Joe's Blues (Joe Pass album)

Joe's Blues is an album by American jazz guitarist Joe Pass, recorded in 1968 and released posthumously in 1998 (see 1998 in music).

Joe's Blues
Studio album by Joe Pass
Released	1998
Recorded	1968 at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA
Genre	Jazz
Length	33:32
Label	Laserlight
Joe Pass chronology
Roy Clark & Joe Pass Play Hank Williams (1994) Joe's Blues (1998) Unforgettable (1998)

The tracks for Joe's Blues were originally recorded in 1968 before Pass' later sessions with Herb Ellis that produced Seven, Come Eleven and Two for the Road.

The listed bassist and drummer are disputed.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Robert Taylor wrote of Pass "His playing is bursting with energy and is a fine preview of what was to come during the next three decades."[2]

Track listing

1. "Alexander's Ragtime Band" (Irving Berlin) – 3:27
2. "Look for the Silver Lining" (Jerome Kern, Buddy DeSylva) – 3:43
3. "Joe's Blues" (Joe Pass) – 3:28
4. "Georgia" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) – 6:28
5. "When You're Smiling" (Shay, Fisher, and Goodwin) – 3:35
6. "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:37
7. "What Have They Done to My Song, Ma" (Melanie Safka) – 3:35
8. "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Herb Nacio Brown, Gus Kahn) – 1:44
9. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey) – 4:55

Personnel

• Joe Pass – guitar
• Herb Ellis – guitar on "The Shadow of Your Smile" and "You Stepped Out of a Dream"
• Colin Bailey – drums
• Monty Budwig – bass
• Adam Ross – liner notes

References

1. Joe Pass Memorial Hall entry for Joe's Blues Accessed August 2009.
2. Taylor, Robert. "Joe's Blues > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 8, 2015.