Just to confirm... this is impossible, right? (NHOP)

Bob Holo

I just saw a vid on YouTube which appears to be Joe Pass & NHOP playing the Donna Lee in unison at about 150BPM.

I mean, he's playing the upright bass like a fingerstyle guitar.

Holy sh**



If you like this, listen to the Pass/NHOP version of Oleo - which you should find near this one on Youtube.

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joe pass' playing sounds like turkey gobbling.

Ryan Flaherty

Sounds pretty awesome to me.
Thats one virtuosic sounding turkey

richdaigle

wow

wim

new link (original one broken)

AndyW

joe pass is great, I'd struggle to grow a moustache like that, never mind play guitar the way he does...

Jazzaferri

Moving it along alright :shock:

redblues

......fudge me

Joltin' Joe

adrian

Wait, he's not using proper rest-stroke technique...!

Adrian

Tom Landman

Actually, Joe Pass probably does play with the "correct" gypsy-jazz technique.

He has said that he alternates up-down picking except when changing to a new string, which he will play with a downstroke.

"At 14 years old, Pass joined a band called the Gentlemen of Rhythm that played music in the style of Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt."
https://sites.google.com/site/pittsburg ... a/joe-pass

Tom

adrian wrote:

Wait, he's not using proper rest-stroke technique...!

Adrian

wim

I think Adrian was being faceitious The gypsy picking book has unfortunately been taken as dogma by many amateur players, rather than as a general guide for getting a strong gypsy sound like, say, Stochelo's.

Many top players like Adrien, Benoit, Olivier, Gonzalo, and I suspect even Django don't always use the technique as described in Horowitz book, and they still have a great sound. It is certainly not the "only" way and there are cases where alternate picking is clearly superior (e.g. try playing Gonzalogy intro with gypsy picking ... it's awkward and sounds weird!)

Joe pass started in a Django band but eventually ditched the pick altogether and played fingerstyle .. check out his Virtuoso albums, just solo guitar ... that's my favourite Joe pass stuff