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Simplicity (Joe Pass album)

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Simplicity
Studio album by
Released1967
Recorded1967
GenreJazz
Length34:09
LabelPacific Jazz
ProducerRichard Bock
Joe Pass chronology
The Stones Jazz
(1966)
Simplicity
(1967)
Guitar Interludes
(1969)

Simplicity is an album by jazz guitarist Joe Pass that was released in 1967.[1] Simplicity was reissued with A Sign of the Times on CD by Euphoria Records in 2002.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

Writing for AllMusic, music critic Ron Wynn wrote of the album: "smooth, fluent songs, crisp, polished solos, and sentimental material, and does everything with a modicum of effort and intensity".[1]

Track listing

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  1. "You and Me" (Vinicius de Moraes, Carlos Lyra)
  2. "'Tis Autumn" (Henry Nemo)
  3. "Luciana" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, de Moraes, Gene Lees)
  4. "I Had the Craziest Dream" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren)
  5. "Nobody Else but Me" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern)
  6. "Simplicity" (Joe Pass)
  7. "The Sands of Time" (Timothy Barr, Jerry Leshay)
  8. "Sometime Ago" (Sergio Mihanovich)
  9. "The Gentle Rain" (Luiz Bonfá, Matt Dubey)
  10. "Who Can I Turn To?" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley)
  11. "Where Was I (Donde Estuve Yo)" (Tommye Karen, Allan Reuss, Rainey Robinson)

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Wynn, Ron. "Simplicity". AllMusic. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  2. ^ Swenson, John, ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide (1st ed.). New York: Rolling Stone. p. 159. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.