Thanks Marty, today we're going to hear a song I wrote, recorded at New Jazz In Jonesboro.
In 2013 we scheduled New Jazz In Jonesboro once a month at TheArts@311. We often played charts that had never seen a music stand before and although we were reading charts we leaned heavily into group improvisation and free jazz.
On July 6, 2013, we recorded the songs that would become the "Cookin' For Piper" album. Matt Jackson wrote "Cookin' For Piper". Joseph Curtis wrote "Working, P.M.". And I put "Monkey Walk" up, for the first time.
It's got a tricky rhythm with a bass vamp on the Rhodes starting and ending the song. Personnel on "Monkey Walk" were Hairy Larry - piano, harmonica, vocals, and percussion; Mike "Zif" Lovell - guitar; David Shade - guitar; Matt Jackson - bass; Joseph Curtis - trumpet; and Cody Ballard - tenor sax. James Carvell added percussion on tracks 3 through 6 including the title track that I will be playing on Something Blue this week.
The cover art for "Cookin' For Piper" was "Euterpe" drawn by Emily Dewbre-Young. I love the image, depicting a muse playing pipes, and Emily gave us permission to use her drawing on the album cover. Then she sold me the original artwork, very reasonably, and it's now hanging at Eclectic Geekery in Walnut Ridge. Visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com to see the album cover and hear the whole album.
Ok now, recorded at New Jazz In Jonesboro on July 6, 2013 here's NJHB playing my song, "Monkey Walk".
And that was "Monkey Walk" recorded by NJHB right here in Jonesboro, on July 6, 2013. Don't miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00, to hear more NJHB, Joyce Moreno, and Billy Drummond.
Saturday, May 27, at noon, Bebop Beatniks will be playing at Beatles Park in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. Beatles Park is near the corner of Abbey Road and Main Street.
While you're there be sure to subscribe. I'm trying to get 1000 subscribers and I'm over half way there.
My son Carl will be rapping over "African Violet" just like he did last year at Blues Fest. His family is also going to provide some acoustic break music.
And right down the block is Eclectic Geekery, my daughters' bookstore. After the show we will be there to visit with family and sing to Megan.
I just posted River Shows, Blues, Ragtime, Jazz and Country Music - Swing Beat on Delta Boogie, an excerpt from Matt Chaney's soon to be released book.
Thanks Marty, today we're going to hear a jazz standard played In The Loft at The Edge.
The Common Time Quartet played some cooking jazz and blues. I was happy to book them on a double bill at The Edge Coffeehouse featuring The Common Time Quartet and Bebop Beatniks.
Unfortunately their sax player, Josh Carter, couldn't make the gig. Fortunately they got Tyler Remagen to sub. So they delivered a little bit different sound with Tyler on tenor instead of Josh's scorching alto sax.
Playing the gig were Alex Ditto, guitar; Spencer Rawlins, bass; Chris Issom, drums; and Tyler Remagen, tenor sax, all ASU students in the jazz program at the time and all of them from Northeast Arkansas.
All of these musicians helped me with my composition recitals and at one time or another played with Bebop Beatniks. Tyler Remagen played tenor sax in Bebop Beatniks for years and is featured on both of the albums.
So now, recorded In The Loft at The Edge on May 6, 2017, here's The Common Time Quartet playing the jazz standard, "All Of Me".
And that's The Common Time Quartet playing "All Of Me" In The Loft at The Edge on May 6, 2017. Don't miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00, for more great jazz from Common Time, Garage A Trois, and Charlie Hunter.
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Something Blue - Wizard - 29 second spot
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Garage A Trois, Charlie Hunter, and The Common Time Quartet. 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 CST, at http://kasu.org.
01 All Of Me
02 Song For My Father
03 Mr PC
04 Autumn Leaves
05 Red Clay
06 There Will Never Be Another You
07 Afro Blue
08 Freddie Freeloader
09 Mercy Mercy Mercy
10 Tenor Madness
11 Impressions
Personnel
Tyler Remagen - tenor
Alex Ditto - guitar
Spencer Rawlins - bass
Chris Issom - drums
Tyler was subbing for Josh Carter who could not make this gig.
Click the pic to go to the Internet Archive page. Both flacs and mp3s are available. Right click on FLAC or MP3 in the right column and Save Link As for a zip of the whole album. Or use the down arrows to list and download individual songs.
Artwork and liner notes are also available on the Internet Archive.
Beale Street music legends gather in 1952 for the homecoming of W.C. Handy, from New York. From left: Howard Yancey, bandleader and former Handy player, Gilbert Fowler, clarinet, Joe Walker, sax, Walter Smith, trumpet, W.C. Handy, Walter Tangsmith, trombone, Matthew Thorton, former Handy player, Lodus Ireland, guitar, George W. Lee, Beale historian, and Will Shade, jug bandleader. Memphis Press-Scimitar
From the upcoming book, July 2023 release: River Shows, Blues, Ragtime, Jazz and Country Music, by Matt Chaney, http://fourwallspublishing.com
Chickasaw war parties posed a nightmare for Easterners aboard the steamboat, who would not pause at the bluff. The New Orleans chugged ahead of the canoes and Chickasaw braves were content enough, chasing it off.
In 1819 white settlers laid out a town on north end of the bluff, named Memphis for Egypt’s ancient city of the Nile delta. Memphis trade opened to Indian tribes of western Tennessee, whose couriers followed narrow pathways through wilderness.
Cotton, steamboats and stagecoaches keyed 1830s development of the Memphis area. Business and residential districts expanded, town population increased, and Shelby County gained farms, villages and roads. In 1840 cotton buyers shipped 35,000 bales from Memphis, primarily to New Orleans for international markets. In 1844 Memphis shipped 100,000 bales, sending steamboats stuffed to the rails, piled deck upon deck with product.
Stately homes multiplied along a “muddy tree-bordered lane” to be known as Beal Street, where land magnate Robertson Topp constructed his mansion and grounds. Topp was an attorney and legislator who cleared acres of wood and tangle, utilizing a mass of slaves, reportedly owning hundreds for his various properties.
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C.G. Locke identified William M. Beal as namesake of Beale Street. Locke stated the entrepreneur had intended to reside in South Memphis but “failed to carry out his plans.”
“The city government and the maps of the city generally spell Beal Street with the final ‘e,’ making it Beale,” C.G. Locke reported in 1892. “The street was named in honor of Wm. M. Beal, who was a prominent merchant of New Orleans at the time South Memphis was laid off into streets. His name was Beal and not Beale.”
Beale Street origin: The famed Memphis thoroughfare was named for William M. Beal, New Orleans cotton dealer, according to historical news and more evidence, electronically recovered. "Beal Street" is denoted on the 1845 map, above, filed with incorporation papers for South Memphis. Courtesy of the Tennessee State Library & Archives
Thanks Marty, today we're going to hear one of my songs played in the Fine Arts Recital Hall.
Bebop Beatniks have been playing jazz in Jonesboro for a long time now. Earlier this year I put together a retrospective album. I searched all of our live performances for original songs and then I selected the best of these to put on the album, "Church". I will include a link to the whole album on the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
On November 1, 2016, we played a composition recital in the Fine Arts Recital Hall. I picked my song "Dragonflight" for this week's podcast. Playing on the song were Sid Davis and Chris Wilson - trumpet, Nicholas Graves - alto, Jonathan Vickers - tenor, Austin Lynn - trombone, Kyle Kempf - bass, Alex Washam - drums, and Larry Heyl - piano. All ASU students at the time and almost all of us from Northeast Arkansas.
We called ourselves the October Octet. So how did that end up on the Bebop Beatniks album?
It turns out that every musician playing, except two, played in Bebop Beatniks or were regular guests with Bebop Beatniks. The band rehearsed for the recital and the execution of the horn harmonies on this recording is excellent. Far and away the best recording I have of this song.
So, since I could include it on the album, I did.
And that's the story about how my song "Dragonflight", played by the October Octet ended up on the Bebop Beatniks album, "Church"
So now, from the new Bebop Beatniks album here's a song I wrote, "Dragonflight" recorded right here at ASU.
And that's "Dragonflight" from the new Bebop Beatniks album, "Church". Don't miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 to hear more Bebop Beatniks, Natalie Cressman, The Bad Plus, and the Per Husby Septett.
Joe Lee, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, Sammy Creason, Danny Jones, Mike Overall, Alex Washam, Gretchen Hunt
So ... Joe Lee was band director at Trumann, Arkansas, when he was working with Scotty Moore and Bill Black at Fernwood. Joe also worked with a Jonesboro drummer, Sammy Creason. Sammy Creason played with the Bill Black Combo on the Beatles tour. Later Sammy played with Jerry Lee Lewis and Kris Kristofferson.
He died of an aneurism and I never got to meet him. I did meet his mother and his sister.
Joe also played with another Jonesboro drummer, Danny Jones, who I did get to meet and record. Danny Jones also has a storied career as a drummer, drum technician, and producer.
Mike Overall, another Jonesboro jazz drummer, stayed in Jonesboro and worked at the Jonesboro Sun, eventually becoming the editor. He wrote a music and culture column called Overall Comments for the Sun. I played with Mike Overall some and recorded him a lot. We got along pretty good but were never close like Joe and I were.
I worked with Joe on three albums and he gave me coproduction credits on "Joe Lee Swings On" and "Boppin' At The Forest". Vivian and I did the cover art for both of those albums.
There continues to be an enormous amount of drum talent in Jonesboro partly because of the strong jazz program at ASU. Alex Washam, the drummer in Bebop Beatniks, took his masters in percussion performance at ASU.
And my daughter, Gretchen Hunt, who used to drum with Hairy Larry and The Flying Hungarians, is now editor of the Jonesboro Sun.
Thanks Marty, today we're going to hear a brand new blues rock song recorded in Wynne, Arkansas.
Mr. John B. Shepherd is famous for his live blues guitar shows. I like to say, "I ain't saying John Shepherd is better than anyone else, but there sure ain't nobody else that plays better than him."
John also has a studio in his basement in Wynne, Arkansas. John calls it StudioJS. We recorded some of the tracks there for our Delta Legends album, "Two Woman Blues".
Well, this winter John got to work down in his studio and recorded a new album, "Guitar Soul", that we are planning to release on HairyLarryLand. And from that album we'll be hearing a pre-release version of "One Eyed Jack". Our friend, Michael Riley, played drums on the album but on this song John used Zoom drums built into his multitrack recorder.
John is from Wynne, Arkansas. He was a regular performer at Blues Fest with his band from Wynne and he also played at The King Biscuit Blues Festival in our band, Delta Legends.
I can't link to the new album yet because it's still pre-release but I will post a link to "Two Woman Blues", featuring John Shepherd, Jeremy Burnett, and Hairy Larry, on the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Ok now, here's John Shepherd playing his new song "One Eyed Jack" from his soon to be released album, "Guitar Soul".
And that's John Shepherd singing his new song, "One Eyed Jack", recorded in 2023 at StudioJS in Wynne, Arkansas. Don't miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00, to hear more blues rock from Brotherhood Of Freaks and Yarn.
DJ Hairy Larry Presents NJHB Playing Cookin For Piper
From the Archives of Something Blue May 28, 2023
Thanks Marty, today we're going to hear a song I wrote, recorded at New Jazz In Jonesboro.
In 2013 we scheduled New Jazz In Jonesboro once a month at TheArts@311. We often played charts that had never seen a music stand before and although we were reading charts we leaned heavily into group improvisation and free jazz.
On July 6, 2013, we recorded the songs that would become the "Cookin' For Piper" album. Matt Jackson wrote "Cookin' For Piper". Joseph Curtis wrote "Working, P.M.". And I put "Monkey Walk" up, for the first time.
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Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a song I wrote, recorded at New Jazz In Jonesboro.
In 2013 we scheduled New Jazz In Jonesboro once a month at TheArts@311. We often played charts that had never seen a music stand before and although we were reading charts we leaned heavily into group improvisation and free jazz.
On July 6, 2013, we recorded the songs that would become the “Cookin’ For Piper” album. Matt Jackson wrote “Cookin’ For Piper”. Joseph Curtis wrote “Working, P.M.”. And I put “Monkey Walk” up, for the first time.
It’s got a tricky rhythm with a bass vamp on the Rhodes starting and ending the song. Personnel on “Monkey Walk” were Hairy Larry – piano, harmonica, vocals, and percussion; Mike “Zif” Lovell – guitar; David Shade – guitar; Matt Jackson – bass; Joseph Curtis – trumpet; and Cody Ballard – tenor sax. James Carvell added percussion on tracks 3 through 6 including the title track that I will be playing on Something Blue this week.
The cover art for “Cookin’ For Piper” was “Euterpe” drawn by Emily Dewbre-Young. I love the image, depicting a muse playing pipes, and Emily gave us permission to use her drawing on the album cover. Then she sold me the original artwork, very reasonably, and it’s now hanging at Eclectic Geekery in Walnut Ridge. Visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com to see the album cover and hear the whole album.
Ok now, recorded at New Jazz In Jonesboro on July 6, 2013 here’s NJHB playing my song, “Monkey Walk”.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Garage A Trois, Charlie Hunter, and The Common Time Quartet. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM CST, at kasu.org.
Charlie Hunter Live at 3S Artspace on 2021-11-19
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Garage A Trois Live at Brooklyn Bowl on 2019-09-21
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The Common Time Quartet
archive.org/details/ct2017-05-06
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This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Natalie Cressman, The Bad Plus, Per Husby, and Bebop Beatniks. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM CST, at kasu.org.
Thanks Marty, today we're going to hear a jazz standard played In The Loft at The Edge.
The Common Time Quartet played some cooking jazz and blues. I was happy to book them on a double bill at The Edge Coffeehouse featuring The Common Time Quartet and Bebop Beatniks.
Unfortunately their sax player, Josh Carter, couldn't make the gig. Fortunately they got Tyler Remagen to sub. So they delivered a little bit different sound with Tyler on tenor instead of Josh's scorching alto sax.
Playing the gig were Alex Ditto, guitar; Spencer Rawlins, bass; Chris Issom, drums; and Tyler Remagen, tenor sax, all ASU students in the jazz program at the time and all of them from Northeast Arkansas.
All of these musicians helped me with my composition recitals and at one time or another played with Bebop Beatniks. Tyler Remagen played tenor sax in Bebop Beatniks for years and is featured on both of the albums.
So now, recorded In The Loft at The Edge on May 6, 2017, here's The Common Time Quartet playing the jazz standard, "All Of Me".
And that's The Common Time Quartet playing "All Of Me" In The Loft at The Edge on May 6, 2017. Don't miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00, for more great jazz from Common Time, Garage A Trois, and Charlie Hunter.
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Something Blue - Wizard - 29 second spot
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Garage A Trois, Charlie Hunter, and The Common Time Quartet. 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 CST, at http://kasu.org.
DJ Hairy Larry Presents The Common Time Quartet Playing All Of Me
From The Archives Of Something Blue May 21 2023
Thanks Marty, today we're going to hear a jazz standard played In The Loft at The Edge.
The Common Time Quartet played some cooking jazz and blues. I was happy to book them on a double bill at The Edge Coffeehouse featuring The Common Time Quartet and Bebop Beatniks.
Unfortunately their sax player, Josh Carter, couldn't make the gig. Fortunately they got Tyler Remagen to sub. So they delivered a little bit different sound with Tyler on tenor instead of Josh's scorching alto sax.
Playing the gig were Alex Ditto, guitar; Spencer Rawlins, bass; Chris Issom, drums; and Tyler Remagen, tenor sax, all ASU students in the jazz program at the time and all of them from Northeast Arkansas.
All of these musicians helped me with my composition recitals and at one time or another played with Bebop Beatniks. Tyler Remagen played tenor sax in Bebop Beatniks for years and is featured on both of the albums.
So now, recorded In The Loft at The Edge on May 6, 2017, here's The Common Time Quartet playing the jazz standard, "All Of Me".
And that's The Common Time Quartet playing "All Of Me" In The Loft at The Edge on May 6, 2017. Don't miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00, for more great jazz from Common Time, Garage A Trois, and Charlie Hunter.
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Something Blue - Wizard - 29 second spot
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Garage A Trois, Charlie Hunter, and The Common Time Quartet. 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 CST, at http://kasu.org.
Bebop Beatniks
On The Twitch Porch
April 2, 2023
Songs
00:00 Stardust by Hoagy Carmichael, public domain
08:27 African Violet
17:05 Sail Boats
24:26 Malaysia
33:37 Low Earth Orbit
42:37 The Blue Crane
Bebop Beatniks Blues Fest October 9, 2022 Craighead Forest Bandshell Jonesboro, Arkansas
Songs
00:00 African Violet 09:09 Recuperation … 09:28 The Blue Crane 16:50 I am a composition major … 17:33 Low Earth Orbit 26:00 Jeremy Jackson, bass - Alex Washam, drums … 26:41 Sail Boats 33:24 Drinking water … 34:01 Malaysia 41:18 Thanks …
Personnel
Hairy Larry - piano and vocals Jeremy Jackson - bass Alex Washam - drums
Guest Beatnik
Carl Heyl - vocals on African Violet Lyrics from “The Rat And The Elephant” by Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)
Hairy Larry And The Flying Hungarians Blues Fest Craighead Forest Bandshell Jonesboro, Arkansas October 9, 2022
00:00 One More Cup Of Coffee 05:05 Setup … 07:13 Memphis Blues Again 13:05 Ok, we’re gonna do … 13:25 Baby What You Want Me To Do 16:43 We got three drummers … 20:20 Turn On Your Love Light
Hairy Larry Plays Recital Repertoire In The New Twitch Studio Arkansas August 14, 2022
This set includes
00:00 Welcome … 00:14 African Violet 09:59 I am hoping to play … 10:11 The Blue Crane 17:28 I’m Hairy Larry … 17:36 Low Earth Orbit 28:06 Shout out … 28:25 Sail Boats 37:34 I’ve got one more … 37:40 Malaysia 47:02 And that’s the end …
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