Joe Pass
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Joe Passalaqua (born Joseph Anthony Passalaqua; January 13, 1929 – May 23, 1994) was an American jazz guitarist of Sicilian descent.
He is regarded as one of the twentieth century's greatest jazz guitarists.
He introduced jazz guitar to his style, his knowledge of chord inversions and progressions, as well as his use of walking basslines and counterpoint during improvisation.
Pass used to perform with pianist Oscar Peterson and vocalist Ella Fitzgerald.
Early life
On January 13, 1929, Pass was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Mariano Passalaqua, his father, was born in Sicily.
As early as age 14, a passover found work as a performer. He performed with bands led by Tony Pastor and Charlie Barnet, honing his guitar skills as he learned the ropes in the music business. He began traveling with small jazz bands and moved from Pennsylvania to New York City. Passing out heroin within a few years became addictive. He played bebop at strip clubs for a year and was based in New Orleans for a year. Pass told Rolling Stone that he had suffered a "nervous breakdown" in New Orleans "because [he] had access to every form of drug on the street and was up for days. [he] would arrive in New York a lot and then get strung out and leave."
Passed through prison for drug-related offences in the 1950s and out of jail. "My first priority was staying high; playing was second; girls were third," Pass said in a Rolling Stone interview. But the first thing took all my energy." After a two-and-a-half years in the Synanon rehabilitation program, he recovered. During his prison term, Pass put music on hiatus.
Later life and death
In 1992, Pass was diagnosed with liver cancer. Despite being early responder and continuing to play into 1993, his health later suffered, prompting him to cancel his tour with Pepe Romero, Paco Pea, and Leo Kottke. Pass played at a nightclub in Los Angeles on May 7, 1994, with fellow guitarist John Pisano. After the performance Pass looked at him with a tear in his eye and said, "I can't play anymore," Pisano said, "like a knife in my heart."
Joe Pass died of liver cancer in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 65. He and country guitarist Roy Clark produced an album of Hank Williams songs before his death.
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Discovery and career
During the 1960s, Passage released a number of albums, including Catch Me, 12-String Guitar, For Django, and Simplicity. He received the New Star Award from DownBeat magazine in 1963. Gerald Wilson, Bud Shank, and Les McCann appeared on Pacific Jazz recordings. In 1965, he toured with George Shearing. He did most of his television and recording session work in Los Angeles during the 1960s. Norman Granz, the composer of Jazz at the Philharmonic and the creator of Verve Records, signed Pass to Pablo Records in December 1973. Passo on Pablo, a 1974 composer, released his solo album Virtuoso. Pablo released the album The Trio with Pass, Oscar Peterson, and Niels-Henning Pedersen in 1974. He performed with them on several occasions throughout the 1970s and 1980s. The Trio received the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Group at the Grammy Awards in 1975. Benny Carter, Milt Jackson, Herb Ellis, Zoot Sims, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, and Count Basie were among the Pablo roster's winners.
Pass and Ella Fitzgerald performed six albums together on Pablo towards the end of Fitzgerald's career: Take Love Easy (1973), Fitzgerald and Pass Again (1976), and Easy Living (1986).