Very good of you to introduce this one to your followers. The band I was in in the 70s played mostly weddings but and we used to sneak this one in usually while people were eating and I would solo mostly Kenny's lines. Our drummer always introduced it as "Chitlins and Chili Beans" even though I told him repeatedly what the correct title was. Sorry for the reminiscing, but that's all we old people have left.
Good old man story, i got one too...back in the 80s I was in the basement playing along to this record, and Pops came home from work...he came downstairs and said " Kenny Burrell?"...I asked, " How do you know?" He says, " I went to school with him at Wayne State ( Detroit)...say him play around at local jazz clubs..." Didnt think pops was that cool!
Kenny Burrell is one of the most "accessible" jazz players ever and it's easy to see why he's so beloved. For anybody that likes him you should also check out Grant Green.
Midnight Blue is my favorite Jazz guitar album. I discovered Burrell through hearing the SRV version of Chitlins which I love, and wanted to find out more about the original artist.
There's a reason I float from teacher to teacher on UA-cam but I support only one or two. Your vids are worth the patronage. Reviewing all your jazz lessons this summer; so grateful for your approach to the instrument. Keep up the amazing work!
And here I thought I was the only culprit floating from guitar teacher to teacher on YT. Like you I support 1 on patreon but tend to like and subscribe to others to help them out. This is a nice video. Jack Ruch is a Nashville guitarist and he's the guy i've supported. Very good video and explanation...I am a huge KB fan. Midnight Blue is a great record. cheers
Holy moly! You've got to be the most versatile UA-cam guitar teacher ever! You really run the gamut from the Dead Kennedys to Kenny Burrell, really impressive. And you chose, IMO, the best possible tune you could have chosen as an introduction to jazz guitar. I'm no jazz guitarist myself, but hey, this is a blues after all and--incidentally--it is set to a "clave" beat, so it shouldn't intimidate anyone. Actually, I gave it a try myself some time ago--you can look it up here on YT if you're curious--and it was a lot of fun (except perhaps for those semiquavers or 16th notes near the end). A great tune and a truly classic album, without a doubt!
Man, I swear I was about to search for a guitar lesson on this... and it popped up just when opening UA-cam! Thank you Adrian for all this great lessons!
So glad you did a jazz lesson! Would love to hear more - I love classic jazz chord melodies. The range or music, genres and playing styles you teach is nothing short of exceptional. Always keeps me on my toes and wondering what's next. And, magically, no matter where you land its always interesting, inspiring and insightful. Thanks!
Awesome lesson, fun song to play. Thanks for turning me on to Kenny Burrell and Midnight Blue album. Keep the jazz coming, I love it. Been listening to a lot of Bill Frissell and Marc Ribot lately. Awesome jazz guitarists!
If you like this check out Grant Green as well. My favorite jazz album ever is Smokin' at the Half Note from Wes. If you've never heard it I'm on bended knee imploring you to listen to it. LOL!
@@SimpleManGuitars1973 Hey thanks for the tip. Grant Green WOW Wow Wow, there's a Grant Green Trio (LIVE Video 1969) absolutely amazing to watch him play. and yes, Wes is not to be missed! Thanks again.
If you haven't gotten to him yet, John Scofield is my favorite Jazz guitarist....well...my favorite guitarist ever. He plays most styles, really. His album A Go-Go is the best jazz guitar album ever recorded. My top 3 are 1. A Go-Go - Scofield 2.) Midnight Blue -Kenny 3.) Tequila - Wes Montgomery
@@nickdrey1200 Hey thanks for the recommendation . The name John Scofield rings a bell but Im not so familiar with his music. I just gave the track A Go Go a listen. Great track! Look forward to discovering more from him. I love Midnight Blue as well as Wes Montgomery. Thanks for reminding me of this great Chitlins con carne lesson.
"I had to look up what chitlins were and sure enough....I won't go into the details now but it doesn't sound particularly appetizing..." Perfectly Stated! And the best breakdown of this excellent and study-worthy song that I've seen. Have my like and subscribe, sir!
That was great! Thanks. I've always loved that record and for some reason never learnt it or played it. Now I can do both. Great, simple, concise lesson.
Yes, I can hear that! Funnily enough, I read yesterday that SRV has covered this track though I've not yet listened to his version - must check it out.
Micky Baker used a Jazzmaster...and most of us older ones in the UK learnt from his jazz tutor book in the 1960s. An LP cover features Micky playing one. Obviously, many have ssen the Joe Pass video of him playing an offset Fender whilst in ''Synanon Correction Centre''. I think that was Synanon's own guitar. But then Fender guitars as a whole were used by Ted Greene and Ed Bickert. By the way, great video here. Thank you! (Incidentally, i read once that Jimi Hendrix was a big fan of Burrell and pinched that 7#9 chord off him)
Great video Adrian. I play mainly blues with a bit of pop and country but the nearest I've got to jazz is "Stormy Monday" by T-Bone Walker. However, I've just rejoined group classes and one of the tunes our teacher has asked us to learn is "Chitlins Con Carne". Looking through all the tutorials on UA-cam, your's is by far the best so congratulations on a job well done. By the way, if you're looking for a reasonably priced jazz box, see if you can pick up an Epiphone Joe Pass Emperor II. Not the new ones as they have Filtertron-style pickups but the older ones have humbuckers and sound much better for jazz. I'm looking out for one secondhand.
Yet again I think you have a hotline into my record collection. I will study your playing & have a stab at this. One thing though... I think it needs flatwound strings.
👍, Excellent choice and album .....again !. I believe there was a quote from Hendrix along the lines that he admired Kenny Burrell,s tone.....sounds about right to me
So true, great observations! Trying different genre's of music definitely helps my playing. Jazz is intimidating and hard at times but I have seen improvement when I focus on trying new music. Thank you for this!!
@@timmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm In the book Caught In The Crossfire they talk about his love of jazz guitarists and Grant Green is another one that Stevie used to really be into in his early days. You can hear his jazz influences on everything from Stang's Swang to Riviera Paradise.
Funny story. I manage to sit on my glasses breaking them beyond repair. I had to dig out an old pair of glasses I bought in 1990 and stopped wearing shortly thereafter because the fashion was for smaller frames. My new backup pair is exactly what Adrian is wearing now. Of course the prescription barely works now, but it’s better than nothing
And yeah I love the jazzmaster. Am saving fir a decent guitar. Narrowed it down to either a Jazzmaster or Gibson sg, Eastman or Fender tele. Decisions decisions....
"I had to look up what chitlins is. We won't go into the details." I'm still laughing at that one! 😎 (Autocorrect changed chitlins to chilling in my original.)
Chitlins (chitterlings spelled out in full) probably ranks up there with ethnic specialties from your part of the world, such as haggis and kidney pie.😋 Seriously, this lesson is a good reminder for me to pick this back up. I was working on this tune 4 years back playing in a guitar duo. Haven't touched it in a while. This will be a good review.
Heres some incite for the pun. Chilli con carne - spanish dish (latin feel). Chittlins - black food (blues). Chittlins con carne - blues with a latin feel.
haha yes, thought about that, tried it, didn't like it. Maybe it's just my particular JM, but the rhythm circuit just seems too dull, even for jazz. Sorry Leo!
Hi Adrian, can you maybe do 'Youth Of America', 'Over The Edge' or 'So Young' by 'Wipers' someday? I think it would fit your channel great!! anyway thx for this one! have a good weekend
Adrian awesome choice! I have a recommendation! Big Stars cover of Femme Fatale is an excellent track with Steve cropper playing some cool leads on top! Haven’t seen any Big Star on here in a while! Check it out!!
"nice" 😎 also check out the cover stevie ray vaughan has put down ,which truly expands the potential of `feeling` the mood for this excellent subject, thanks for the lesson !
So Adrian, not be a stickler here, but the second phrase of the solo -- you played it one way in your demo (added the F# note) but showed something different in the lesson. Listening to the recording, I THINK the way you showed it in the lesson is the way Kenny plays it, correct? (BTW - I think your demo version with the F# sounds better!)
Very good of you to introduce this one to your followers. The band I was in in the 70s played mostly weddings but and we used to sneak this one in usually while people were eating and I would solo mostly Kenny's lines. Our drummer always introduced it as "Chitlins and Chili Beans" even though I told him repeatedly what the correct title was. Sorry for the reminiscing, but that's all we old people have left.
Good old man story, i got one too...back in the 80s I was in the basement playing along to this record, and Pops came home from work...he came downstairs and said " Kenny Burrell?"...I asked, " How do you know?" He says, " I went to school with him at Wayne State ( Detroit)...say him play around at local jazz clubs..." Didnt think pops was that cool!
Kenny Burrell is one of the most "accessible" jazz players ever and it's easy to see why he's so beloved. For anybody that likes him you should also check out Grant Green.
Allow me to throw Wes Montgomery in the mix for newcomers.
@@ernestochefujara2709 Oh yeah but just get ready to have your face melted. Lol.
@@ernestochefujara2709 i love WM too a lot, except there's nothing simple with him, not a single track accessible for beginners
@@pandorski35000 try Work Song. It’s pretty easy to pick up.
No doubt, buddy! Grant Green, Joe Pass, Kenny B. These guys are just unbelievable.
Kenny Burrell's "Chitlins con Carne" is a high-potency gateway drug to jazz for rock and blues players. Great choice!
So true. I tell anyone who comes from a blues and rock n' roll background that wants to learn Jazz to learn the whole Midnight Blue record.
This is one of the most helpful lessons I’ve seen on UA-cam. Cheers
Midnight Blue is my favorite Jazz guitar album. I discovered Burrell through hearing the SRV version of Chitlins which I love, and wanted to find out more about the original artist.
i remember looking through your videos a year and a half ago looking for jazz related content. thank you for this
There's a reason I float from teacher to teacher on UA-cam but I support only one or two. Your vids are worth the patronage. Reviewing all your jazz lessons this summer; so grateful for your approach to the instrument. Keep up the amazing work!
And here I thought I was the only culprit floating from guitar teacher to teacher on YT. Like you I support 1 on patreon but tend to like and subscribe to others to help them out. This is a nice video. Jack Ruch is a Nashville guitarist and he's the guy i've supported. Very good video and explanation...I am a huge KB fan. Midnight Blue is a great record. cheers
I saw jazz and thought "Boring? Complicated?" Nope! This song sounds awesome and fun to play. Another great lesson.
haha yes, some jazz certainly is complicated and boring, but this is the good stuff
Holy moly! You've got to be the most versatile UA-cam guitar teacher ever! You really run the gamut from the Dead Kennedys to Kenny Burrell, really impressive. And you chose, IMO, the best possible tune you could have chosen as an introduction to jazz guitar. I'm no jazz guitarist myself, but hey, this is a blues after all and--incidentally--it is set to a "clave" beat, so it shouldn't intimidate anyone. Actually, I gave it a try myself some time ago--you can look it up here on YT if you're curious--and it was a lot of fun (except perhaps for those semiquavers or 16th notes near the end). A great tune and a truly classic album, without a doubt!
"Melody, and groove, and rhythm, and simple ideas played really well" YES, THIS IS EVERYTHING, thanks
"doesn't sound particularly appetizing to me" I laughed so hard at that, I had to pause for a chuckle break.
Good stuff again thanks.
Man, I swear I was about to search for a guitar lesson on this... and it popped up just when opening UA-cam! Thank you Adrian for all this great lessons!
So glad you did a jazz lesson! Would love to hear more - I love classic jazz chord melodies. The range or music, genres and playing styles you teach is nothing short of exceptional. Always keeps me on my toes and wondering what's next. And, magically, no matter where you land its always interesting, inspiring and insightful. Thanks!
Yay!! 200k subscribers, and you deserve every one of those, and millions more, Adrian!! Cheers, mate!! :)
Awesome lesson, fun song to play. Thanks for turning me on to Kenny Burrell and Midnight Blue album. Keep the jazz coming, I love it. Been listening to a lot of Bill Frissell and Marc Ribot lately. Awesome jazz guitarists!
If you like this check out Grant Green as well. My favorite jazz album ever is Smokin' at the Half Note from Wes. If you've never heard it I'm on bended knee imploring you to listen to it. LOL!
@@SimpleManGuitars1973 Hey thanks for the tip. Grant Green WOW Wow Wow, there's a Grant Green Trio (LIVE Video 1969) absolutely amazing to watch him play. and yes, Wes is not to be missed! Thanks again.
If you haven't gotten to him yet, John Scofield is my favorite Jazz guitarist....well...my favorite guitarist ever. He plays most styles, really. His album A Go-Go is the best jazz guitar album ever recorded. My top 3 are 1. A Go-Go - Scofield 2.) Midnight Blue -Kenny 3.) Tequila - Wes Montgomery
@@nickdrey1200 Hey thanks for the recommendation . The name John Scofield rings a bell but Im not so familiar with his music. I just gave the track A Go Go a listen. Great track! Look forward to discovering more from him.
I love Midnight Blue as well as Wes Montgomery. Thanks for reminding me of this great Chitlins con carne lesson.
Thank you…one on my favorite Jazz albums, another get album of his is “at the five spot cafe” highly recommend that one.
"I had to look up what chitlins were and sure enough....I won't go into the details now but it doesn't sound particularly appetizing..."
Perfectly Stated! And the best breakdown of this excellent and study-worthy song that I've seen. Have my like and subscribe, sir!
Adrian, you are the best. Proud to be a Patreon
Yes! Yes! Yes! Great choice. I can’t wait to get started with this. Fantastic stuff, Adrian.
I always watch to the bitter end Adrian. Another helpful video, thanks!
A great lesson on using the pentatonics in a simple jazz setting that has a great groove about it. Nice...
One of the best lessons I've seen by anyone. It pulls everything together. Well done!!
Nice lesson! Great and fun tune to play.
I’ve loved this tune fo4 years - great lesson
Great lesson. Good way to get your head around rhythm and lead. Thanks again. Very well explained! Now to practice it a few hundred times!!
That was great! Thanks. I've always loved that record and for some reason never learnt it or played it. Now I can do both. Great, simple, concise lesson.
Adrian one of my favorite jazz tunes of all times. Thanks for posting. Cannot wait to start jamming over the weekend. Cheers!!! 👍👍
Thanks Adrian always a pleasure.
Terrific as usual! The middle part reminded me a lot of SRV’s version of Mary Had A Little Lamb. Love the tone.
Yes, I can hear that! Funnily enough, I read yesterday that SRV has covered this track though I've not yet listened to his version - must check it out.
@@acpg
G’day mate, yeah, it’s great, he uses octaves for the melody i, iv, v.
I can't help wondering if SRV actually modelled that on this song a little bit, consciously or otherwise
@@acpg it’s really good he rolls the tone knob all the way back and gets a really smoky sound.
You gotta play with 15 gauge strings on your Strat to really get the tone though, man. 😎
Thank you for the Kenny Burrell. Joe Pass famously played a Jaguar in the '60s. See/hear Frankly Jazz, LA '60s.
Micky Baker used a Jazzmaster...and most of us older ones in the UK learnt from his jazz tutor book in the 1960s. An LP cover features Micky playing one. Obviously, many have ssen the Joe Pass video of him playing an offset Fender whilst in ''Synanon Correction Centre''. I think that was Synanon's own guitar. But then Fender guitars as a whole were used by Ted Greene and Ed Bickert. By the way, great video here. Thank you! (Incidentally, i read once that Jimi Hendrix was a big fan of Burrell and pinched that 7#9 chord off him)
Superb. Thanks a bunch!!
Gratifying lesson, thanks very much, cant wait for the next one.
Regards from 🇧🇷
You got a new subscriber.....New to the Guitar....... Keep sharing.....
Thanks Adrian! Jazz (and blues always most welcome)
Thanks man, I’m gonna mess with this one !
Loving this lesson! 😍
Great video Adrian. I play mainly blues with a bit of pop and country but the nearest I've got to jazz is "Stormy Monday" by T-Bone Walker. However, I've just rejoined group classes and one of the tunes our teacher has asked us to learn is "Chitlins Con Carne". Looking through all the tutorials on UA-cam, your's is by far the best so congratulations on a job well done. By the way, if you're looking for a reasonably priced jazz box, see if you can pick up an Epiphone Joe Pass Emperor II. Not the new ones as they have Filtertron-style pickups but the older ones have humbuckers and sound much better for jazz. I'm looking out for one secondhand.
Fantastic! Yes more jazz concepts please! Thanks Adrian!
Yet again I think you have a hotline into my record collection. I will study your playing & have a stab at this. One thing though... I think it needs flatwound strings.
Great tone from that Jazzmaster!
Thank you
got this album, like to jam to sat night blues and wavey gravy
Glad you played some jazz on a jazz master!!
Great Lesson of a quintessential Jazz Guitar classic. A lesson on the title track of that album would sublime.
👍, Excellent choice and album .....again !. I believe there was a quote from Hendrix along the lines that he admired Kenny Burrell,s tone.....sounds about right to me
Beautiful Jazzmaster! I recently purchased a Squier Classic Vibe ‘60s Jazzmaster in daphne blue, and it is such a fun guitar to play.
So true, great observations! Trying different genre's of music definitely helps my playing. Jazz is intimidating and hard at times but I have seen improvement when I focus on trying new music. Thank you for this!!
This is going in my practice .
Nice & different. Thanks
Amazing! I have always been afraid of giving this a try (much as I love it) - but not anymore! Thank you so,so much!
Thank you for this lesson. I love this song and not many teach it.
SRV did a great cover of this ... Stevie loved Kenny
I knew srv did this cover…but didn’t know he loved Kenny too, curious what makes you say that?
@@timmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm In the book Caught In The Crossfire they talk about his love of jazz guitarists and Grant Green is another one that Stevie used to really be into in his early days. You can hear his jazz influences on everything from Stang's Swang to Riviera Paradise.
@@timmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm in an interview with Stevie , he said he wished he had listened to Kenny more and that was the sound he was looking for.
Excellent! More jazz please.
What a cool tune! Thanks for the lesson 🙏
This is a fantastic lesson👍🏼Subscribed!
Adrian, GREAT lesson on a classic song! Superbly done. (Such a great album, too...love it.)
PS -- and Yes, I typically watch your lessons all the way through. Always worth it.
Another awesome lesson. Yes, more jazz would be great. Maybe one notch up, (but just one!), in complexity from this one.
Love it! Would love to see some Grant Green.
Thank you! Just learning to play and this is very helpful.
Loved this lesson, thanks Adrian. Would love to see more Jazz
Q. Why don’t you use your Tele for jazz?
Kenny Burrell was the balls!
Thank you.
you have a nice set
Really great lesson Thanks
Radness. Thanks 🙏
jazz curious.. love it
Always room for a bit of jazz guitar
love your glasses Adrian!
Funny story. I manage to sit on my glasses breaking them beyond repair. I had to dig out an old pair of glasses I bought in 1990 and stopped wearing shortly thereafter because the fashion was for smaller frames. My new backup pair is exactly what Adrian is wearing now. Of course the prescription barely works now, but it’s better than nothing
And yeah I love the jazzmaster. Am saving fir a decent guitar. Narrowed it down to either a Jazzmaster or Gibson sg, Eastman or Fender tele. Decisions decisions....
Beautiful! Never fretted a single note with the pinky. My kind of style. I hate my pinky.
again very cool!
"I had to look up what chitlins is. We won't go into the details." I'm still laughing at that one! 😎
(Autocorrect changed chitlins to chilling in my original.)
Chitlins. Chitlins con carne
Chitlins (chitterlings spelled out in full) probably ranks up there with ethnic specialties from your part of the world, such as haggis and kidney pie.😋 Seriously, this lesson is a good reminder for me to pick this back up. I was working on this tune 4 years back playing in a guitar duo. Haven't touched it in a while. This will be a good review.
Mickey Baker certainly posed for a photo with one.
Hey Adrian---- Chitlins: the intestines of a pig, boiled down, fried up, and served up with apple cider vinegar and hot sauce. Mmmm good!
Great lesson - same chords as Freddie King's San Ho Zay
Excellent, thank you. How about a breakdown of Wes Montgomery "Bumpin' On Sunset"?
Nice 😎
Classic…on my list
Heres some incite for the pun.
Chilli con carne - spanish dish (latin feel).
Chittlins - black food (blues).
Chittlins con carne - blues with a latin feel.
Thank you for doing a lesson on this song, perhaps you could check out Johnny A's Sometime Tuesday Morning or Oh Yeah.
Leo Fender: creates guitar with a specific rhythm circuit for jazz. Rare opportunity occurs. Adrian: nah, screw it, still wont use it. Хипстер
haha yes, thought about that, tried it, didn't like it. Maybe it's just my particular JM, but the rhythm circuit just seems too dull, even for jazz. Sorry Leo!
@@acpg Can work as an E-Bow preset if you're inclined to drop the volume and roll off the tone when using one.
Terrific. Really enjoy learning and playing this one. Any chance you could look at "Isabella" from KB's Soulero record ?
Thanks again.
Love it 🔥❤🔥❤
Hi Adrian,
this lesson is amazing.
It's so easy to follow you.
May i can get the tab, but not over patreon?
Thank you very much.
Just came out to my folks as “jazz curious”
Chitlins=southern soul food. Blues =southern soul music
Con carne = spicy meat
Chitlins con carne=Spicy soul music
woot! great stuff! how about Marc Ribot Postizo?!?
Try that first riff with octaves ala Stevie Ray and Wes Montgomery.
Hi Adrian, can you maybe do 'Youth Of America', 'Over The Edge' or 'So Young'
by 'Wipers' someday? I think it would fit your channel great!! anyway thx for this one! have a good weekend
hell yes every time i watch this channel i think it would be cool to see some wipers
Adrian awesome choice! I have a recommendation! Big Stars cover of Femme Fatale is an excellent track with Steve cropper playing some cool leads on top! Haven’t seen any Big Star on here in a while! Check it out!!
Yes, huge Big Star fan so I know that one! May well try and do some more Big Star soon.
@@acpg can’t wait thanks for the hard work!
@@acpg Whatever you do is always great, but if you do another Big Star song there's no telling what all the good cosmic vibrations would do.
Detroit's own Kenny Burrell ****
"nice" 😎 also check out the cover stevie ray vaughan has put
down ,which truly expands the potential of `feeling` the mood
for this excellent subject, thanks for the lesson !
The less said about Chitlins or chitterlings the better . . . great song though and thanks for the tutorial.
Kenny Burrell was a favorite jazz guitarist of Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Nice lesson ! I would suggest to roll off some treble though..
Random question. You’re glasses are sweet. What brand are they? Also nice playing. I love this song.
So Adrian, not be a stickler here, but the second phrase of the solo -- you played it one way in your demo (added the F# note) but showed something different in the lesson. Listening to the recording, I THINK the way you showed it in the lesson is the way Kenny plays it, correct? (BTW - I think your demo version with the F# sounds better!)
Jazz curious. Hehe.
This is really random but I just learnt this on sax - weird coincidence and I think it’s great. It got me playing a great solo