Joe Pass - I Remember Charlie Parker

AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow

For this set of unaccompanied solos, guitarist Joe Pass decided to pay tribute to Charlie Parker, not by recording his compositions but by playing ten of the numbers that Bird had recorded with strings during 1949-1950. One really does not miss the strings, for Pass had earlier in the decade developed his technique to the point where he sounded like a self-sufficient orchestra. Among the songs he plays are "Just Friends" (the most successful of the Charlie Parker with Strings recordings), "April in Paris," "They Can't Take That Away from Me," "If I Should Lose You," and two versions of "Out of Nowhere." Tasteful and swinging music by one classic musician in homage to another.

0:00 Just Friends 4:26 Easy To Love 8:29 Summertime 12:39 April In Paris 16:45 Everything Happens To Me 21:18 Laura 25:29 They Can't Take That Away From Me 30:14 I Didn't Know What Time It Was 34:55 If I Should Lose You 39:30 Out Of Nowhere (Concept I) 44:49 Out Of Nowhere (Concept II)