Getting jazzed up about Jo Passed Their Prime

Jo Passed Their Prime release party with DUMB and Little Sprout
When: May 25, 9 p.m.
Where: Red Gate Arts Society, 855 E. Hastings
Tickets and info: jopassed.bandcamp.com
Jo Hirabayashi says jazz didn’t play a part in naming his new band Jo Passed. While he is certainly aware of the legendary jazz guitarist Joe Pass, it’s more because of Pass’s drubbing on Jimi Hendrix in a Downbeat blindfold test. 
“Honestly, the name comes from some stupid thing me and my friends s