Sound Project Explained

Sound Project
Type:	studio
Artist:	Joe Pass and Tommy Gumina
Cover:	Sound Project.jpg
Studio:	Amigo Studios, Hollywood
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Polytone
Producer:	Joe Pass and Tommy Gumina
Chronology:	Joe Pass
Prev Title:	Easy Living
Prev Year:	1986
Next Title:	Blues for Fred
Next Year:	1988

Sound Project is an album by jazz guitarist Joe Pass and accordionist Tommy Gumina that was released in 1987.

Background

Pass and Gumina met in the 1960s when Gumina built Pass a small, portable amp. Although Gumina started his career as a musician, he entered the electronics business and made instruments. He recorded Sound Project with one of his inventions, a polycorus, which is similar to an accordion. He and Pass started the record label Polytone Records after Pablo Records, Pass's label, was sold.^[1]

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Ken Dryden wrote of the album "While it may not be a top priority to acquire, it's worth buying, if you can find it."

Track listing

1. "My Shining Hour" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
2. "My Ship" (Kurt Weill, Ira Gershwin)
3. "Once in a While" (Michael Edwards, Bud Green)
4. "Cavaquino"
5. "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (Bob Hilliard, David Mann)
6. "Secret Love" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster)
7. "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" (Ned Washington, George Bassman)
8. "When You Wish upon a Star" (Leigh Harline, Washington)
9. "About Time"
10. "Will You Give Me These"
11. "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn)

Personnel

• Joe Pass – guitar
• Tommy Gumina – polycorus (accordion)
• Jimmie Smith – drums

Notes and References

1. Web site: Feather. Leonard. Many New Things Come to Joe Pass. Los Angeles Times. 26 December 2017. 26 June 1988.