Jim Ohlschmidt Liner Notes The Genius of Joe Pass, Vestapol 13073 Video, 2001, 1962
"That album and the footage that begins this video confirm that Pass' stay at Synanon quickly and irrevocably turned his life around. Taken from a 1962 appearance on a Los Angeles television broadcast called Frankly Jazz, Pass (presumably accompanied by players featured on the Synanon album) states the melody of "The Song is You" and then launches into an extended flight of swift, melodic improvisations played with alert, coherent authority. "Sonnymoon for Two" finds Joe stretching out in a more relaxed, bluesy vein . . .
"A lot of kids think that in order to be a guitarist they've gotta go out and be a junkie for ten years, and that's just not true," Pass told Underwood. "I can't credit any of that time saying that was when I really learned. I spent most of those years just being a bum, doing nothing. It was a great waste of time. I could have been doing then a lot of things I'm doing now. Only I had failed to grow up."
"1962 was a banner year for Pass. According to Oishi's discography, he appeared on no less than seven albums, working at Pacific Jazz Studios with artists such as Les McCann, Richard "Groove" Holmes, Leroy Vinegar, Johnny Griffin, Bud Shank, and others. By year's end he was one of the busiest guitarists in Los Angeles."