Virtuoso No. 4
# Virtuoso No. 4

Virtuoso No. 4 is an album by jazz guitarist Joe Pass that was recorded in 1973 and released in 1983.

It was re-issued in 1993 on CD with three additional tracks ("Weaselocity", "Blues for Pete", and "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?"). Virtuoso No. 4 differs from the three previous Virtuoso releases in that it is performed on acoustic guitar instead of electric (with the exception of "Indian Summer").

## Reception

Professional ratings :

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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Scott Yanow wrote of the album "The relatively little-known set finds the guitarist sounding very much like a self-sufficient orchestra, and although his tone is necessarily softer on acoustic than electric, he swings hard on the uptempo pieces."

## Track listing

* "Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) – 4:55
* "Indian Summer" (Victor Herbert, Al Dubin) – 3:16
* "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer) – 5:40
* "Yesterday" (Lennon–McCartney) – 4:24
* "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) – 3:46
* "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) – 6:18
* "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Mercer) – 3:37
* "My Shining Hour" (Arlen, Mercer) – 4:25
* "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) – 4:55
* "Some Day My Prince Will Come" (Frank Churchill, Larry Morey) – 3:21
* "Weaselocity" (Joe Pass) – 6:54
* "Acoustic Blues" (Pass) – 6:46
* "I Can't Get Started" (Ira Gershwin, Vernon Duke) – 4:10
* "It's a Wonderful World" (Harold Adamson, Jan Savitt, Johnny Watson) – 3:20
* "Now's the Time" (Charlie Parker) – 7:03
* "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:47
* "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) – 4:03
* "Limehouse Blues" (Philip Braham, Douglas Furber) – 4:46
* "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 6:57
* "Blues for Pete" (Pass) – 3:21
* "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) – 5:28

## Personnel

* Joe Pass - guitar
* Norman Granz – producer
