For this set of unaccompanied solos, guitarist
Joe Pass decided to pay tribute to
Charlie Parker, not by recording his compositions but by playing ten of the numbers that
Bird had recorded with strings during 1949-1950. One really does not miss the strings, for
Pass had earlier in the decade developed his technique to the point where he sounded like a self-sufficient orchestra. Among the songs he plays are "Just Friends" (the most successful of the Charlie Parker with Strings recordings), "April in Paris," "They Can't Take That Away from Me," "If I Should Lose You," and two versions of "Out of Nowhere." Tasteful and swinging music by one classic musician in homage to another. ~ Scott Yanow