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This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Charlie Haden and Keith Jarrett. 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.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM CST, at kasu.org.
MixRemix On Anonradio - From The Creative Commons Jazz Library - 2024-12-20
jazz.mixremix.cc
17:22
La Borgia-Studio avril 2006 E Satie
https://www.jamendo.com/album/2426/studio-avril-2006-e-satie
CC BY-NC-ND
36:06
Regis V Gronoff-Bleu Roy Bleu Nuit
https://www.jamendo.com/album/111168/bleu-roy-bleu-nuit
CC BY-NC-SA
45:58
Jazz Friends-Spring Flowers 2014
https://www.jamendo.com/album/134863/spring-flowers-2014
CC BY-NC-SA
48:36
Jazz Cafe - Solxis
https://www.jamendo.com/album/171602/jazz-cafe
CC BY-NC-ND
38:23
Jean-pierre.saussac-Ballade hivernale
https://www.jamendo.com/album/503181/ballade-hivernale
CC BY-NC-ND
12:07
Jazz Is Dead Digital Two-Side by The Skellingtons
https://theskellingtons.bandcamp.com/album/jazz-is-dead-digital-two-side
CC BY-NC-ND
jazz.mixremix.cc
17:22
La Borgia-Studio avril 2006 E Satie
https://www.jamendo.com/album/2426/studio-avril-2006-e-satie
CC BY-NC-ND
36:06
Regis V Gronoff-Bleu Roy Bleu Nuit
https://www.jamendo.com/album/111168/bleu-roy-bleu-nuit
CC BY-NC-SA
45:58
Jazz Friends-Spring Flowers 2014
https://www.jamendo.com/album/134863/spring-flowers-2014
CC BY-NC-SA
48:36
Jazz Cafe - Solxis
https://www.jamendo.com/album/171602/jazz-cafe
CC BY-NC-ND
38:23
Jean-pierre.saussac-Ballade hivernale
https://www.jamendo.com/album/503181/ballade-hivernale
CC BY-NC-ND
12:07
Jazz Is Dead Digital Two-Side by The Skellingtons
https://theskellingtons.bandcamp.com/album/jazz-is-dead-digital-two-side
CC BY-NC-ND
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Knats, Walter Smith III, Ezra Collective, 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.
Ezra Collective – You Can’t Steal My Joy
www.ezracollective.com/
ezracollective.bandcamp.com/album/you-cant-steal-my-joy-2
Knats – bandcamp singles
knats.bandcamp.com/
Walter Smith III – Casually Introducing
freshsoundrecords1.bandcamp.com/album/casually-introducing
Bebop Beatniks – The Blue Crane
Live at Blues Fest September 29, 2024
archive.org/details/hl2024-09-29
bebopbeatniks.com
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM CST, at kasu.org.
Ezra Collective – You Can’t Steal My Joy
www.ezracollective.com/
ezracollective.bandcamp.com/album/you-cant-steal-my-joy-2
Knats – bandcamp singles
knats.bandcamp.com/
Walter Smith III – Casually Introducing
freshsoundrecords1.bandcamp.com/album/casually-introducing
Bebop Beatniks – The Blue Crane
Live at Blues Fest September 29, 2024
archive.org/details/hl2024-09-29
bebopbeatniks.com
Thanks Marty. Today we’re going to hear jazz, in space!
When I was writing for NJHB back in 2018 I wrote some titles based on physics, “Cold Fusion”, “Quantum Blues”, and “Entanglement”, followed by some titles based on space flight, “Stratospheric”, “Artificial Gravity”, and “Low Earth Orbit”.
“Low Earth Orbit” was the most accessible and the most fun to play and I have kept it in my repertoire ever since I wrote it, live streaming it through the pandemic and then playing it with Bebop Beatniks and Jazz Buskers.
The song is loosely based on “I’ve Got Rhythm” except even easier and played in a slow shuffle beat. I call it Honky Tonk jazz. Great for slow dancing.
Bebop Beatniks played it this year at Beatles At The Ridge and then again at Blues Fest. Like last year, our Blues Fest performance was exceptional, and I am releasing an album recorded at the bandshell on September 29, 2024, called “The Blue Crane”.
Check the Something Blue website at sbblues.com for links. Also the Bebop Beatniks website is at bebopbeatniks.com.
The rhythm section at Blues Fest was Jeremy Jackson, bass; Alex Washam, drums; and I’m on piano. We all live in Northeast Arkansas. We featured a new saxophonist, Dr. Paul Lessard, who is on the faculty in the music department.
Ok now, recorded September 29, 2024, at Blues Fest, here’s Bebop Beatniks playing “Low Earth Orbit”.
Bebop Beatniks Live at Craighead Forest Bandshell on 2024-09-29
Something Blue Archives
archive.org/details/hl2024-09-29
Something Blue Archives – List Of Concerts
archive.org/details/somethingbluearchives?sort=-publicdate
Bebop Beatniks Live At Blues Fest album
archive.org/details/hl2023-09-24.album
Bebop Beatniks Video Live at Craighead Forest Bandshell on 2023-09-24
archive.org/details/hl2023-09-24
NJHB Live at HairyLarryLand on 2018-07-28
archive.org/details/hl2018-07-28
NJHB Live at Jonesboro Public Library Round Room on 2018-10-13
archive.org/details/hl2018-10-13
NJHB Live at Jonesboro Public Library Round Room on 2018-11-10
archive.org/details/hl2018-11-10
When I was writing for NJHB back in 2018 I wrote some titles based on physics, “Cold Fusion”, “Quantum Blues”, and “Entanglement”, followed by some titles based on space flight, “Stratospheric”, “Artificial Gravity”, and “Low Earth Orbit”.
“Low Earth Orbit” was the most accessible and the most fun to play and I have kept it in my repertoire ever since I wrote it, live streaming it through the pandemic and then playing it with Bebop Beatniks and Jazz Buskers.
The song is loosely based on “I’ve Got Rhythm” except even easier and played in a slow shuffle beat. I call it Honky Tonk jazz. Great for slow dancing.
Bebop Beatniks played it this year at Beatles At The Ridge and then again at Blues Fest. Like last year, our Blues Fest performance was exceptional, and I am releasing an album recorded at the bandshell on September 29, 2024, called “The Blue Crane”.
Check the Something Blue website at sbblues.com for links. Also the Bebop Beatniks website is at bebopbeatniks.com.
The rhythm section at Blues Fest was Jeremy Jackson, bass; Alex Washam, drums; and I’m on piano. We all live in Northeast Arkansas. We featured a new saxophonist, Dr. Paul Lessard, who is on the faculty in the music department.
Ok now, recorded September 29, 2024, at Blues Fest, here’s Bebop Beatniks playing “Low Earth Orbit”.
Bebop Beatniks Live at Craighead Forest Bandshell on 2024-09-29
Something Blue Archives
archive.org/details/hl2024-09-29
Something Blue Archives – List Of Concerts
archive.org/details/somethingbluearchives?sort=-publicdate
Bebop Beatniks Live At Blues Fest album
archive.org/details/hl2023-09-24.album
Bebop Beatniks Video Live at Craighead Forest Bandshell on 2023-09-24
archive.org/details/hl2023-09-24
NJHB Live at HairyLarryLand on 2018-07-28
archive.org/details/hl2018-07-28
NJHB Live at Jonesboro Public Library Round Room on 2018-10-13
archive.org/details/hl2018-10-13
NJHB Live at Jonesboro Public Library Round Room on 2018-11-10
archive.org/details/hl2018-11-10
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Mr Blotto and Joe Russo’s Almost Dead. 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.
Joe Russo’s Almost Dead Live at The Sylvee on 2023-11-30
archive.org/details/jrad2023-11-30.webrip.sbd.flac16/
Mr. Blotto Live at Reggies on 2024-11-19
archive.org/details/mrblotto2024-11-19/
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM CST, at kasu.org.
Joe Russo’s Almost Dead Live at The Sylvee on 2023-11-30
archive.org/details/jrad2023-11-30.webrip.sbd.flac16/
Mr. Blotto Live at Reggies on 2024-11-19
archive.org/details/mrblotto2024-11-19/
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Big Creek Band Playing Sing Me Back Home
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2021-12-01
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear Big Creek Band play some real country music at Blues Fest.
I always say we play all kinds of music at Blues Fest because when you get right down to it, it’s all blues.
Dennis Mathes was the bandleader of Big Creek Band with Sonny Ackerman on guitar and George Hinds on bass. They all played at Blues Fest every year and Dennis and Sonny were out at the park every week helping me build the bandshell.
Also playing on September 16, 2001, were David Pearce, vocals and guitar; Dave Pearson, vocals and guitar; and Mark Hill, drums.
The song we’re playing today features Dave Pearson singing a Merle Haggard song. And it don’t get more country than that.
Now for the interesting part of the story. I was rummaging around in the archives also known as a box of old CDs when I found a DVD labeled Big Creek Band. I looked at that and I thought, this is gold.
The video looks like it was shot on a VHS camcorder and it’s kind of rough with some skips and stops here and there. Fortunately the music was with us and one of the best songs recorded start to finish with no audio issues.
I copied the DVD to my hard drive digitizing it with Handbrake. And I uploaded it to the Something Blue Archives, one of my collections on the Internet Archive.
I used VLC to convert the video to an audio file and then I got the song I wanted from that. There is also a Dennis Mathes original on the video and I’m hoping to find an audio version of that song without the skips and stops. I recorded every show at every Blues Fest so I should have it around here somewhere.
Ok, that was all very exciting but not quite as exciting as this moment, right now, when I get to share this music with you.
Recorded at Blues Fest, on September 16, 2001, Here’s Big Creek Band with Dave Pearson singing the Merle Haggard song “Sing Me Back Home”.
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Big Creek Band Playing Sing Me Back Home
Something Blue Archives
archive.org/details/from-the-archives-of-something-blue-2021-12-01
Something Blue Archives – List Of Concerts
archive.org/details/somethingbluearchives?sort=-publicdate
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2021-12-01
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear Big Creek Band play some real country music at Blues Fest.
I always say we play all kinds of music at Blues Fest because when you get right down to it, it’s all blues.
Dennis Mathes was the bandleader of Big Creek Band with Sonny Ackerman on guitar and George Hinds on bass. They all played at Blues Fest every year and Dennis and Sonny were out at the park every week helping me build the bandshell.
Also playing on September 16, 2001, were David Pearce, vocals and guitar; Dave Pearson, vocals and guitar; and Mark Hill, drums.
The song we’re playing today features Dave Pearson singing a Merle Haggard song. And it don’t get more country than that.
Now for the interesting part of the story. I was rummaging around in the archives also known as a box of old CDs when I found a DVD labeled Big Creek Band. I looked at that and I thought, this is gold.
The video looks like it was shot on a VHS camcorder and it’s kind of rough with some skips and stops here and there. Fortunately the music was with us and one of the best songs recorded start to finish with no audio issues.
I copied the DVD to my hard drive digitizing it with Handbrake. And I uploaded it to the Something Blue Archives, one of my collections on the Internet Archive.
I used VLC to convert the video to an audio file and then I got the song I wanted from that. There is also a Dennis Mathes original on the video and I’m hoping to find an audio version of that song without the skips and stops. I recorded every show at every Blues Fest so I should have it around here somewhere.
Ok, that was all very exciting but not quite as exciting as this moment, right now, when I get to share this music with you.
Recorded at Blues Fest, on September 16, 2001, Here’s Big Creek Band with Dave Pearson singing the Merle Haggard song “Sing Me Back Home”.
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Big Creek Band Playing Sing Me Back Home
Something Blue Archives
archive.org/details/from-the-archives-of-something-blue-2021-12-01
Something Blue Archives – List Of Concerts
archive.org/details/somethingbluearchives?sort=-publicdate
Mike Stern – Jigsaw
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Moore’s Code, Joe Henderson, and Mike Stern. 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.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Moore’s Code, Joe Henderson, and Mike Stern. 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.
Something Blue – Conversations – November 23, 2024
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Bruce H. Mccosar, Jesse Spillane, NJHB, Tom La Meche, and Jazoo. 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.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Bruce H. Mccosar, Jesse Spillane, NJHB, Tom La Meche, and Jazoo. 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 jazz from NJHB recorded at the very beginning.
I was planning on starting the New Jazz In Jonesboro concerts at TheArts@311 in 2013. It was Christmas break so I scheduled a session on December 29, 2012, with the founding members on NJHB.
I was rolling tape but I wasn’t really expecting to record an album. Turns out we played pretty good and we did. We recorded live in the studio, with just two mics recording the room, and we did it the NJHB way. We improvised the arrangements. We recorded four songs. I think I was the only musician there who had ever played them before. As I usually do with NJHB songs I made a radio mix for Arkansas Roots.
In our favor we had a room full of outstanding musicians.
Mike Lovell – guitar
Garrett Tyler – drums
Matt Jackson – bass
Hairy Larry – Fender Rhodes
Cody Ballard – tenor sax
and
Joseph Curtis – trumpet and flugelhorn
I was planning on starting the New Jazz In Jonesboro concerts at TheArts@311 in 2013. It was Christmas break so I scheduled a session on December 29, 2012, with the founding members on NJHB.
I was rolling tape but I wasn’t really expecting to record an album. Turns out we played pretty good and we did. We recorded live in the studio, with just two mics recording the room, and we did it the NJHB way. We improvised the arrangements. We recorded four songs. I think I was the only musician there who had ever played them before. As I usually do with NJHB songs I made a radio mix for Arkansas Roots.
In our favor we had a room full of outstanding musicians.
Mike Lovell – guitar
Garrett Tyler – drums
Matt Jackson – bass
Hairy Larry – Fender Rhodes
Cody Ballard – tenor sax
and
Joseph Curtis – trumpet and flugelhorn
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Eilen Jewell, Melissa Carper, Anna and the Tanks, Angie Owens, Lady Day and The Prez, and Amy Helm. 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.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM CST, at kasu.org.
Something Blue – Burning – November 9, 2024
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Josh Parks, John Shepherd, and Phil Lesh and Friends. 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.
John Shepherd – Blues Fest – October 6, 2024
hairylarryland.com
Phil Lesh and Friends – Terrapin Crossroads – July 15, 2018
www.phillesh.net/
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Josh Parks, John Shepherd, and Phil Lesh and Friends. 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.
John Shepherd – Blues Fest – October 6, 2024
hairylarryland.com
Phil Lesh and Friends – Terrapin Crossroads – July 15, 2018
www.phillesh.net/
Something Blue – Splendour – November 2, 2024
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Geri Allen and Kurt Rosenwinkel, Nigel Harpur, and ADHD. 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.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Geri Allen and Kurt Rosenwinkel, Nigel Harpur, and ADHD. 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.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring John Stowell, The Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, and Rob Alley. 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.
John Stowell/Michael Zilber Quartet – Basement Blues
www.johnstowell.com/
Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Eirik Hegdal with special guest Joshua Redman – Triads and More
trondheimjazzorkester.bandcamp.com/album/triads-and-more
trondheimjazzorkester.bandcamp.com/
Rob Alley Trio – Live at the Craighead Forest Bandshell on June 21, 2009
www.bigbandofbrothers.com/rob-alley
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM CST, at kasu.org.
John Stowell/Michael Zilber Quartet – Basement Blues
www.johnstowell.com/
Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Eirik Hegdal with special guest Joshua Redman – Triads and More
trondheimjazzorkester.bandcamp.com/album/triads-and-more
trondheimjazzorkester.bandcamp.com/
Rob Alley Trio – Live at the Craighead Forest Bandshell on June 21, 2009
www.bigbandofbrothers.com/rob-alley
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring The Hanging Chads, NJHB, and Vertigo Jazz Project. 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.
Vertigo Jazz Project Live at Double Door Inn on 2009-05-22
archive.org/details/vertjazz2009-05-22.flacf16
Hanging Chads Live at Sheraton Hotel Deck Party on 2006-09-15
archive.org/details/chads2006-09-15.flac16
NJHB Live at HairyLarryLand on 2018-07-28
archive.org/details/hl2018-07-28
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM CST, at kasu.org.
Vertigo Jazz Project Live at Double Door Inn on 2009-05-22
archive.org/details/vertjazz2009-05-22.flacf16
Hanging Chads Live at Sheraton Hotel Deck Party on 2006-09-15
archive.org/details/chads2006-09-15.flac16
NJHB Live at HairyLarryLand on 2018-07-28
archive.org/details/hl2018-07-28
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring The Beau Sasser Trio, The Mudcats, and the Benevento Russo Duo. 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.
Benevento/Russo Live at Relix Studio on 2021-03-29
archive.org/details/duo2021-03-29
Beau Sasser Trio Live at The Main Pub on 2021-04-03
archive.org/details/BST2021-04-03.BeauSasserTrioTelefunkenDSBD
The Mudcats – Blues Fest House Band
archive.org/details/blues_fest_house_band
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM CST, at kasu.org.
Benevento/Russo Live at Relix Studio on 2021-03-29
archive.org/details/duo2021-03-29
Beau Sasser Trio Live at The Main Pub on 2021-04-03
archive.org/details/BST2021-04-03.BeauSasserTrioTelefunkenDSBD
The Mudcats – Blues Fest House Band
archive.org/details/blues_fest_house_band
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Neal Francis, and Delta Legends. 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.
Neal Francis Live at Framily Fest on 2020-09-05
archive.org/details/nealfrancis2020-09-05
www.nealfrancis.com/
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Live In Maui
www.jimihendrix.com/music/music-money-madness-jimi-hendrix-in-maui/
Delta Legends Live at The Fall Ball on 2017-09-30
archive.org/details/hl2017-09-30
deltalegends.com/
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM CST, at kasu.org.
Neal Francis Live at Framily Fest on 2020-09-05
archive.org/details/nealfrancis2020-09-05
www.nealfrancis.com/
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Live In Maui
www.jimihendrix.com/music/music-money-madness-jimi-hendrix-in-maui/
Delta Legends Live at The Fall Ball on 2017-09-30
archive.org/details/hl2017-09-30
deltalegends.com/
MixRemix On Anonradio - From The Creative Commons Jazz Library - 2024-09-06
jazz.mixremix.cc
1:11:43
Oleg O Kachanko-Fashion Runway
https://www.jamendo.com/album/180884/fashion-runway
CC BY-NC-ND
57:30
In Unexpected Places - Bruce H. McCosar
https://www.jamendo.com/album/52977/in-unexpected-places
CC BY-SA
42:57
Strange Boat, Strange Cargo - Régis V. Gronoff
https://rvgmusic.bandcamp.com/album/strange-boat-strange-cargo
CC BY-NC-SA
1:10:36
Graymic-Selected vol 2
https://www.jamendo.com/album/498638/selected-vol-2
CC BY-NC-ND
34:35
Fortadelis-Unexpected Journey
https://www.jamendo.com/album/178342/unexpected-journey
CC BY-NC-ND
39:15
Tom La Meche-Voyageur
https://www.jamendo.com/album/751/voyageur
CC BY-NC-ND
jazz.mixremix.cc
1:11:43
Oleg O Kachanko-Fashion Runway
https://www.jamendo.com/album/180884/fashion-runway
CC BY-NC-ND
57:30
In Unexpected Places - Bruce H. McCosar
https://www.jamendo.com/album/52977/in-unexpected-places
CC BY-SA
42:57
Strange Boat, Strange Cargo - Régis V. Gronoff
https://rvgmusic.bandcamp.com/album/strange-boat-strange-cargo
CC BY-NC-SA
1:10:36
Graymic-Selected vol 2
https://www.jamendo.com/album/498638/selected-vol-2
CC BY-NC-ND
34:35
Fortadelis-Unexpected Journey
https://www.jamendo.com/album/178342/unexpected-journey
CC BY-NC-ND
39:15
Tom La Meche-Voyageur
https://www.jamendo.com/album/751/voyageur
CC BY-NC-ND
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Sunna Gunnlaugs, Anna Greta, ADHD, and Ingi Bjarni. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Jazz Writers Big Band Playing “Elegy”
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-08-25
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a Big Band play a composition written by an Arkansas jazz educator.
I went to school at ASU with Joseph Curtis. After he graduated he was band director at Hoxie and Trumann. He’s now in Law School in Little Rock.
I think the first time I recorded Joseph was when he was playing in an ASU small group called “Jazztette”. Ron Horton wanted me to take some video of him teaching jazz improvisation and I also recorded their concert. I interviewed Dr. Horton and four of the students and produced a documentary, “Jazztette – Teaching Jazz Improvisation”. They played an original jazz composition by Joseph Curtis called “Baile de Trece”.
I also recorded his band, Bluebeck, at KASU Jazz Thursday and Bebopalooza. I got to sit in with Bluebeck on guitar at the Jazz Thursday show. Gary Gazaway was the headliner at the Bebopalooza show and he invited Joseph Curtis and Ron Horton up to play on their closing songs.
Joseph was in NJHB and he played at our first session on December 29, 2012 as well as on many NJHB shows and albums in 2013 including my senior recital.
Joseph has played with my band Bebop Beatniks frequently and he is featured on the album “Church”. He would livestream with Bebop Beatniks from the Twitch Porch.
He participated in the KASU New Jazz In Jonesboro concerts at the public library. I got to play bass once with his band. He also played at New Jazz In Jonesboro with Ken Carroll and NJHB.
He contributed many of his songs to the Jazz Writers Big Band. I recorded most of their shows and the “Jazz Writers Big Band” album.
His brother Clinton Curtis plays amazing alto sax and I have also recorded him many times but that will have to be for another podcast.
Visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com for links.
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-08-25
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a Big Band play a composition written by an Arkansas jazz educator.
I went to school at ASU with Joseph Curtis. After he graduated he was band director at Hoxie and Trumann. He’s now in Law School in Little Rock.
I think the first time I recorded Joseph was when he was playing in an ASU small group called “Jazztette”. Ron Horton wanted me to take some video of him teaching jazz improvisation and I also recorded their concert. I interviewed Dr. Horton and four of the students and produced a documentary, “Jazztette – Teaching Jazz Improvisation”. They played an original jazz composition by Joseph Curtis called “Baile de Trece”.
I also recorded his band, Bluebeck, at KASU Jazz Thursday and Bebopalooza. I got to sit in with Bluebeck on guitar at the Jazz Thursday show. Gary Gazaway was the headliner at the Bebopalooza show and he invited Joseph Curtis and Ron Horton up to play on their closing songs.
Joseph was in NJHB and he played at our first session on December 29, 2012 as well as on many NJHB shows and albums in 2013 including my senior recital.
Joseph has played with my band Bebop Beatniks frequently and he is featured on the album “Church”. He would livestream with Bebop Beatniks from the Twitch Porch.
He participated in the KASU New Jazz In Jonesboro concerts at the public library. I got to play bass once with his band. He also played at New Jazz In Jonesboro with Ken Carroll and NJHB.
He contributed many of his songs to the Jazz Writers Big Band. I recorded most of their shows and the “Jazz Writers Big Band” album.
His brother Clinton Curtis plays amazing alto sax and I have also recorded him many times but that will have to be for another podcast.
Visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com for links.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring George Hinds, The Bottoms Up Blues Gang, Doug Hendrix, and David Dellacroce. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.