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“Build-a-Barry” How to build a nice solo line on “All The Things You Are” A brief look at applying Barry Harris’ improvisation and harmonic concepts on the must-know standard. Please share, drop a like, and hit that subscribe button, and If you find this material useful, please consider supporting me on Patreon, where you will have access to transcriptions, exclusive videos and more www.patreon...

Here’s a deeper dive in to what possibilities there are for these very easy and useful melodic devices. For more, see below for relevant videos to help with the concepts in this video. Please share, drop a like, and hit that subscribe button, and If you find this material useful, please consider supporting me on Patreon, where you will have access to transcriptions, exclusive videos and more ww...

Here is a great and straightforward, eminently useable minor two five progression that uses the “borrowing” concept beautifully. Some traditionalists may refer to this as “suspensions” this means exactly the same thing. For more, see below for relevant videos to help with the concepts in this video. Please share, drop a like, and hit that subscribe button, and If you find this material useful, ...

One correction: I call C6 “G is the Drop 2” I meant “G is the Drop 3”. And apologies for wearing shorts… its springtime… at least I wore a nice shirt this time This is one of my favorite Barry moves, which he does on “Like Someone in Love”. Please see below for relevant videos to help with the concepts in this video. Please share, drop a like, and hit that subscribe button, and If you find this...

Barry Harris Approaches to “Dance of the Infidels” A great archetype for how to play over blues in this style, Bud Powell’s “Dance of the Infidels” is a great lesson in how to create a scale outline, comp over a particular set of changes, and how to think about this music. Please see below for relevant videos to help with the concepts in this video. Please share, drop a like, and hit that subsc...

Barry Harris Approaches to “April in Paris” Here’s a grab bag of ideas from observations I made from several Barry Harris wirkshops and chorus rehearsals where his ideas really shine. Please share, drop a like, and hit that subscribe button, and If you find this material useful, please consider supporting me on Patreon, where you will have access to transcriptions, exclusive videos and more www...

Barry Harris Omit 8ths Rhythmic Exercise Mackey McKinmey brought up this great topic: how to practice rhythm and phrasing. This reminded me of aBarry Harris Rhythm and phrasing exercise he occasionally did in the live improv workshop: Play an 8th note scale, phrase, or anything, and one by one, take a note at a time, then add them back! Seems simple till you try to do it! LOL you can see I stil...

Applying Barry Harris ideas to “There Will Never Be Another You” Based on the Bud Powell approach to the song, of course Barry has his own unique interpretation. Between the two schools there is a wealth of ideas to get us out of the conventional approaches you find in most jazz jam settings today. Hope this is illuminating! I personally love Barry’s way, it’s my favorite. Please share, drop a ...

Here are some ideas to get you going on learning all the possibilities and connections over this staple standard. Please share, drop a like, and hit that subscribe button, and If you find this material useful, please consider supporting me on Patreon, where you will have access to transcriptions, exclusive videos and more www.patreon.com/isaacraz Here are videos to assist with the concepts disc...

Thanks to themidger1 for posting this great memory from class where Barry shows this wonderful move ruclips.net/video/8plCi0FFS2Q/видео.html Please share, drop a like, and hit that subscribe button, and If you find this material useful, please consider supporting me on Patreon, where you will have access to transcriptions, exclusive videos and more www.patreon.com/isaacraz Here are videos to as...

Great question about how to make your solos less “scaley” and “patterney” and come up with great lines based on the principles taught in Barry Harris class using chords, arpeggios, 5-4-3-2 pivoting triplets, etc. Please keep those questions coming! Please share, drop a like, and hit that subscribe button, and If you find this material useful, please consider supporting me on Patreon, where you ...

“Everything Happens Round Midnight” Barry Harris Move A great move making any dominant 7th move through a suspension dn a passing diminished. BH uses it on “Everything Happens to Me” and the ending of “Round Midnight”, and I threw a couple more in for fun, please leave some suggestions of where to use this in the comments! Please share, drop a like, and hit that subscribe button, and If you fin...

A Nice Minor Six Diminished Barry Harris Move Do this when you get a “minor situation” in a tune Please share, drop a like, and hit that subscribe button, and If you find this material useful, please consider supporting me on Patreon, where you will have access to transcriptions, exclusive videos and more www.patreon.com/isaacraz Here are videos to assist with the concepts discussed in this vi...

Barry Harris Approaches to “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes” Here is one of my favorite applications of Barry theory. For more on the topics touched upon in this, look below for useful links. Please share, drop a like, and hit that subscribe button, and If you find this material useful, please consider supporting me on Patreon, where you will have access to transcriptions, exclusive videos and more www...

Barry Harris “Tritone Double Sus”

Barry Harris “Relative Minor to Minor with 6 in the bass” Move

Playing Around with Barry Harris Diminished and Augmented Runs

Barry Harris Two Ways of Inverting Chords, and behold the “Drop 2 3”!

My 10 Chord Barry Harris Routine, Drop 3 Version with "Borrowing"

Barry Harris Note Dive: A beautiful run on “Round Midnight”

Barry Harris approaches to the “Ladybird Turnaround”

Barry Harris Note Dive: three chords over a G7

Building a Barry Harris Scale Outline “After You’ve Gone”

My Barry Harris Sixth Chord Rules “Etude”

“Everything’s Close”: Applying Barry Harris thinking to Modern (Don’t tell Barry!)

Barry Harris whole tone ideas

The BH “Echappe”: An extremely useful Barry Harris 2-5-1 move

Barry Harris Notes Dive: The Body Glove, Make an exercise from Hallucinations, Mixing 6 Diminished

Practicing 2 5 1 Barry Harris Style