cody78 Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 I recently got a good HD camera and have been recording a little bit for my YouTube page which I recently set up. I finally got around to playing Joe Pass' version of Night & Day in full and thought some of you might enjoy it. Part 1 is on my page too along with a discussion about my ES 5 Switchmaster and '57 Reissue Les Paul Custom. Will be doing more over the coming months. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly campbell Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Nice work and I love the ES175...great guitar. Thanks for posting it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cody78 Posted February 20, 2022 Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 Thanks Kelly Campbell. You're welcome and I'm glad you enjoyed it. Yes, the ES 175 is a great guitar...great feel, tone and playability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Plenty of work put in on that. Well played! I saw Joe at Ronnie Scotts when Virtuoso was current. An amazing player. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cody78 Posted February 20, 2022 Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 Cheers merciful-evans. Yes, it's one of the more difficult pieces I've learnt and it took a lot of dedication. I've started on Joe's version of 'Have You Met Miss Jones' now which isn't easy either! I would have loved to see him play, but sadly never did as I was only a kid when he died. I bet it was an amazing gig at Ronnie Scotts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 (edited) Good stuff....well done. The Virtuoso 1 album was recorded on his 175 but mostly acoustically; you can see there are straps across the pickups in the cover picture, which was taken by producer Norman Granz at the session and is cropped from the original. I have no doubt the straps were a fix to stop vibration and resonance. The idea that he used some old acoustic that was lying around the studio is untrue; the acoustic sound is very definitely his 175 unplugged, and this is further borne out if you listen to Virtuoso 4, a double LP released much later, which comprises the rest of the material he played on the sessions. I also saw him at Ronnie's with NHOP on bass, but the best time was a solo concert he played at (strangely enough) Aldershot Prince's Hall. Just amazing. Edited February 21, 2022 by jdgm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cody78 Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 (edited) Yes jdgm, I believe it was an unplugged ES 175 on the first Virtuoso record. I too have heard stories about him using an old acoustic from the studio, but you can tell that the acoustic sound on the record is not a 'western' acoustic, but definitely an archtop and I can't imagine why Joe wouldn't have used his ES 175 at that point as he used it extensively during the 1970's. I wish he had continued using it more during the 80's as his Ibanez just never sounded that good (though his playing was exceptional). I guess he finally returned to a slimmer 175 in the 90's in the last few years before his death, but the 175 he used in the 70's was a beauty. I'm not sure what year he got it. Glad you enjoyed my video. I'm hoping to learn around 10 tunes from all the Virtuoso albums (will take a while!) and maybe play in some hotels/ venues with a few other tunes from Tal Farlow, Barney Kessel and others on the setlist too. Edited February 21, 2022 by cody78 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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