar studies at fifteen and moved to Oslo in 1994, where he immersed himself in the local scene and performed with legends like Johnny Griffin, Frank Foster, ...