Jazz anyone? Barney Kessel's chords

[Samrsmiley]

Hey guys, I've posted my latest lesson on my site. This one isn't tele specific but you may find it interesting. It's a look at Barney Kessel's chord accompaniment with Julie London. Some really Great chords here and some fun playing. Kessel is great- I stopped listening to him for years because I thought he was lame (was way more into rosenwinkel) but coming back to his stuff, he just kills! Worth a read through

http://samsmileymusic.com/chords-with-barney-kessel/

[doublee]

The visual is a little hard to see......?

[jefrs]

Julie London's "Cry Me A River" was a big hit in the UK. I am not surprised that George Harrison learnt it, everybody did, it made a big impression on the players - Jeff Beck still plays it. At the time Kessel was probably the first call player for this pop/jazz genre.

The score makes visual sense, thanks.

[boneyguy]

Originally Posted by doublee

The visual is a little hard to see......?

Click on it.

[brewwagon]

[klasaine]

Cool! Thanks man.

[brookdalebill]

Barney was a very "lively" jazz guitarist.
He's in my jazz top 5, along with Lenny Breau, Ted Greene, John Scofield, and
Martin Taylor.
His Poll Winners albums are masterpieces, too.

[Larry F]

When I was in my twenties, I had a long relationship with a woman 13 years older. She was great and we are still in touch. Anyway, we went to see Kessel and Ellis at a local jazz club. During the break, I came back from the restroom to see Kessel chatting her up. I could see in his eyes that he was thinking, damn, she's with someone else. Later, she told me that he approached her by saying, "I like your glasses." I learned an important lesson from the master that it is isn't the line that's important, it's the door of communication that it opens.

[MiloCroton]

Originally Posted by Larry F

When I was in my twenties......is isn't the line that's important, it's the door of communication that it opens.

Cool story.

I love Barney Kessels music, but he also seems to have an excellent manner and personality in his videos too.

[Badabing]

Barney is the man!!!
I bet ol Uncle Fezz has some stories that he can share!

[Samrsmiley]

Thanks for all the support guys. Yea Barney can certainly play this style so well. I love hearing the old hollow body guitars playing sweet chords! Good story on introducing him to your girl! HA!

[Samrsmiley]

Great video by the way-that's really cool

[Samrsmiley]

Sorry to flood the forum here! I uploaded a PDF version of the music in the lesson here:
http://samsmileymusic.com/jazz/

[slowpinky]

Awesome work Sam - I'm a big fan of Barney in this era - especially the trio stuff with Shelley Manne and Ray Browne- this is a great record and several Jazzers here have mentioned= the significance of this recording.

Julie London's "Cry Me A River" was a big hit in the UK. I am not surprised that George Harrison learnt it, everybody did, it made a big impression on the players -

It made such a big impression, the opening phrase of the song has become one of the most famous jazz licks ever - I think Jerry Coker has published an in depth study of that lick , its 'etymology', and application..in fact it has a chapter to itself in his book - Elements of the Jazz Language for the developing improviser"

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=...page&q&f=false

[Bob L]

I just tried to learn the Cry Me A River intro. Please let me know if I'm on the right track.

x-x-x-11-8-7, descend chromatically on the G string to x-x-x-8-8-7,

repeat phrase down a 5th,

then some kind of minor C chord (can't quite decide what other tones are in the first strum) with a little 9th embellishment,

then a B with a b5th (also can't quite decide other tones, so far 7-x-7-x-6-7 sounds close)

Help appreciated for this rocker trying to learn a little jazz!

[slowpinky]

Hey Bob - the opening phrase of the actual song goes with the lyric "Now you say you're lonely"

In Gm it looks like this

-6--3----------
------3-------
--------3-2---
-------------5
x-------------
x-------------

[Samrsmiley]

Just going by memory here but try playing the mi 9 chord with the b3 and 9 next to each other. I'll take a listen and let you know in a bit

[klasaine]

Originally Posted by slowpinky

It made such a big impression, the opening phrase of the song has become one of the most famous jazz licks ever - I think Jerry Coker has published an in depth study of that lick , its 'etymology', and application..in fact it has a chapter to itself in his book - Elements of the Jazz Language for the developing improviser"

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=...page&q&f=false

I remember reading that. You can 'fit' that lick over about any chord: Gm7, C13 (Cm13), Bbmaj7, Ebmaj7#11, Fsus, A7b9 ...

[Samrsmiley]

Two things-here is a link to the Cry Me a River transcription that someone posted on my thread at Jazzguitar.be
http://www.jazzguitar.be/forum/compi...scription.html

For the lick-it was started way before Barney Kessel. It made its way into the vocabulary in the bebop era (and maybe even before that!) They would typically play the line starting on the 11th of a mi7b5 chord acting as the 2 and then moving up a mi3 to be on the #9 of a V7 chord. I think the Kessel/London version is the most famous, especially for guitarists, but that little phrase has been improvisational vocabulary for many years.

[cleanman]

I never saw BK live but he seems an interesting guy. Beautiful player. I did see Joe Pass doing solo guitar in a small Detroit club. Funny guy, during the 3rd set he said he would have to stop cause he had run out of things to play.