Virtuoso (Joe Pass album)

Virtuoso
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 1973 (1973-12)
RecordedAugust 28, 1973
StudioMGM Recording Studios, Los Angeles
GenreJazz
Length51:51
LabelPablo
ProducerNorman Granz
Joe Pass chronology
Intercontinental
(1970)
Virtuoso
(1973)
Live at Donte's
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz(favorable)[1]
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

Virtuoso is an album by jazz guitarist Joe Pass that was released in 1973. Despite having only one original composition ("Blues for Alican"), it is widely considered to be his best album, as well as one of the best jazz guitar albums. The remastered version used 20-bit K2 Super Coding System technology and included liner notes by Benny Green.

  1. ^ All About Jazz review
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. US: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 159. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1132. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.