Awards & Winners

Joe Pass

Date of Birth 13-January-1929
Place of Birth New Brunswick
(Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States of America)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Pass, Joe, Joseph Anthony Passalaqua, Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalaqua
Profession Guitarist, Composer
Joe Pass was an American virtuoso jazz guitarist of Sicilian descent. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest jazz guitarists of the 20th century. His extensive use of walking basslines, melodic counterpoint during improvisation, use of a chord-melody style of playing and outstanding knowledge of chord inversions and progressions opened up new possibilities for the jazz guitar and had a profound influence on later guitarists.

Awards by Joe Pass

Check all the awards nominated and won by Joe Pass.

1974


Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Honored for : The Trio

Nominations 1974 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album The Trio