Checkmate (Joe Pass and Jimmy Rowles album) explained

Checkmate
Type:	studio
Artist:	Joe Pass and Jimmy Rowles
Cover:	Checkmate Pass Rowles.jpg
Released:	1981
Recorded:	January 12, 1981
Studio:	Spectrum Studios, Venice, California
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Pablo
Producer:	Norman Granz
Chronology:	Joe Pass
Prev Title:	Northsea Nights
Prev Year:	1980
Next Title:	Ira, George and Joe
Next Year:	1981

Checkmate is an album by American jazz guitarist Joe Pass and pianist Jimmy Rowles, released in 1981. It was re-issued in 1998 on CD by Original Jazz Classics.

Reception

AllMusic's Scott Yanow wrote: "Rowles sets the quiet mood, and Pass keeps his amplifier quite low and was content to play on the pianist's turf. The emphasis is on slower tempos and harmonically sophisticated chords... Superior background music that rewards close listening."

Track listing

1. "What's Your Story, Morning Glory?" (Jack Lawrence, Paul Francis Webster, Hank Williams) – 4:08
2. "So Rare" (Jerry Herst, Jack Sharpe) – 4:24
3. "As Long as I Live" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 4:36
4. "Marquita" (Eliseo Grenet) – 3:55
5. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 5:20
6. "We'll Be Together Again" (Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine) – 5:04
7. "Can't We Be Friends?" (Paul James, Kay Swift) – 4:14
8. "'Deed I Do" (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose) – 3:55
9. "'Tis Autumn" (Henry Nemo) – 4:48
10. "God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.) – 3:18

Personnel

• Joe Pass - guitar
• Jimmy Rowles – piano