''Checkmate'' is an album by American jazz guitarist
Joe Pass and pianist
Jimmy Rowles that was released in 1981. It was re-issued in 1998 on CD by
Original Jazz Classics
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Under this name original editions of jazz LPs have been reissued on CD and LP, and formerly on cassette as well. The recordings in the seri ...
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Reception
Writing for
Allmusic, music critic
Scott Yanow
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Biography
Yanow was born in New York City and grew up near Los Angeles.
Since 1974, he was a regular reviewer of many jazz styles an ...
wrote of the album "Rowles sets the quiet mood, and Pass keeps his amplifier quite low and was content to play on the pianist's turf. The emphasis is on slower tempos and harmonically sophisticated chords... Superior background music that rewards close listening."
Track listing
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So Rare" (
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As Long as I Live" (
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Ted Koehler) – 4:36
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Eliseo Grenet) – 3:55
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Hoagy Carmichael,
Mitchell Parish) – 5:20
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We'll Be Together Again" (Carl Fischer,
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#"Can't We Be Friends?" (
Paul James,
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Other recordings
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Henry Nemo) – 4:48
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God Bless the Child" (
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Personnel
*
Joe Pass -
guitar
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Jimmy Rowles –
piano
References
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1981 albums
Joe Pass albums
Albums produced by Norman Granz
Pablo Records albums