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JOHN PISANO DISCOGRAPHY
 (Compiled by Jim Fisch)

It would be extremely difficult to list every recording that John Pisano has appeared on over the course of his 50-year musical career, but this list is an attempt to cover the highlights. Not all the titles remain in print.


AS A LEADER

MAKIN' IT w/ Billy Bean
Decca 9206
TAKE YOUR PICK w/ Billy Bean
Decca 9212 4-5-6

456 TRIO w/ Fred Katz and Hal Gaylor
Decca 9213

VELAS w/ Jose Marino
Voss VCD2-72913
UNDER THE BLANKET w/ Willie Ruff
A&M 4276
THE FLYING PISANOS w/ Jeanne Pisano
FP Music 01
DUETS w/ Joe Pass
Pablo 2310-959-2
AMONG FRIENDS
Pablo 2310-956-2
CONVERSATION PIECES
Pablo 2310-963-2
ENSEMBLE / The Flying Pisanos
FP Music 02
MAKIN' IT AGAIN w/ Billy Bean
String Jazz 1003
WEST COAST SESSIONS w/ Billy Bean and Dennis Budimir
String Jazz 1006
HOMAGE w/ Adrian Ingram
String Jazz 1012
AFFINITY w/ Ray Walker
Jardis 20032
LAZY AFTERNOON / The Flying Pisanos w/ Jim Fox
FP Music 03

 

WITH THE JOE PASS QUARTET

12 STRING GUITAR (Great Motion Picture Themes)
World Pacific 1822
FOR DJANGO
Pacific Jazz 85

THE STONES JAZZ
World Pacific 1854

IRA, GEORGE, AND JOE
Pablo Today 2312-133

WHITESTONE
Pablo 2310-912

SUMMER NIGHTS
Pablo 2310-939
APPASSIONATO
Pablo 2310-946
JOE PASS QUARTET LIVE AT YOSHI’S
Pablo 2310-951-2
JOE PASS QUARTET NUAGES
Pablo 2310-961-2

SIX STRING SANTA
Laser Light 15 470

MY SONG
Telarc 20CD-83326

ROY CLARK & JOE PASS PLAY HANK WILLIAMS
Buster Ann Music 1001
THE BEST OF JOE PASS
Pacific Jazz 724385494420
THE COMPLETE PACIFIC JAZZ JOE PASS QUARTET SESSIONS
Mosaic MD5-207

 

WITH THE TIJUANA BRASS

GOIN’ PLACES
SP-4172

WHAT NOW MY LOVE
SP-4114

S.R.O.
SP-4119

SOUNDS LIKE
SP-4124

HERB ALPERT’S NINTH
SP-4134

THE BEAT OF THE BRASS
SP-4146

THE TJB CHRISTMAS ALBUM
SP-4166
WARM
SP-4190
GREATEST HITS
SP-4245
THE BRASS ARE COMING
SP-4228

SUMMERTIME
SP-4314

SOLID BRASS
SP-4341

FOURSIDER
SP-3521

GREATEST HITS VOL. 2
SP-4627
CLASSICS VOL. 1
CD-2501
YOU SMILE…THE SONG BEGINS
SP-3620
LOST TREASURES
Shout Factory DK 32867

 

WITH PEGGY LEE

MINK JAZZ
Capitol ST1850
IN LOVE AGAIN
Capitol ST1969
IN THE NAME OF LOVE
Capitol 2096
EXTRA SPECIAL
Capitol ST2736

MIRRORS
A&M SP-4547

CLOSE ENOUGH FOR LOVE
DRG 91471

 

WITH PAGE CAVANAUGH

SOMETHING’S HAPPENING AT PAGE CAVANAUGH’S
Reprise 6053

THE PAGE 7
RCA Victor 2734

 

WITH CHICO HAMILTON

CHICO HAMILTON QUINTET
Pacific Jazz 1225
REUNION
Soul Note 121191-2
THE ORIGINAL ELLINGTON SUITE
Capitol 24567
SOUTH PACIFIC IN HI-FI
Pacific Jazz 1238
SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS
Pacific Jazz 8614
THE COMPLETE PACIFIC JAZZ RECORDINGS
OF THE CHICO HAMILTON QUINTET
Mosaic MD-175

 

WITH PAUL HORN FOUR

IMPRESSIONS
World Pacific 1266

 

WITH FRED KATZ

FRED KATZ AND HIS JAMMERS
Decca 9217

 
SOULO CELLO
Decca 9202
ZEN: THE MUSIC OF FRED KATZ
Pacific Jazz 1231

 

WITH DIANA KRALL

THE LOOK OF LOVE
Verve 3145498462
LIVE IN PARIS
Verve 4400651094

 

WITH THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER

THE CHRISTMAS ALBUM
Columbia 52968
SWING
Atlantic 83012

 

WITH KEN NORDINE

WORD JAZZ
Dot 3075

 

WITH BILL PERKINS

QUIETLY THERE
Riverside 3052

 

WITH SERGIO MENDES & BRAZIL 66

EQUINOX
A&M SP-4122
LOOK AROUND
A&M SP-4137

SERGIO MENDES' FAVORITE THINGS
Atlantic SD-8177

 

JOHN PISANO ALSO APPEARS ON ALBUMS
BY THE FOLLOWING ARTISTS:

Ray Anthony
Dream Dancing: Vol. 2
Dream Dancing: Vol. 5

Gato Barbieri
Latino America

Tony Bennett
The Beat of My Heart

Lenny Breau
Live at Dante’s

Michael Buble
Michael Buble

Frank Capp
In a Hefti Bag
Play it Again Sam

Vince Charles
Caribbean Christmas

Natalie Cole
Unforgettable
Ask Any Woman Who Knows
For Heaven’s Sake

Ray Conniff
Plays Broadway

Sam Cooke
Ain’t That Good News

James Darren
This One’s From the Heart

Gene Estes
The Greatest Stereo Vibraphone Recording in History

Allyn Ferguson
Pictures at an Exhibition Framed in Jazz

Clare Fischer
Rockin’ in Rhythm

Michael Franks
Dragonfly Summer

Harry Goldson
Swing, Swing, Swing

Corky Hale
Corky

Lani Hall
Hello it’s Me

Dan Hicks
Love at First Bite

Jazz at the Movies Band
Body Heat

Pete Jolly
Seasons

Lawrence Juber
Different Times

Michel Legrand
Michel Plays Legrand

The Limeliters
The Limeliters

Dave Mackay
Take Me to Brazil

Barry Manilow
Manilow Sings Sinatra
A Christmas Gift of Love

Johnny Mathis
 The Shadow of Your Smile

Maureen McGovern
The Music Never Ends

Chris Montez
Call Me

Diane Reeves
Art & Survival

Howard Roberts
Goodies

Dianne Schurr
Love Songs

Jimmy Scott
All the Way

Barbara Streisand
The Movie Album

Nino Tempo
Tempo

Trotter Trio
Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeny Todd in Jazz

Gary Urwin
Living in the Moment

Byron Walls
Cool, Calm, Collected

Walter Wanderley
Brazil’s Greatest Hits

Tim Weisberg
Dreamspeaker


VIDEO/DVD/MOVIES

JAZZ ON A SUMMER’S DAY

LIVE AT WAKEFIELD JAZZ w/ Adrian Ingram
Mel Bay

DIANA KRALL “LIVE IN PARIS”
Geneon Entertainment

JACK SHELDON QUINTET
Leisure MV 466

THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS


SELECTED READING

Periodicals
GUITAR PLAYER November 1974
20TH CENTURY GUITAR August 1995
JUST JAZZ GUITAR November 1997
DOWNBEAT November 2003

Books
 ALL MUSIC GUIDE TO JAZZ
EPIPHONE: THE HOUSE OF STATHOPOULO by Jim Fisch & L.B.Fred
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF JAZZ by Leonard Feather
THE HISTORY OF THE GUITAR IN JAZZ by Norman Mongan
THE JAZZ DISCOGRAPHY by Tom Lord
THE JAZZ GUITAR by Maurice Summerfield
THE NEW GROVE DICTIONARY OF JAZZ




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