Get started with the Barry Harris approach to jazz.

[@ho_koji]

OMG, Chris just sounds like Barry!

[@JoshWalshMusic]

Chris is a hidden treasure. A really tremendous player.

[@parijatmoumon]

Yes! And he was also talking like Barry when giving instructions :D

[@JensLarsen]

Great interview! Cool that Frans Elsen and Axel Hagen get a mention. They have done a lot for documenting Barry's way of teaching.

[@JoshWalshMusic]

Hey thanks Jens! You may not remember, but I reached out to you in November to be part of the series. While this is over, I’d still love the chance to connect about some other things if you are willing.

[@JensLarsen]

@@JoshWalshMusic Ok. I don't remember, did I answer you at all? Usually I do remember that :)

[@JoshWalshMusic]

You didn’t. I figured you thought I was some scammer or something. Ha. I will follow up now to my original email.

[@JensLarsen]

@@JoshWalshMusic Sure! I don't think I saw it at all.

[@JoshWalshMusic]

Sent you a Facebook message with my email so you can find it. Thank you!

[@jasonkeaton5140]

I watch this guy everyday and never knew his name! Hi Chris!

[@jamesrobinson529]

Chris is amazing at explaining Barry Harris' method! He's very inspiring!

[@JoshWalshMusic]

Yes indeed. I’m a piano player, but picked up so much from Chris’ videos.

[@lesteracree1010]

Chris is such a wonderful, down to earth, non pretentious teacher. He is so grateful for hie opportunities to learn from a master musician, who in turn had learned from "the masters".

[@JoshWalshMusic]

He’s a high class human being for sure!

[@dananthony6258]

Chris Parks is so awesome. He has a gift . He makes easy for my thick head to process.

[@nickfanzo]

The very first exercise with the thirds and chord tones made my head explode 🤯 😂😂😂

[@QobelD]

Chris has such a talent for teaching this material. It's very easy to listen when someone is giving useful information with a sense for order, and story, and with such excitement about the subject like Mr. Parks. Barry would be proud

[@ChristopherDecenaZaozaoWang]

Chris is a teacher gifted with clarity . But he’s even more effective when he’s engaging with a learner . It’s so clear to see watching both of you . Thanks again !

[@taddy666]

Thank you both!

[@benevans8250]

The most upfront thing I get from Chris in every one of his videos is that he's a good dude. His love suffuses both his communication and his playing. He must be a great father.

[@JoshWalshMusic]

Indeed he is a good genuine human being who has found a way to spread his joy with us. I’m incredibly grateful for this interview we did together.

[@AlecKatz]

Thanks Josh and Chris, this is wonderfull

[@JoshWalshMusic]

Appreciate it man, thanks for watching.

[@Qwazim0d00]

Chris is such a great teacher. He explains very clearly and has great enthusiasm

[@PhilippMoehrke]

Nice interview. Thank you. I have transcribed, written out and practiced in all keys Chris lessons 1-4 completley. Now I now his last name. Thanxx.

[@prevatican2catholicshow]

Lovely conversation guys, Chris is a great teacher and player, he’s too modest about his skills. I’d like to add, if I may, some information regarding the classical tradition of improvisation. The Italians spent a good 3 years singing hexachordal Italian Solfeggio, which prepared them for Partimento, which like German Bach tradition of Thoroughbass, teaches them to improvise over increasingly complicated bass lines (with key changes and clef changes), It’s kind of like a jazz lead sheet. The final level of partimento were improvised partimento fugues. Later they ended their training with written counterpoint training that also ended in fugues. All in all, it was like 10 years of training dawn to dusk.

[@JoshWalshMusic]

Nikhil - ah yes, I remember this now from my music history classes in conservatory. What an interesting insight. Thanks for sharing.

[@DARKLYLIT]

Breaking things down....constantly. Really Amazing!

[@paulcidade4518]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us, Chris. I've saved this video so I can replay it bit by bit until I feel comfortable with all the information given.

[@jadeowenhamblyn4405]

"Every step of the way was musical and fun" - true! I also feel the same way about William Leavitt's material.

[@twli]

Funny how this is so over my head and yet so inspirational, simple yet mind blowing. There's some real purity here. Thank you for this.

[@unclenote]

This is great stuff! Thanks

[@Storkwearingshorts]

Not sure if Cris was talking about the Barry Harris workshop dvds with books from Howard rees jazz workshops but those are pretty great.

[@rzbach23]

Great interview. Chris is the best!

[@odinstemple1832]

chris laugh got me!! hahaha so good 30:40

[@RonZabrocki]

Damn... The interviewer thought he was doing an interview and got musically grilled... Fantastic! What a great experience and interview. Subbing out of respect and joy!

[@JoshWalshMusic]

Yeah man he put me through the ringer! Lol So glad to have you here. We have some more content in the works.

[@themidger1]

My KZbin algorithm is generous with Barry videos, it just showed me this great interview. Cool to see a full conversation with Chris and his experiences as Barry’s student. I’ve learned a lot from his videos and love how he replies and talks theory in the comments, much like the real conversational setting of Barry’s class. By the way as y’all were talking about other authentic sources I have to add another great source of Barry theory on KZbin is Isaac Raz. He started making videos about a year ago and touches on a lot of the same topics from the piano perspective (diving a little more heavily into the polyphonic movement that characterizes Barry’s harmony). He has studied with Barry for years like Chris and is the only other source I’ve found as consistently good as Chris. We are lucky to have public educators like them to pass on the bebop flame

[@JoshWalshMusic]

Thanks for pointing out Isaac’s channel. I am a subscriber and have learned much from him. Cheers.

[@Chai_K]

Love Chris's interview, I'm subscribing to you both, thanks guys! 🙏

[@sonicpowell]

Very interesting ideas on how to formalize bebop lines. Thanks and great interview!

[@tripp8833]

What a cool guy. Great speaker too !

[@HumblyServingGod]

Thanks guys,I love the information. Throwing in the half steps between notes, but using the note above if there is no semitone between notes?… wow. I should have known after listening to Django.

[@peteypablo2081]

Man, this is amazing. After a year of feeling like I'm spinning my wheels and going nowhere, I came across Chris's channel and he's speaking right at me. Just contacted Howard Rees who is a former student of Barry and has an online "school" that I'm considering joining. He's a class act. Answering all my questions and reassuring me that there is a better (and more fun) way to learn the "language". Keep up the great work!

[@carlinwoods245]

Chris, I started attending Dr Harris' workshop in 1994. You and I were always friendly with each other but didn't have much conversation. Too busy trying to concentrate on the lesson. Unless I heard your testimony on this youtube clip I would have never known you were just beginning then. In my view, you were able to play the things Dr Harris dictated quickly and when he had us jam on a song you were putting it where it's at man... i hope you enjoy all the fruits of your labors...

[@ChristopherDecenaZaozaoWang]

My first 2 comments I made was just halfway through your video. But , man ! 3 minutes before the end . It’s , ‘WOW’ ! And I’m still 3 minutes from the end . Damn !

[@yannterrer]

I tried so hard studying jazz guitar for years, one day i saw a Barry’s piano lesson, i talk to myself « here is the Key » but i wasn’t able to manage it in my playing. Man you have unlocked everything tks so much for this gift!!!!! It work perfectly and as you say « you feel so comfortable and free with this 5!! ;). Bests

[@JoshWalshMusic]

Yann, I’m glad this was helpful. Chris hasn’t produced a bad video. As a piano player myself, I’ve also learned a ton from his guitar teaching.

[@Clarity-808]

Lovely inspiring story!

[@righturnclide]

robbie barnby has a really good overview on the dim. 6th scale and application really really useful

[@JoshWalshMusic]

Thanks for sharing. Got a link? I’d love to watch it.

[@righturnclide]

Barry Harris 6th Diminished Scale FULLY EXPLAINED is the video title i can’t find the url on my phone robbie barnby has a youtube channel check it out

[@JoshWalshMusic]

@@righturnclide thanks!

[@ozkancanbay4963]

That's excellent!!

[@gertzpalma]

THANKS, JW!

[@michaeld585]

Thank you for this interview!! Great stuff.

[@guitarandknivesetc4219]

you guys are saints! keep it up. thank you very much

[@parijatmoumon]

Very interesting interview, inspiring and fun to watch. And nice to hear Chris!

[@THEItchybruddah]

THANK you so much for doing this! I've just recently gone down the rabbit hole...

[@azomyte]

TrueFire need to make a course with Chris

[@saxofonistacr]

No it doesn't. you have it for free now. on his channel. I've seen free coureses removed from KZbin once the creator gets a course released on Truefire

[@nickfanzo]

@@saxofonistacragreed

[@N4Eful]

This is great. Thank you so much.

[@garysimons3361]

This is great... thank you guys...realy nice vibe to the interview and a lovely way to spend half an hour...Chris very informative as always... I'm now on the Barry Harris path as a bass player... been playing for years and this all feels so fresh... a new approach ... all a bit daunting and inspiring at the same time... game on!!!!.

[@JoshWalshMusic]

Hi Gary. Thanks for watching. We had a lot of fun putting it together too. I’m glad you enjoyed it. Check out the other 4 videos in the series on the channel. This is the only one on Barry’s methodology, but the other ones are just as fun.

[@menkeroriental]

Great interview! Really inspiring! Thank you both so much!

[@jkaznosky]

Enjoyed seeing Chris explain many of the things in his videos and talked about in lessons in one great overview. The real fun is digging into this stuff. It is not easy by any stretch, but I personally feel like I learn at every step of my Z minus level. Bravo.

[@stephankramer2692]

Thank you both so much!! It was so great to hear Chris talk about these things at greater length. Another great resource for Barry's teachings are the Howard Rees Dvds that come with books of explanations and transcriptions.

[@JoshWalshMusic]

I will check out those DVD’s. Thank you Stephan.

[@taura101]

21:11 I'm sure that Barry is as grateful as I am that Chris is doing great work being himself and a Barry boy and sharing his journey with others who through geography did not have the first hand opportunity to study directly with Barry. Chris teaches as he was taught. I totally appreciate that. I am very grateful for the "super watered down" versions Chris shares that from where I stand feel like the Niagara falls! Thank you Chris.

[@hangerlanetheearthman9421]

GREAT VID JOSH,, BRILL,, 2 GREAT GUYS ,,

[@Pastas666]

Are you gonna do more of these interviews? :) They are amazing

[@JoshWalshMusic]

You bet I am. I sold my company last month and doing this full time. Lots more to come!

[@jazznotes3802]

Awesome video 👍🏻

[@sireel]

I love Chris's videos. What he said about jazz becoming elitist and snooty is very accurate.

[@km6206]

that is sad.

[@paulolevi7982]

Thanks very much for this video !

[@marceli155]

thank you so much ! you great

[@brothercaleb]

You call this an interview.... I call it a master class ! Wow

[@guntherko8620]

Ich bin nur ein interessierter Laien Gitarrist, der das Ganze aus Spaß und Hobby macht ( Hobbyjazzgruppe). Ich bin von der Barry H. Idee begeistert, habe schon viel gelernt- ein Ende ist nicht in Sicht- vielen Dank für euer Einsatz !! --

[@jeremyversusjazz]

very cool interview! love chris’ TILFBH channel. He deserves way more subs for breaking off barry’s genius into bite-sized chunks-There’s a kind of genius in how he does that.

[@JoshWalshMusic]

He just hit 10k. Let’s help him get 90k more. He deserves it.

[@rik-keymusic160]

I have a book with 3 dvd’s Barry is teaching all that stuff. With notes in the book about the videos. Its a lot of stuff to practice. Just al these rules applying to all dom7 chords is a ton of work and then there is more stuff to learn 😅

[@JoshWalshMusic]

Yeah dude. I feel this! And those dominant scale descending rules are just the fundamentals before the real work starts. 🤣

[@roanmccormick7923]

Awesome!

[@djmileski]

Luv this sh!t

[@bidbinary]

Great interview! Thanks so much for this

[@stevepinnell453]

So, a D7 scale is basically D-Mixolydian mode, right - major scale with a b7?

[@JoshWalshMusic]

D7 scale and D mixolydian are two names for the same thing. Yes they have a flat-7.

[@stevepinnell453]

@@JoshWalshMusic Fab, thanks Josh! That's what it looked / sounded like you were playing, I just hadn't heard that term before.

[@samferguson9171]

Cool to hear that Barry Harris taught Paul Chambers. That makes sense. So many of PC’s lines (in his solos, I mean) sound systematically musical, as if they follow their own infallible melodic and rhythmic logic. When I say “systematically,” I don’t mean that as an insult. Far from it. I simply mean that his lines sound perfect. You get the sense he could solo endlessly and never run out of beautiful ideas.

[@JoshWalshMusic]

Indeed. Systematically doesn’t need to mean robotic. Although, too often it’s seen that way. Thanks for the thoughtful comment.

[@RickDanner]

your awesome

[@ravishrestha9495]

7:00

[@jakeblack2105]

We will not see his like again.

[@JoshWalshMusic]

Indeed. We will live in his shadow forever.

[@odinstemple1832]

10:54 playing swinging 8th notes is the less jazz thing you could do... come on now!

[@JoshWalshMusic]

Fair enough! Thanks for the feedback.

[@odinstemple1832]

@@JoshWalshMusic no prob, just keep it in mind :)

[@David-kp3gk]

Second this