Chops (Joe Pass album)
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| Studio album by Joe Pass and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen | ||||
| Released | 1978 | |||
| Recorded | November 19, 1978, Chappell Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Bop Mainstream jazz |
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| Length | 50:24 | |||
| Label | Pablo | |||
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Chops is an album by the American jazz guitarist Joe Pass and the double bass player Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, released in 1978 (see 1978 in music). It was re-issued in 1993 on CD by Original Jazz Classics.
Reception
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |  [2] |
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Scott Yanow wrote of the album "Pass in particular sounds stimulated during this session and comes up with some of his hottest playing."[1]
Track listing
- "Have You Met Miss Jones?" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 5:00
- "Oleo" (Sonny Rollins) – 5:07
- "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Roger "Ram" Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman) – 5:35
- "£5 Blues" (Joe Pass, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen) – 5:09
- "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 4:20
- "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars" (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees) – 5:16
- "Tricrotism" (Oscar Pettiford) – 6:05
- "Old Folks" (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison) – 4:48
- "Yardbird Suite" (Charlie Parker) – 3:34
- "In Your Own Sweet Way" (Dave Brubeck) – 5:30
