"Songs for Ellen" is an album by jazz guitarist Joe Pass that was recorded in 1992 and released posthumously in 1994.

All tracks on this album are performed on acoustic guitar, are from the same 1992 session that produced Unforgettable. Those two recordings were the only Pass records where he played a nylon-string guitar exclusively. "We had talked about an all-acoustic album for years," (producer) Eric Miller explains. "I wanted to do the equivalent of what Norman (Granz) had done with Art Tatum and Joe. We ran tape all of the time, something I had learned to do with him anyway. It was very satisfying."

The title song is a ballad written for his wife.
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"The Shadow of Your Smile", also known as "Love Theme from The Sandpiper", is a popular song. The music was written by Johnny Mandel with the lyrics written by Paul Francis Webster.

The song was introduced in the 1965 film The Sandpiper, with a trumpet solo by Jack Sheldon and later became a minor hit for Tony Bennett (Johnny Mandel arranged and conducted his version as well). It won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year and the Academy Award for Best Original Song. In 2004 the song finished at number 77 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs poll of the top tunes in American cinema.
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Joe Pass – Songs For Ellen (1992)
Tracklist:
1. The Shadow Of Your Smile (J. Mandel/P. F. Webster).
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Personnel:
1. Joe Pass - guitar.
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Genre: Jazz/Bop/Guitar Jazz
Recorded: Group IV Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA; August 7, 11, 20, 1992.
Format: CD
Release: 1994 (US)
Label: Pablo Records – PACD 2310-955-2
Mastering - Fantasy Studios
Art Direction – Phil Carroll
Design – Jamie Putnam
Edited By [Digital Editing]
Transferred By – Dave Luke
Engineer [Assistant] – Dann Thompson
Liner Notes – Josef Woodard
Mastered By [Digital Mastering] – Phil De Lancie
Photography By – Frank Lindner
Producer – Eric Miller
Recorded By, Engineer – Angel Bales.

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