Chops (Joe Pass album)

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Chops
Studio album by
Joe Pass and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Released1979
RecordedNovember 19, 1978
StudioChappell Studios, London
GenreJazz
Length50:24
LabelPablo
ProducerNorman Granz
Joe Pass chronology
Tudo Bem!
(1978) 		Chops
(1979) 		I Remember Charlie Parker
(1979)

Chops is an album by the American jazz guitarist Joe Pass and double bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, released in 1979.

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

For AllMusic, critic Scott Yanow wrote that "Pass in particular sounds stimulated during this session and comes up with some of his hottest playing."[1]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "Have You Met Miss Jones?" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 5:00
  2. "Oleo" (Sonny Rollins) – 5:07
  3. "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Roger "Ram" Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman) – 5:35
  4. "L5 Blues" (Joe Pass, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen) – 5:09
  5. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 4:20
  6. "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees) – 5:16
  7. "Tricrotism" (Oscar Pettiford) – 6:05
  8. "Old Folks" (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison) – 4:48
  9. "Yardbird Suite" (Charlie Parker) – 3:34
  10. "In Your Own Sweet Way" (Dave Brubeck) – 5:30

Personnel[edit]

Technical
  • Robert Golding - engineer
  • Phil Stern - photography

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. "Chops > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 158. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1131. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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