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Joe Pass

jazz guitarist

New Brunswick, United States • 1929-01-13 – 1994-05-23

Joe Pass is credited on 1,682 releases across 272 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1961–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,682

Pressings credited

272

Albums

7

Decades active

155

In collections

Biography

Joe Pass (born Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalacqua; January 13, 1929 – May 23, 1994) was an American jazz guitarist. Pass recorded and performed live with pianist Oscar Peterson, composer Duke Ellington, and vocalist Ella Fitzgerald, and he is generally esteemed as one of the most notable jazz guitarists of the 20th century for his solo guitar playing, found on recordings such as Virtuoso.

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1,682 releases · 272 albums · active 1961–2025

  • Performance · 2,232
  • Other credits · 57
  • Production · 22

Studios: Group IV Recording Studios · Pacific Jazz Studios · Montreux Jazz Festival · London House, Chicago

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