subject: Joe Pass - Jazz Guitar Music Legend - Part 1 [print this page] Joe Pass - Jazz Guitar Music Legend - Part 1
Joe wrote several instructional jazz guitar music books with the goal of sharing his expertise with neophytes and seasoned guitarits alike, but often mentioned that learning as many tunes as possible was the most valuable lesson for a player. He hoped that aspiring guitarists, regardless of style, would find that spark of individuality and creativity that he discovered in his youth and cultivated in his earliest playing experiences. Joe's improvisation approach, advanced harmonic concepts, and solo jazz guitar chord melody style are subjects he was eager to discuss and share - yet his mode of expression was hardly disciplined, pedantic, or scholarly. Nonetheless Joe was a great commmunicator - if you listened. He spoke as in performance through his instrument - spontaneously, casually, with humor and great feeling - punctuating his musical discourse with a favorite comment: "Stop me when you hear something you like". Needless to say, he got stopped a lot! Fortunately for aspiring guitarists, Joe Pass released numerous instructional jazz guitar tab books and DVD courses that teach his single note improvised solos and chord melody solos as well as the pickstyle and fingerstyle guitar techniques he used to play them.
