Chops (Joe Pass album) explained

Chops
Type:	studio
Artist:	Joe Pass and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Cover:	ChopsJoePass.jpg
Released:	1979
Recorded:	November 19, 1978
Studio:	Chappell Studios, London
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	50:24
Label:	Pablo
Producer:	Norman Granz
Chronology:	Joe Pass
Prev Title:	Tudo Bem!
Prev Year:	1978
Next Title:	I Remember Charlie Parker
Next Year:	1979

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

Reception

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

Track listing

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

• Joe Pass - guitar
• Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – double bass

Technical

• Robert Golding - engineer
• Phil Stern - photography

External links

• Joe Pass Memorial Hall