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Joe Lee Swings On
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.
Full circle.
Boppin At The Forest
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Posted on Sunday May 28, 2023DJ 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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Posted on Sunday May 28, 2023From 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.
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”.
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Posted on Sunday May 28, 2023This 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
archive.org/details/ch2021-11-19.tf11.mp10ii.flac/
Garage A Trois Live at Brooklyn Bowl on 2019-09-21
archive.org/details/gat2019-09-21.cmc621.sbd.matrix.flac24/
The Common Time Quartet
archive.org/details/ct2017-05-06
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Posted on Monday May 22, 2023This 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.
Natalie Cressman – Auburn Whisper
nataliecressman.bandcamp.com/album/auburn-whisper
www.nataliecressman.com/
The Bad Plus – The Bad Plus
thebadplus.bandcamp.com/album/the-bad-plus
www.thebadplus.com/
Per Husby Septett – Peacemaker
bbemusic.bandcamp.com/album/peacemaker
Bebop Beatniks – Church
archive.org/details/bebop-beatniks-church
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Posted on Monday May 22, 2023From The Archives Of Something Blue May 21 2023
https://sbblues.com/2023/05/21/dj-hairy-larry-presents-the-common-time-quartet-playing-all-of-me/
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".
https://archive.org/details/ct2017-05-06
music
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.
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Posted on Monday May 22, 2023DJ 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".
https://archive.org/details/ct2017-05-06
music
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.
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Bebop Beatniks On The Twitch PorchApril 16, 2023Northeast...
Posted on Wednesday April 19, 2023
Bebop Beatniks On The Twitch Porch
April 16, 2023
Northeast ArkansasSongs
00:00 The Blue Crane
08:45 Playing With Aries …
09:34 African VioletPersonnel
John Shepherd, guitar
Alex Washam, drums
Hairy Larry, piano and vocalshttps://bebopbeatniks.com
https://hairylarryland.comBebop Beatniks On The Twitch Porch April 2, 2023 Songs 00:00...
Posted on Wednesday April 05, 2023
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 BeatniksBlues FestOctober 9, 2022Craighead Forest...
Posted on Tuesday April 04, 2023
Bebop Beatniks
Blues Fest
October 9, 2022
Craighead Forest Bandshell
Jonesboro, ArkansasSongs
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 - drumsGuest Beatnik
Carl Heyl - vocals on African Violet
Lyrics from “The Rat And The Elephant” by Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)https://bebopbeatniks.com
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https://hairylarry.rocksHairy Larry And The Flying HungariansBlues FestCraighead Forest...
Posted on Saturday December 03, 2022
Hairy Larry And The Flying Hungarians
Blues Fest
Craighead Forest Bandshell
Jonesboro, Arkansas
October 9, 202200:00 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 LightHairy Larry Plays Recital Repertoire In The New Twitch...
Posted on Wednesday August 17, 2022
Hairy Larry Plays Recital Repertoire In The New Twitch Studio
Arkansas
August 14, 2022This 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 …All songs by Larry Heyl
Hairy Larry’s twitch stream is at
twitch.tv/hairylarryland
The HairyLarryLand website is at
hairylarryland.com
Hairy Larry In The New Twitch Studio August 4, 2022—...
Posted on Thursday August 11, 2022
Hairy Larry In The New Twitch Studio August 4, 2022
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Hairy Larry’s twitch stream is athttps://www.twitch.tv/hairylarryland
Hairy Larry In The New Twitch Studio was recorded live. Hairy Larry’s current schedule is Sunday mornings with other performances to be arranged.
Songs
00:00 Welcome …
00:30 African Violet
10:24 This is a test …
10:43 The Blue Crane
18:01 Thanks …All songs by Larry Heyl
https://hairylarryland.comHear it at the Live Music Archive.
Video Playlist
https://archive.org/details/hl2022-08-04.videoAudio Playlist
https://archive.org/details/hl2022-08-04Collaborate with Hairy Larry. Play along and record.
All of Larry’s compositions are licensed Creative Commons Attribution, CC BY.
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Something Blue
DJ Hairy Larry Presents NJHB Playing Cookin For Piper
Posted on Sunday May 28, 2023From 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 … Continue reading
Wizard
Posted on Saturday May 27, 2023Something Blue – Wizards – May 27, 2023 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 … Continue reading
DJ Hairy Larry Presents The Common Time Quartet Playing All Of Me
Posted on Sunday May 21, 2023From 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 … Continue reading
Whisper
Posted on Saturday May 20, 2023Something Blue – Whisper – May 20, 2023 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 … Continue reading
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Bebop Beatniks Playing Dragonflight
Posted on Sunday May 14, 2023From The Archives Of Something Blue May 14, 2023 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. … Continue reading
Ride
Posted on Saturday May 13, 2023Something Blue – Ride – May 13, 2023 This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Brotherhood Of Freaks and Yarn. For more about the show visit the Something … Continue reading
DJ Hairy Larry Presents John Shepherd Playing One Eyed Jack
Posted on Sunday May 07, 2023From The Archives Of Something Blue May 7, 2023 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 … Continue reading
May
Posted on Saturday May 06, 2023Something Blue – May – May 6, 2023 This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Bob Reynolds, Graytheflutesmith, Stefan Kartenberg, and Adam Balusik. For more about the show … Continue reading
Hairy Larry Presents Joe Lee And Friends Playing Misty
Posted on Sunday April 30, 2023From The Archives Of Something Blue 2023-04-30 Thanks Marty, today we’ll hear a piano feature on a jazz standard recorded for Alley Records. When Joe Lee said he wanted to record another album playing the charts that he arranged to … Continue reading
Sunday
Posted on Saturday April 29, 2023Something Blue – Sunday – April 29, 2023 This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Cosmic Lunchbox, Wadada Leo Smith, and Sun Ra. For more about the show … Continue reading