Bebop Beatniks-Live At Blues Fest
Posted on 2026-07-12
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Bebop Beatniks Playing Malaysia
From The Archives Of Something Blue July 12, 2026
https://sbblues.com/2026/07/12/dj-hairy-larry-presents-bebop-beatniks-playing-malaysia-2/
Thanks Marty, Today we're going to hear Bebop Beatniks - Live At Blues Fest.
I wrote "Malaysia" in the fall of 2012 and it was first released on the NJHB album, "Bella's Blues", recorded on January 4, 2013. It's a Bossa Nova song with a beautiful melody and a hard bop turnaround that catches everyone's attention.
It quickly became an NJHB favorite and I also used it as a show closer for Bebop Beatniks and my solo piano shows.
In fact, when Bebop Beatniks recorded Live At Blues Fest on September 24, 2023, "Malaysia" was our closer.
We played as a quintet with two percussionists featuring
Tyler Remagen - sax and flute
Hairy Larry - piano and vocals
Jeremy Jackson - bass
Alex Washam - drums
and
Conley Hunt - percussion and vocals
I want to take a minute to talk about Tyler Remagen. Tyler helped me play on my recitals when he was an undergraduate in the ASU jazz program. I invited him to join Bebop Beatniks and he played on our studio album "Leaves".
He also played with NJHB and on my "Elphonium" album recorded on November 30, 2018, in the ASU Bandroom at my composition recital. We had a little side project going called Lady Day and The Prez featuring Whitley Newman singing Billie Holiday songs with Tyler playing the Lester Young tenor sax parts.
As always, I will leave links on the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
And if you listen to these songs you will hear how well he played.
Then after he graduated from ASU he went to Cincinatti and took a Masters in Saxophone Performance. When he got back to Jonesboro his playing was at a whole different level as they say in the jazz world. That's what that kind of intensive study does for you.
And we were fortunate to have him playing with Bebop Beatniks again including on September 24, 2023, when we recorded Bebop Beatniks "Live At Blues Fest".
After playing together for all those years we had a tight band but Tyler Remagen was definitely the star of the show. We recorded a saxophone album.
And as I said before, "Malaysia" closed the show.
So now, here's Bebop Beatniks playing "Malaysia" featuring Tyler Remagen on tenor sax.
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Bebop Beatniks Playing Malaysia
From The Archives Of Something Blue July 12, 2026
https://sbblues.com/2026/07/12/dj-hairy-larry-presents-bebop-beatniks-playing-malaysia-2/
Something Blue Archives Featured Concert
Bebop Beatniks - Live At Blues Fest
https://archive.org/details/hl2023-09-24.album
Something Blue Archives - List Of Concerts
https://archive.org/details/somethingbluearchives?sort=-publicdate
BebopBeatniks - Leaves
https://archive.org/details/BebopBeatniks-Leaves
NJHB - Quantum Blues
https://archive.org/details/hl2018-07-28
Hairy Larry - Elphonium
https://archive.org/details/hl2018-11-30
Lady Day and The Prez - Craighead Forest Bandshell - May 13, 2018
https://archive.org/details/hl2018-05-13.LadyDay
music
And that's Bebop Beatniks playing "Malaysia" Live at Blues Fest featuring Tyler Remagen on tenor sax. Don't miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00, to hear more Bebop Beatniks, The Phoenix Trio, Emmet Cohen, and SML.
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Pk Jazz Collective-Pearls Of Our Life
Posted on 2026-07-10
MixRemix Radio - Creative Commons Jazz - 2026-07-10
https://archive.org/details/ccj2026-07-10
MixRemix On Anonradio - From The Creative Commons Jazz Library - 2026-07-10
jazz.mixremix.cc
34:03
Pk jazz Collective - Pearls of our Life (LP, 2012) [SCL051]
https://archive.org/details/SCL051
CC BY-NC-SA
37:33
Regis V Gronoff-Jazz Ballads
https://www.jamendo.com/album/114064/jazz-ballads
CC BY-SA
43:09
Saxophone 1.1. by Somewhere off Jazz Street
https://somewhereoffjazzstreet.bandcamp.com/album/saxophone-11
CC BY-NC
40:02
Way more out - Viktor Séthy
https://www.jamendo.com/album/133096/way-more-out
CC BY-NC-SA
27:49
Tom La Meche-Hypnotic project
https://www.jamendo.com/album/18170/hypnotic-project
CC BY-NC-SA
1:13:15
Art Yenta-Landing
https://www.jamendo.com/album/18111/landing
CC BY-NC-ND and BY-ND
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Straight Eighths
Posted on 2026-07-07
DJ Hairy Larry Presents The C3 Big Band Playing A Michael Medrick Composition
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2026-07-05
https://sbblues.com/2026/07/05/dj-hairy-larry-presents-the-c3-big-band-playing-a-michael-medrick-composition/
Thanks Marty, today we're going to hear an original jazz song written by one of my professors.
I met Michael Medrick a few times before he started teaching at ASU where he ended up as the Director Of Jazz Studies before he retired. He plays trombone like nobody's business but his real calling is composing and arranging for big bands.
Now a big band can have 25 or more musicians so writing all those notes is a lot of work. I know, I've done a few big band charts and the experience convinced me to write for octets.
But there are sounds that a big band can produce that smaller bands can't, and that's where composers like Michael Medrick hang their hat.
Now before Medrick came to ASU he was in Dallas where he played in and wrote for the C3 Big Band. On their website it says, "The goal of the C3 Big Band is to bring Dallas/Fort Worth audiences NEW music by current composers."
On their album, "Straight Eighths" Medrick wrote four of the songs. I picked "Flor De Okra" to play for you today. He has the first solo so you'll get to hear him play trombone.
In an email interview he said "The tune was composed after some deep listening to Pancho Sanchez’s "La Familia", The Jazz Crusaders "Chili con Soul" and The Willie Martinez Jazz Sextet. Wayne Henderson of the Crusaders has been very influential on my sound as a trombonist."
So now you know where he's coming from, how about that song title?
He wrote, "That title came from a plant flowering in the garden outside my home office window." ... "Inspiration can be all around us."
When I took Jazz Improv from Dr. Patty in the eighties our textbook was "Improvising Jazz" by Jerry Coker. While taking jazz arranging lessons from Michael Medrick I learned that Jerry Coker was one of his teachers. Just sayin'... somehow I always luck out.
So now, featuring Michael Medrick on trombone, here's the C3 Big Band playing one of his compositions, "Flor De Okra".
DJ Hairy Larry Presents The C3 Big Band Playing A Michael Medrick Composition
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2026-07-05
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Something Blue Archives - List Of Concerts
https://archive.org/details/somethingbluearchives?sort=-publicdate
C3 Big Band
https://c3compositions.com/c3-big-band
music
And that's the C3 Big Band playing a Michael Medrick composition, "Flor De Okra", from their album, "Straight Eighths". Don't miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00, to hear Geof Bradfield, No Wind & No Rain, Atlantic Road Trip, and Neal Alger.
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DJ Hairy Larry With C3 Big Band Playing Flor De Okra
Something Blue - Abundance - 29 second spot
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Neal Alger, Chicago Soul Jazz Collective, Geof Bradfield and Atlantic Road Trip. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at https://sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at https://www.kasu.org.
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Jazz Mandolin Project
Posted on 2026-07-04
Something Blue – King – July 4, 2026
https://sbblues.com/2026/07/04/king/
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Marcus King Band, SLM, and Jazz Mandolin Project. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at https://sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at
https://www.kasu.org
Chat with DJ Hairy Larry on Fluxer while we listen to the show.
HairyLarryLand Fluxer Invite Link
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Gamer+ is down because of an internet outage so no Mastodon chat, this week.
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Chris Isom And Josh Carter
Posted on 2026-06-27
Something Blue – Sonny – June 27, 2026
https://sbblues.com/2026/06/27/sonny/
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Sonny Rollins, the Common Time Quartet, and Dizzie Gillespie. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Sonny Rollins
The Bridge – Without A Song, The Bridge
Saxophone Colossus – Moritat
sonnyrollins.com/
Common Time Quartet Live at Craighead Forest Bandshell on 2017-06-03
archive.org/details/ct2017-06-03
Dizzie Gillispie With Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt
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Cody Ballard
Posted on 2026-06-20
Something Blue – Mine – June 20, 2026
https://sbblues.com/2026/06/20/mine/
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring luvtrst., Virginia MacDonald, Joe Lovano, and Chris Potter. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
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