Eximious

Eximious
Studio album by
Joe Pass and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Released1982
RecordedMay 25 and July 8, 1982
StudioGroup IV Studios, Hollywood, California
GenreJazz
Length47:32
LabelPablo
ProducerNorman Granz
Joe Pass chronology
Ira, George and Joe
(1981) 		Eximious
(1982) 		Virtuoso No. 4
(1983)

Eximious is an album by jazz guitarist Joe Pass and double bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen that was released in 1982.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Scott Yanow wrote of the album "Pass swings hard throughout, is consistently inventive within the bebop tradition, and indulges in close interplay with Pedersen. Together, these musicians make the wondrous seem effortless."[1]

Track listing

  1. "A Foxy Chick and a Cool Cat" (Joe Pass) – 5:29
  2. "Robbins Nest" (Illinois Jacquet, Sir Charles Thompson) – 4:07
  3. "Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) – 2:47
  4. "Serenata" (Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish) – 3:24
  5. "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) – 7:29
  6. "Night and Day" (Porter) – 5:34
  7. "We'll Be Together Again" (Carl Fishcer, Frankie Laine) – 5:32
  8. "Ev'rything I Love" (Porter) – 5:01
  9. "Ev'rything I've Got" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:01
  10. "Speak Low" (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) – 5:08

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. "Eximious > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 158. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1131. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.