# The Best Joe Pass Guitar Solos

> The 13 best Joe Pass guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Night and Day (1973), then Cherokee and Stella by Starlight. Every video starts at the solo.

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Joe Pass redefined solo jazz guitar, playing bass lines, chords and melody at once so that one guitar sounded like a full band. His 1973 album Virtuoso remains a benchmark for unaccompanied jazz guitar, and his duets with Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson and Herb Ellis made him one of the most recorded guitarists in jazz.

Informed by: [Wikipedia - Virtuoso (Joe Pass album)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtuoso_(Joe_Pass_album)), [Wikipedia - Joe Pass](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Pass)

1. [Night and Day](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-pass-night-and-day/) — Joe Pass · solo by Joe Pass · 1973
2. [Cherokee](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-pass-cherokee/) — Joe Pass · solo by Joe Pass · 1973
3. [Stella by Starlight](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-pass-stella-by-starlight/) — Joe Pass · solo by Joe Pass · 1973
4. [How High the Moon](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-pass-how-high-the-moon/) — Joe Pass · solo by Joe Pass · 1973
5. [Here's That Rainy Day](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-pass-here-s-that-rainy-day/) — Joe Pass · solo by Joe Pass · 1973
6. [All the Things You Are](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-pass-all-the-things-you-are/) — Joe Pass · solo by Joe Pass · 1973
7. ['Round Midnight](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-pass-round-midnight/) — Joe Pass · solo by Joe Pass · 1973
8. [Have You Met Miss Jones?](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-pass-have-you-met-miss-jones/) — Joe Pass · solo by Joe Pass · 1973
9. [Blues for Alican](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-pass-blues-for-alican/) — Joe Pass · solo by Joe Pass · 1973
10. [Giant Steps](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-pass-giant-steps/) — Joe Pass · solo by Joe Pass · 1977
11. [Django](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-pass-django/) — Joe Pass · solo by Joe Pass · 1964
12. [Seven Come Eleven](https://greatestsolos.com/song/herb-ellis-and-joe-pass-seven-come-eleven/) — Herb Ellis & Joe Pass · solo by Joe Pass and Herb Ellis · 1974
13. [Take Love Easy](https://greatestsolos.com/song/ella-fitzgerald-and-joe-pass-take-love-easy/) — Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass · solo by Joe Pass · 1973

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