JOE PASS — Guitar Virtuoso (1997) 4CD BOX-SET | Two Version | FLAC (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

As this lavishly boxed, four-CD distillation of his Pablo sessions proves, Joe Pass was probably the guitar-playing equivalent of Art Tatum on the Norman Granz roster -- not only for his vast output, but also for the all-encompassing, almost orchestral way in which he got around his instrument. The set is divided equally into four sections -- disc one for his astounding solo electric and acoustic guitar sides, disc two for studio recordings with various groups, disc three for various live recordings solo and with groups, disc four the delicate Ella Fitzgerald and other duo partner sessions and quartet pieces backing Sarah Vaughan. Though the box is not in chronological order -- which is not necessary here, since Pass was essentially a finished, non-evolving artist when he joined Pablo -- Jim Ferguson's helpful commentary on the sessions is chronologically organized, balancing out Benny Green's personalized disc-by-disc analysis of the tracks. A couple of tracks with a modern Brazilian rhythm section also stand out, as does the supercharged "Sweet Georgia Brown" with Oscar Peterson and Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, and the set's lengthiest item, a fond ten-and-a-half-minute take out on "Stompin' at the Savoy" live at Donte's club in North Hollywood, CA. The latter track and a scant two others are the only ones new to CD, and there are no unreleased goods to be heard, but with five hours of Pass taken a little at a time, this box will wear very well over the years. Richard S. Ginell  
Tracklist 1 :
1.     Cheek to Cheek    5:35
Irving Berlin
2.     Blues for Fred/They All Laughed    6:12
George Gershwin / Joe Pass
3.     Night and Day    3:31
Cole Porter
4.     Here's That Rainy Day    3:34
Johnny Burke / James Van Heusen
5.     Have You Met Miss Jones?    4:41
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
6.     Passanova    4:30
Joe Pass
7.     Sultry    4:28
Joe Pass
8.     Indian Summer    3:16
Al Dubin / Victor Herbert
9.     Lush Life    4:55
Billy Strayhorn
10.     Weaselocity   6:54
Joe Pass
11.     Giant Steps    3:31
John Coltrane
12.     Misty    5:22
Johnny Burke / Erroll Garner
13.     Blues for Basie    3:34
Joe Pass
14.     Star Eyes    2:40
Gene DePaul / Don Raye
15.     Blues for Angel    3:36
Joe Pass
16.     Song for Ellen    2:55
Joe Pass
17.     How Deep Is the Ocean?    2:25
Irving Berlin
Tracklist 2 :
1.     Relaxin' at Camarillo    4:53
Charlie Parker
    Joe Pass feat: Colin Bailey / Jim Hughart / John Pisano
2.     Tenderly    5:06
Walter Gross / Jack Lawrence
3.     Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You    3:54
Andy Razaf / Don Redman
4.     Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me    5:53
Duke Ellington / Bob Russell
5.     Samba de Orfeu    3:27
Luiz Bonfá / Antônio Maria
6.     Seulb    3:21
Herb Ellis / Joe Pass
7.     Riff Blues    4:20
Oscar Peterson
8.         Bluesology   5:54
Milt Jackson
9.     Cotton Tail    4:10
Duke Ellington
10.     O Barquinho    6:09
Ronaldo Bôscoli / Roberto Menescal
11.     Gentle Rain (Chuva Delicada)    4:11
Luiz Bonfá / Matt Dubey
12.     As Long as I Live    4:36
Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler
13.     It Ain't Necessarily So    5:47
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
14.     D-Joe    3:09
John Pisano
15.     Anouman    4:40
Django Reinhardt
16.     Belleville    3:57
Django Reinhardt
Tracklist 3 :
1.     Eric's Smoozie Blues    5:10
Joe Pass
2.     Beautiful Love    4:13
Haven Gillespie / Wayne King / Egbert VanAlstyne / Victor Young
3.     A Time for Love    4:03
Johnny Mandel / Paul Francis Webster
4.     Tarde    6:52
Márcio Borges / Milton Nascimento
5.     Gentle Tears    6:33
Joe Pass
6.     Lover Man    5:04
Jimmy Davis / Roger "Ram" Ramirez / Jimmy Sherman
7.     Oleo    5:17
Sonny Rollins
8.     Blues for Monty    6:15
Joe Pass
9.     Stompin' at the Savoy    10:29
Benny Goodman / Andy Razaf / Edgar Sampson / Chick Webb
10.     Ornithology    4:46
Benny Harris / Charlie Parker
11.     Samba de Orfeu    4:36
Luiz Bonfá / Antônio Maria
12.     Donna Lee    2:45
Charlie Parker
13.     Sweet Georgia Brown    6:24 
Ben Bernie / Kenneth Casey / Maceo Pinkard
Tracklist 4 :
1.     You Took Advantage of Me    3:35
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
2.     All Too Soon    4:24
Duke Ellington / Carl Sigman
3.     I Didn't Know About You    4:41
Duke Ellington / Bob Russell
4.     You Go to My Head    5:40
J. Fred Coots / Haven Gillespie
5.     Easy Living    4:14
Ralph Rainger / Leo Robin
6.     Why Don't You Do Right?    2:56
Kansas Joe McCoy
7.     Alone Together    6:01
Howard Dietz / Arthur Schwartz
8.     Baileywick    2:44
Joe Pass
9.     S'il Vous Plait    2:38
John Pisano
10.     Lover Man    5:35
Jimmy Davis / Roger "Ram" Ramirez / Jimmy Sherman
11.     Tricrotism    5:59
Oscar Pettiford
12.     Blues for 2    5:00
Joe Pass / Zoot Sims
13.     Dindi   4:21
Ray Gilbert / Antônio Carlos Jobim
14.     Takeoff    4:10
Joe Pass / Zoot Sims
15.     My Old Flame    6:10
Sam Coslow / Arthur Johnston
16.     I Didn't Know What Time It Was    3:58
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
17.     Autumn Leaves    5:31
Joseph Kosma / Johnny Mercer / Jacques Prévert