Duets in Hannover

Joe Pass & Ella Fitzgerald

"Joe Pass looks like somebody`s uncle and plays guitar like nobody`s business. He`s called "the world`s greatest" and often compared to Paganini for his virtuosity. There is a certain purity to his sound that makes him stand out easily from other first-rate jazz guitarists."

Joe Pass (born Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalacqua, January 13, 1929 – May 23, 1994) was an Italian-American jazz guitarist of Sicilian descent. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest jazz guitarists of the 20th century.

Pass and Ella Fitzgerald recorded six albums together on Pablo Records, toward the end of Fitzgerald`s career: Take Love Easy (1973), Fitzgerald and Pass... Again (1976), "Hamburg Duets - 1976" (1976), "Sophisticated Lady" (1975, 1983), Speak Love (1983), and Easy Living (1986).