Eximious

Eximious
Live album by Joe Pass and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Released	1982
Recorded	May 25 and July 8, 1982
Genre	Bop, jazz
Length	47:32 (reissue)
Label	Pablo
Producer	Norman Granz
Joe Pass chronology
George, Ira and Joe (1981) Eximious (1982) Virtuoso No. 4 (1983)

Eximious is an album by the American jazz guitarist Joe Pass and double bass player Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, released in 1982 (see 1982 in music). It was re-issued in 2000 on CD by Original Jazz Classics.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

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

• Joe Pass - guitar
• Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – double bass
• Martin Drew – drums

References

1. Yanow, Scott. "Eximious > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
2. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 158. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.