Duets (Joe Pass and John Pisano album)
Encyclopedia
Duets is an album by jazz
guitarist
s Joe Pass
and John Pisano
, released in 1991. It was reissued in 1996 by Original Jazz Classics
.
The sessions for Duets were based on producer Eric Miller's idea for Pass and Pisano to spontaneously improvise to a video collage of National Geographic
footage, cartoons, and movie clips.
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
s Joe Pass
Joe Pass
Joe Pass was an Italian-American jazz guitarist of Sicilian descent. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest jazz guitarists of the 20th century...
and John Pisano
John Pisano
John Pisano is a jazz guitarist born in Staten Island, New York.John has accompanied in concert or recording some of music's biggest names, including Burt Bacharach, Tony Bennett, Herb Alpert, Natalie Cole, Michael Franks, Diana Krall, Peggy Lee, Julie London, Joe Pass, Frank Sinatra, Barbra...
, released in 1991. It was reissued in 1996 by Original Jazz Classics
Original Jazz Classics
Original Jazz Classics was started in 1983 as an imprint of Fantasy Records. Under this name facsimiles of original editions of jazz LPs have been reissued on CD and formerly on LP and cassette also. The LPs were originally released on Riverside, Prestige and other labels that had been purchased...
.
The sessions for Duets were based on producer Eric Miller's idea for Pass and Pisano to spontaneously improvise to a video collage of National Geographic
National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society , headquartered in Washington, D.C. in the United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions in the world. Its interests include geography, archaeology and natural science, the promotion of environmental and historical...
footage, cartoons, and movie clips.
Track listing
- "Alone TogetherAlone Together (song)"Alone Together" is a song composed by Arthur Schwartz with lyrics by Howard Dietz. It was introduced in the Broadway musical Flying Colors in 1932 by Jean Sargent....
" (Howard DietzHoward DietzHoward Dietz was an American publicist, lyricist, and librettist.-Biography:Dietz was born in New York City and studied journalism at Columbia University...
, Arthur SchwartzArthur SchwartzArthur Schwartz was an American composer and film producer.Schwartz supported his legal studies at New York University and postgraduate studies at Columbia University by playing piano before concentrating his talents on vaudeville, Broadway theatre and Hollywood.Among his Broadway musicals are The...
) – 6:01 - "Baileywick" (Joe Pass) – 2:44
- "S'il Vous Plait" (John Pisano) – 2:38
- "Lonely Woman" (Horace SilverHorace SilverHorace Silver , born Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva in Norwalk, Connecticut, is an American jazz pianist and composer....
) – 3:38 - "Nina's Birthday Song" (Pass) – 4:20
- "You Were Meant for Me" (Pisano) – 4:19
- "Blues for the Wee Folk" (Pass) – 4:01
- "Satie" (Pisano) – 10:21
- "For Jim H." (Pass) – 6:11
- "Back to Back" (Pass) – 3:25