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
archive.org/details/gat2019-09-21.cmc621.sbd.matrix.flac24/

The Common Time Quartet
archive.org/details/ct2017-05-06

From 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".

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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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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 Bebop Beatniks Playing Dragonflight
From 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. 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.

https://archive.org/details/bebop-beatniks-church

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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.

DJ Hairy Larry Presents John Shepherd Playing One Eyed Jack
From 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 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.

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 visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.

Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM CST, at kasu.org.

Bob Reynolds – Live at the Jazz Corner
bobreynolds.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-the-jazz-corner
CC BY-NC-ND

Graytheflutesmith-solo 99 idea
www.jamendo.com/album/497400/solo-99-idea
CC BY-NC-ND

Stefan Kartenberg – Piano Soundtracks
www.jamendo.com/album/458832/piano-soundtracks
CC BY-NC-ND

Adam Balusik – three trees
archive.org/details/adamb_three_trees
CC BY-NC

Creative Commons Jazz
jazz.mixremix.cc

From 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 tour with, I was all in. I ended up as recording engineer and coproducer of the album “Boppin’ At The Forest”. It was a privilege to work with Joe Lee and all the fine musicians in his band, Joe Lee and Friends.

Joe decided to record the Erroll Garner standard, “Misty”, featuring Joy Sanford on piano. As you will hear Joy stepped up and did a fantastic job on this Joe Lee arraangement.

Playing on the track were Joy Sanford, piano; Joe Lee, tenor sax; Craig Baker, trumpet; Dru Davison, Bari Sax; Tom Mason, bass; and Mike Overall, drums. They all played and taught in the Jonesboro area. It has been wonderful to work with all of these musicians, over the years, at Blues Fest, Jazz Thursday, and other KASU shows.

“Misty” was released on the Joe Lee and Friends album, “Boppin’ At The Forest”, recorded in the Spring of 2001. Here it is now, featuring Joy Sanford on piano.

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And that was “Misty”, featuring Joy Sanford on piano, recorded in the Spring of 2001 by Joe Lee and Friends. Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 to hear Bob Reynolds, Graytheflutesmith, Stefan Kartenberg, and Adam Balusik.

DJ Hairy Larry Presents Brian Henkelmann Playing Bop Soup
From The Archives Of Something Blue April 23, 2023

Thanks Marty, today we're going to hear a solo piano composition performed in the Fine Arts Recital Hall.

When I wrote "Bop Soup" I was taking piano lessons from Harriet O'Neal and Dr. Tacke was my composition instructor. So thanks to both for helping me prepare this piece.

On November 8, 2013, Brian Henkelmann performed the song at my Senior Recital. He did such a great job playing it that I made it the title track on my album, "Bop Soup", consisting of all ten songs played at my recital. The song holds up after repeated listenings over the years. Both my work, writing the piece, and Brian's performance, live and recorded, are excellent.

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Melvin Seals and the Kyle Hollingsworth Band. 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.

Melvin Seals Live at Sugarloaf Performing Arts Center on 2023-04-12
archive.org/details/MelvinSeals2023-04-12.SugarloafNY

Kyle Hollingsworth Band Live at Winter Park Resort on 2023-04-08
archive.org/details/kylehollingsworthband2023-04-08.akg481.flac

DJ Hairy Larry Presents The Reba Russell Band
From The Archives Of Something Blue April 16, 2023

Thanks Marty. Today we're going to hear the Queen of Memphis Blues sing a song her husband wrote about his ex.

Vivian and I have known Reba Russell and her husband Wayne since the nineties, back in the Blues-L days. I've heard her play at The King Biscuit Blues Festival, the Arkansas Roots Festival, and the KASU Blue Monday and Bluesday Tuesday shows. Before the pandemic my band, The Emporium Orkestra, would entertain blues fans at The Biscuit with our morning shows and Reba and Wayne would stop by to listen and eat breakfast.

The song we're hearing today was recorded at KASU Bluesday Tuesday on November 13, 2012. I was singing with Delta Vox at Riceland Hall that night so Mike Doyle, who was then the station manager at KASU, made the recordings. And since I couldn't run sound for Reba, Mike asked Sonny Burgess to do the sound work. As you will hear, they both did great.

Reba introduces the band including Doug McMinn on drums. Doug is the son of Papa Don McMinn, another Memphis Blues Legend. Don McMinn passed away in 2017.

And then there's a whole story about the song that Wayne wrote for his ex-wife. I'm gonna let Reba tell you about that, better than I possibly could.

So now, here's Reba Russell, singing the Wayne Russell song, "Almost A Memory" at KASU Bluesday Tuesday on November 13, 2012.

Memphis Blues Society Obituary for Papa Don McMinn
https://www.facebook.com/memphisbluessociety/posts/obituary-for-papa-don-mcminnhomer-l-don-mcminn-also-known-as-papa-don-blues-musi/1168845856555489/

Department of Music to present ASU Jazz Bands and Vocal Jazz Groups in 'Singing into Spring,' Nov. 13
https://www.astate.edu/news/department-of-music-to-present-asu-jazz-bands-and-vocal-jazz-groups-in-singing-into-spring-nov-13

From The Archive February 14, 2021 – Reba Russell – “At Last”
https://sbblues.com/2021/02/14/from-the-archive-february-14-2021-reba-russell-at-last/

Reba Russell website
https://www.rebarussell.com/

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring The Krasno Moore Project and Vortex. 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.

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Vortex Live at Yoshi’s Nitespot on 1994-04-26
archive.org/details/vortex1994-04-26.Bralove-Kaiser-Welnick-Strickland-VanWageningen.fob-ssdsm6.lerondarchive.tflac1648

Krasno/Moore Project Live at The Dakota on 2023-03-23
archive.org/details/ekb2023-03-23.Hypers