Joe Pass
Guitarist
Sicilian-American jazz guitarist who performed with George Shearing in 1965 and worked as a session musician in Los Angeles.
He was working as a professional musician by age fourteen, playing with people like Charlie Barnet.
He recorded six albums with the legendary Ella Fitzgerald.
His father was a steel worker who bought him his first guitar and pushed him to practice.
He was greatly influenced by jazz forefather Django Reinhardt.