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Virtuoso #3

| Recorded | May 27 & Jun 1, 1977 |
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| Label | Pablo Records |
| Released | 1977 |
| Personnel | 1 credited player |
| Discogs | master 349452 |
The record
By this third solo outing the formula is settled: walking bass under thumb, chord-melody voicings filling out the rest, Pass carrying entire arrangements single-handed. Granz's approach stayed simple -- put a microphone in front of him and step back.
Session personnel
- Joe Pass — guitar
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 22 pressings on file.
| 1978 | Pablo Records · 2310 805 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo earliest on file |
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| 1978 | Pablo Records — STEREO |
| 1978 | Pablo Records · Pablo 2310.805 — Vinyl, Album |
| 1978 | Pablo Records · 2310 805 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1978 | Pablo Records · 2310 805 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1978 | Pablo Records · 2310-805 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo |
| 1978 | Pablo Records · 2310-805 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo |
| 1978 | Pablo Records · 2310 805 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1978 | Pablo Records · 2310 805 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo |
| 1985 | Pablo Records · K10-805 — Cassette, Album |
| 1987 | Pablo Records · 2310 805 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1992 | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD 684-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 1992 | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD 684-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 1994 | Yeh Eum Records · YFJL-694 — Vinyl, LP, Album |