True! Wes usually gets all the spotlight (as he should), but I found Barney’s style to be a little more accessible for me. His “chord melody” ideas seemed to fit more common drop 2 chord shapes and other root position shapes

Two great but different players! Saw Barney Kessel twice in Mpls. and his playing was awesome! A real showman.

I'd say I disagree with you, but it's not a matter of opinion; Barney Kessel was one of the best-known, most prolific, and most respected guitarists in the history of music in the 20th century. He recorded with Charlie Parker, Billie Holliday, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, Ella Fitzgerald, Chet Baker, and Woody Herman just to name a few. He also recorded 50 jazz albums under his own name. He won "best guitarist" in polls in Downbeat, Esquire, Metronome, and Playboy magazines for 13 years, and both Kay and Gibson manufactured Barney Kessel model guitars. I recorded my first CD on the studio owner's Gibson Barney Kessel guitar in fact. You'd be really hard pressed to name ANY guitarist from that period who was as well-known and respected as Kessel, and there were quite a few amazing players from that same era like Johnny Smith, Tal Farlow, Howard Roberts, and Jimmy Raney. Wes started his recording career a bit later.

@@southtxguitarist8926 Thanks for that clarification! I wasn’t alive before the 90s so didn’t get that perspective. I’ve only started digging into Kessel about a year ago

@@christianstrums You're welcome. I met Barney in 1983 after hearing him play a concert with Charlie Byrd and Herb Ellis, collectively known as the Great Guitars. There was a rumor that Barney was headed over to the only jazz club in town after the show and I went there on the off chance that it was true. Sure enough, he showed up. A friend of mine was playing guitar at the club and I asked to sit in, and Barney came up to me afterwards and said something to the effect of "I acknowledge what you did there." I was going through a really rough patch at that moment and said I was worried about being able to pay the bills as a musician. His response was "Charlie Parker didn't pay his bills." Barney was kind of an enigmatic guy but I really appreciated him taking the time to talk to me and in his own way offer me encouragement. That CD I mentioned was dedicated to him, Joe Pass, and Pat Martino, and I sent Barney a copy. He was already compromised from a stroke and unable to play and I never learned whether he got it or not, but I thought it was important to send it.

Ahaha what a guy! And thanks! Had fun picking apart this little concept from his playing. Might make another Kessel video here soon!

Thankya mrjazboy! Yeah I’m probs gonna do another vid on his quartal (4ths) voicings/licks and some more chord ideas

Thanks! I need to check those guys out!

For sure! So many cool ideas to steal from them!

Thanks Nick!

Thankya!

For sure!

wlcm!

LOL. It is, but only if you're ready for it. Sounds like you've been studying and practicing. Great job.

I realized the same thing a day too late hahah

Thanks! Just ripping off Barney Kessel licks haha

For sure! And thank you for inspiring me to do so!

@BruceFormanGrumps He'd play it cool though.

Glad to be of service

Oh dang! Pedal steel is such a beautiful instrument 🥲 glad to help!

You bet! At least with Kessel, his approach on sixths is a lot more limited and he hardly played more than a bar. There are a handful of licks that I have found though! Might work as a little lesson in the future ;)

Thankya sir!

Why, thank you! it’s in Eastman AR503CE with a Lollar Novel CC. Just got that new pick up a month ago and love how it blooms.

Also, I’m running it direct to my Apollo solo with a little bit of compression

Have not!

@@christianstrums Skeets was a Chicago jazz guitarist who retired and opened Skeet’s Guitar Shop in Jackson, MS. It was THE place for guitar players in the area-myself included.

@@sideman7117 Sweet! What are some of your favorite recordings?

@@christianstrums I’m more of a jazz-flavored blues guy. Stormy Monday, This Masquerade, Please come home for Christmas (Eagles & Charles Brown), most of Robben Ford’s work-but in the jazz world, I like Wes Montgomery and Howard Roberts.

That could be a whole lesson… but to simplify, you can use a minor iv sound over any V7 chord as a substitute

The line I played used a Bb minor arpeggio rather than the C7

Thanks! Nope, just some daddario nyxl with wound third. 12s I think

Gotta keep it in the key so you have to be aware of minor AND major for each lick. A lot of them just slide chromatic shapes but yeah still need to play both

Diatonic thirds should do the trick 👌

Totally is 😅

I should’ve been more clear! Yes like a dyad. Playing two notes at once. Top note is a third above the reference note. But keeping it usually within the key so either major or minor thirds depending on the bottom pitch

@@christianstrums it's all good. Thanks for the explanation. I thought that's what you meant, but just wanted to make sure. Great lesson

@@ByTheSpirit84 For sure! Thanks for helping me clear things up

​@@christianstrums"either major or minor thirds depending on the bottom pitch" : do you have a video on that for a novice jazz player as myself. Greetings from Belgium ❤

@@bartleenboute-debel3239 that might have to be my next video!

😅😅😅😅

… like Barney and this guy!

What is the definition of corny?

Key word: “more”

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WTF kind of comment is this....

@@erickochenderfer9870An oppressive comment, apparently.

@@erickochenderfer9870 dont you like being oppressive, .. what.. too woke now?

@@HABLA_GUIRRRI Stop being cryptic. What are you attempting to convey?