The word "chops" is a major understatement when describing the talents of guitarist Joe Pass and bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen. Their duo Pablo date is as exciting and full of inventive interplay as one would hope. Pass and Pedersen play an ad-lib blues, nine jazz standards including a three-quarters version of "Lover Man," plus "Oleo,""Quiet Nights,""Tricrotism," and "Yardbird Suite." Pass in particular sounds stimulated during this session and comes up with some of his hottest playing. - Scott Yanow
Tracks
01. Have You Met Miss Jones? (lorenzHart/Richard Rodgers)
02. Oleo (Sonny Rollins)
03. Lover Man (Davis/Ramirez/Sherman/Sherman)
04. £5 Blues (Pass/Pedersen)
05. Come Rain Or Come Shine (Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer)
06. Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
07. Tricrotism (Oscar Pettiford)
08. Old Folks (Dedette Lee Hill/Willard Robinson)
09. Yardbird Suite (Charlie Parker)
10. In Your Own Sweet Way (Dave Brubeck)
JOE PASS guitar
NIELS-HENNING ØRSTED PEDERSEN bass
Recorded November 19, 1978 at Chappell Studios, London
Pablo Records - 2310-830 / Original Jazz Classics - OJCCD-786-2