Joe Pass - Unforgettable (1998)

Here is a second brace of solo Pass tracks from the sessions that have already yielded Songs for Ellen. The ambience is ruminative and extremely intimate; the menu consists entirely of much-explored standards at mostly unrelieved slow tempos. Several notes are not cleanly struck, but the musical imagination that previously yielded several solo recordings is still very much in gear, albeit a very subtle gear. A general bit of advice: it is better to listen to this album in small doses (a few tracks at a time), try to mentally filter out the very closely recorded mechanical noises the fingers make on the guitar, and not expect anything startling to leap out at you. Better yet, try some of Pass' earlier solo albums (such as the Virtuoso series, also on Pablo) before embarking upon this.

Tracklist:

01. My Romance
02. The Very Thought of You
03. I Cover the Waterfront
04. Isn't It Romantic
05. Walkin' My Baby Back Home
06. Autumn Leaves
07. 'Round Midnight
08. I Should Care
09. Unforgettable
10. Don't Worry 'Bout Me
11. Spring Is Here
12. Moonlight in Vermont
13. April in Paris
14. Stardust
15. You'll Never Know
16. After You've Gone
17. I Can't Believe You're in Love