Cry me a River

petcre · #1 08-28-2009, 02:44 AM

Anybody know Barney Kessels version of Cry me a River he did for Julie London?

theo · #2 08-28-2009, 03:44 AM

check this out:
Cry Me a River

theo

Archie · #3 08-29-2009, 08:14 AM

Thanks for that!

petcre · #4 08-29-2009, 09:06 AM

Thanks for that and you may like this version which is very near and a good player as well

YouTube - Cry Me A River - Acoustic Fingerstyle - Ton Van Bergeijk

gravyTrain · #5 08-30-2009, 01:22 PM

Theo: I took the liberty of rescoring what you posted and saved it as a pdf for better readability (the image was not terribly clear). Attached below.

gtr_5155 · #6 08-30-2009, 02:59 PM

I'm giving away my age,but when I was just a beginner,I went nuts over this song.It was featured in the movie "The Girl Can't Help it" Of course I had no idea (at the time) who played that fantastic guitar behind Julie London.I wanted to learn rock stuff,but this opened me up to a bigger world.No internet back then.I spent a lot of time learning that intro.

gravyTrain · #7 08-30-2009, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by gtr_5155

...when I was just a beginner,I went nuts over this song.It was featured in the movie "The Girl Can't Help it" Of course I had no idea (at the time) who played that fantastic guitar behind Julie London.I wanted to learn rock stuff,but this opened me up to a bigger world.No internet back then.I spent a lot of time learning that intro.

I think this is one of those ageless songs. My daughter walked by as I was typing the score in, and she said that would be a great song for her chorus (she's a teenager). So I played her the original song and the Emma Fitzgerald version and she really liked it.

Ironic that it isn't included in the Real Book. To me it sounds as though it was the motivation for several other songs, for instance; the James Bond song, and 'Dream On' by Aerosmith.

johno427 · #8 08-30-2009, 11:45 PM

Cry me a river.
These are good too.

Julie London - Cry me a river
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByUOFV5TusE&NR=1&feature=fvwp

Diana Krall: Cry me a river
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9y1vGxPVAA&feature=related

petcre · #9 09-01-2009, 03:05 AM

Thanks for that Gravy train as i couldn,t make out the first score myself . This is much clearer. Nice to see also how many other people have helped me out here and also love this guitar work.

petcre · #10 09-02-2009, 02:44 AM

Hi Gravy train:
The Am7/F# root in bar 4. I find this an impossible fingering chord to get every note clean as the only way i can see it being done is to cover the two top notes with your second finger. What fingering did you use?

gravyTrain · #11 09-03-2009, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by petcre

Hi Gravy train:
The Am7/F# root in bar 4. I find this an impossible fingering chord to get every note clean as the only way i can see it being done is to cover the two top notes with your second finger. What fingering did you use?

I just play the top 4 strings Am7... I left the other notes because they were in the other score

JohnW400 · #12 09-03-2009, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by petcre

Hi Gravy train:
The Am7/F# root in bar 4. I find this an impossible fingering chord to get every note clean as the only way i can see it being done is to cover the two top notes with your second finger. What fingering did you use?

The fingering is 41322 or hook your thumb for the F#.

Chord fingerings like this are in the Mickey Baker book. I agree with Gravy Trane though. Especially with the G being a minor 9th away

danish1953 · #13 09-08-2009, 09:47 AM

thank you! these post will keep me busy for days!

DonnyK · #14 09-17-2009, 10:41 AM

One of my favourite songs of all time. My favourite version (from the old Blues, jazz, folksman - Davy Graham):

YouTube - Davy Graham - Cry Me A River

or him playing it on some old British documentary:

YouTube - Davy Graham - Cry Me A River

grouts · #15 09-21-2009, 05:20 PM

Re the handling of Am7/F#, one needs to remember that Kessel was probably not thinking 'chord', but a Am7 underlying the dissonant little melody note, that threaded through to the A(flat)m7 transition to the Em as Julie Christie started to sing. Playing Kessel things (that you learn e.g. from his records), you really want to separate the notes of his (counter or background) melody notes from the underlying chord pieces. Also watch him play what you are trying to learn - You will see his 1st or 4th finger often just reach over and get the next note of that transition melody ... SomeHow! ... and just keep going. If you can read the music of the Kessel song you are trying to learn, that's a nice plus, but one needs to keep track of the often-several pieces of chorded-melodies passing each other, and make sure they come through as you play them.
... Its (very?) hard to put all that into a particular transcription. But when you do put it together so it sounds like Kessel's way, then you will probably have a big grin!
Also, as you work with teaching your hand to do a particular part, you may find as I did, that Kessel's nice handy little 2-3 finger cluster chords and short 'inside' barre chords (e.g. a 4-th finger barre) are very useful pieces of chording you can use anytime you are comping with a couple of other players. I know everyone knows this, but always try to learn a whole 3-4+ bar phrase at a time, and your hand/head will more quickly later just starting using that chord-pieces-phrasing as you play other songs, especially when playing with others.
...Sorry for the long post. -Steve Grout

Sailor · #16 09-21-2009, 07:36 PM

Nice Thread. Love Cry Me A River. I think I've been playing it in Cm.

Anandbhat · #17 09-28-2009, 08:08 PM

Here's another version that makes my hair stand on end!

YouTube - JEFF BECK & LULU - Cry Me a River

gravyTrain · #18 09-29-2009, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Anandbhat

Here's another version that makes my hair stand on end!

YouTube - JEFF BECK & LULU - Cry Me a River

Jeff Beck is a great guitarist, but man.... in my opinion that solo was lame. He could've done a lot better.

Anandbhat · #19 09-29-2009, 07:20 PM

Agreed.Guess what got me was the vocal rendition!

gravyTrain · #20 09-29-2009, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Anandbhat

Agreed.Guess what got me was the vocal rendition!

Yes, I feel the same way - good vocalist

Leon Rodriguez · #21 01-15-2010, 10:22 AM

Here's the arrangement that Johno427 linked us to: This is truly one of the coolest comps behind one of the coolest singers ever! I just love it! Can't wait to dive into the arrangement John, Thanks a lot man!
YouTube - Julie London - Cry me a river (HQ Audio)
Leon

mr. beaumont · #22 01-15-2010, 10:36 AM

have you guys heard jim campilongo do this one with norah jones? killer.

Leon Rodriguez · #23 01-15-2010, 11:18 AM

YouTube - JULIE LONDON - CRY ME A RIVER
Even better!
or Joe Pass and Ella
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAoABuJS1MA&NR=1

Oetomo · #24 01-18-2010, 08:47 PM

First of all, thanks to the person who posted the pdf file for this song.
I am trying to figure my way out and just like everyone else I got stuck in bar number 4 with the impossible fingerings. I am using classical guitar so there is no possibility of me hooking my thumb over without going for surgical thumb extension.
Having said that, I am curious to know whether this is a chord melody arrangement or an accompaniment for a singer?

markylove · #25 10-12-2010, 09:39 PM

great! i kinda forget playing cry me a river because as i have remembered, i last play it 5years ago.

mambosun · #26 12-02-2010, 05:40 PM

Not only "Cry me a river" has a nice guitar playing in it;
Have a listen to all the other titles from the album "Julie is her name".and enjoy..

SHR · #27 02-01-2011, 02:44 PM

First of all, thanks to the posters on this thread for this transciption, which I've been enjoying immensely and learning a lot from. Also, I'm grateful to this thread for putting me on to those Julie London albums - I've heard Cry Me a River a hundred times but had no idea there was a whole album of the stuff.

I feel a bit foolish for asking this, because the people on here are much more experienced musicians than me and I can't claim to have much of an ear -- so this is probably completely wrong -- but I've been playing this against the record over and over again, and to my ears, G sounds better than F sharp on the first notes. The F sharp lacks that slight dissonance I hear at the start of the record.