simplicity - a sign of the times

This disc pairs two of Pass’s World Pacific albums: Simplicity, from 1967, which gives us the post-bebop Joe swinging elegantly and improvising eloquently with a small group of first-rate sidemen and an urbane and sophisticated feel, and ‘66’s A Sign of the Times, on which Joe, accompanied by Chet Baker, graces the hit tunes of the ‘60s with his jazz chops