Joe Pass / Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen — Chops

Chops Review

 

by Scott Yanow

The word "chops" is a major understatement when describing the talents of guitarist Joe Pass and bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen. Their duo Pablo date is as exciting and full of inventive interplay as one would hope. Pass and Pedersen play an ad-lib blues, nine jazz standards including a three-quarters version of "Lover Man," plus "Oleo," "Quiet Nights," "Tricrotism," and "Yardbird Suite." Pass in particular sounds stimulated during this session and comes up with some of his hottest playing.

   Joe Pass   Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen    Chops   

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

• Joe Pass - guitar
• Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – double bass

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