Chops (Joe Pass album)

Chops
Studio album by Joe Pass and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Released	1979
Recorded	November 19, 1978
Studio	Chappell Studios, London
Genre	Jazz
Length	50:24
Label	Pablo
Joe Pass chronology
Tudo Bem! (1978) Chops (1979) I Remember Charlie Parker (1979)

Chops is an album by the American jazz guitarist Joe Pass and double bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen that was released in 1979.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Scott Yanow wrote of the album "Pass in particular sounds stimulated during this session and comes up with some of his hottest playing."

Track listing

1. "Have You Met Miss Jones?" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 5:00
2. "Oleo" (Sonny Rollins) – 5:07
3. "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Roger "Ram" Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman) – 5:35
4. "£5 Blues" (Joe Pass, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen) – 5:09
5. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 4:20
6. "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars" (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees) – 5:16
7. "Tricrotism" (Oscar Pettiford) – 6:05
8. "Old Folks" (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison) – 4:48
9. "Yardbird Suite" (Charlie Parker) – 3:34
10. "In Your Own Sweet Way" (Dave Brubeck) – 5:30

Personnel

• Joe Pass - guitar
• Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – double bass

External links

• Joe Pass Memorial Hall