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Chops
Studio album by
Released1979
RecordedNovember 19, 1978
StudioChappell Studios, London
GenreJazz
Length50:24
Label Pablo
Producer Norman Granz
Joe Pass chronology
Tudo Bem!
(1978)
Chops
(1979)
I Remember Charlie Parker
(1979)

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

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide [2]

For AllMusic, critic Scott Yanow wrote that "Pass in particular sounds stimulated during this session and comes up with some of his hottest playing." [1]

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

Technical
  • Robert Golding - engineer
  • Phil Stern - photography

References

  1. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. "Chops > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  158. ISBN  0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1131. ISBN  978-0-141-03401-0.

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