Joe Pass with Friends - NHO Pederson and Roy Clark (so 2 Albums)

Here are two more albums where Joe Pass collaborated with other major musicians. On the first (Chops) he plays with Neils-Herring Orsted Pedersen and features a number of jazz standards.

http://rapidshare.de/files/17458183/jpcops.rar

While N-H O P will be familiar to most of you, you may be less familiar with Roy Clark. He is a country guitarist who has bee around since the 50's. So you might expect the second album (Play Hank Williams) to be more uptempo - and it is - but more jazz-blues than country. Here is what Scott Yanow of allmusic.com has to say about it:

"At first glance, this project, which would be Joe Pass' final recording, might seem a bit unlikely. Pass is teamed up with country guitarist Roy Clark to play a set of Hank Williams tunes, but the date is actually quite successful. Clark has long been a closet jazz player; many of Williams' tunes have attractive chord changes, and Pass had his longtime rhythm section (rhythm guitarist John Pisano, bassist Jim Hughart and drummer Colin Bailey) serving as a solid foundation. Such songs as "Hey, Good Lookin'," "Your Cheatin' Heart," "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" and "There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight" work quite well in this setting. Since Clark (a brilliant guitarist himself) had long been a Joe Pass fan, the results are both competitive and complementary. Recommended."

http://rapidshare.de/files/17475282/jp_hank.rar

(Both files are @70MB)