Guitarist Joe Pass and bassist Niels Pedersen, a pair of talented virtuosi, are typically outstanding on this live set of standards. With the exception of their ad-lib "Blues for the Hague," all of the material would qualify as overdone through the years (such as "'Round Midnight" and "Stella by Starlight") but the duo makes these veteran pieces sound fresh and new again. - Scot Yanow
Tracks
01. If Were a Bell (Frank Loesser)
02. Round Midnight (Bernie Hanighen / Thelonious Monk / Cootie Williams)
03. How Deep Is the Ocean? (Irvin Berling)
04. Stella by Starlight (Ned Washington / Victor Young)
05. I Can’t Get Started (Vernon Duke / Ira Gershwin)
06. Blues for the Hague (Joe Pass / Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen)
JOE PASS guitar
NIELS HENNING ORSTED PEDERSEN bass
Recorded live at the Northsea Jazz Festival, The Hague, Holland; July 1979
Pablo Records OJCCD – 1011-2 (2308 – 221)