Complete Joe Pass

Music critics and performers alike have hailed Joe Pass as one of the finest jazz musicians to have ever lived. This book is a collage of many of Joe's thoughts about the guitar as an accompanying and solo instrument. Also, many of Joe's transcribed solos, as well as transcriptions of the famous Joe Pass and Herb Ellis duos, are presented here in standard notation only with chord symbols. The music and life of Joe Pass will continue to inspire and guide musicians through this work.

Introduction
Key Signatures

Part One - Harmony

Chord Basics
Chord Substitutions
Chord Forms
Neighboring Chords
Moving Bass Lines

Part Two- Melody

Scales
"Lead-In" Notes
Diminished Lines
Chordal Thinking
Improvising
Blues
Rhythm Changes (4/4)
Examples (3/4)

Part Three - Joe Pass Jazz Phrases

Section One
Section Two - Blues

Part Four - Transcriptions

Bay City Blues
Foxy Chick and a Cool Cat
Time In
Blues in G
Dante's Inferno
Grete

Part Five - Joe Pass and Herb Ellis Jazz Duets

Bonnie

Jazz Waltz

Some Of These Days

G Blues

Hot Stuff

Ballad

Contents