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Date of Birth
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13-January-1929
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Place of Birth
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New Brunswick
(Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States of America)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Pass, Joe, Joseph Anthony Passalaqua, Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalaqua
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Profession
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Guitarist, Composer
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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.
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