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 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

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

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

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.

Thanks Marty. Today we’re going to hear a popular TV theme song recorded at the Craighead Forest Bandshell.

I met Doug Hendrix at the bandshell and soon he was performing there. I got to record him several times. He was from Arkansas and living in Jonesboro but he had spent some time in Nashville working as a songwriter. Beside’s being an amazing songwriter he also plays acoustic guitar, fingerpicking like Chet Atkins or Jerry Reed.

On June 3, 2007, we had a fantastic lineup for Sunday In the Park, Doug Hendrix, George Hinds, Angie Owens, and Ronnie Presley, all fine Arkansas musicians and songwriters.

DJ Hairy Larry Presents Gary Gazaway Playing Leviathan
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-08-11

Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a contemporary jazz song recorded at KASU Jazz Thursday.

Gary Gazaway’s “El Buho” band was a popular touring act so it was great to get Gary to play at Jazz Thursday. We were putting on monthly shows at TheArts@311 in downtown Jonesboro and, don’t get me wrong, all the bands that played were great. I feature music from all of these shows on Something Blue and on my podcast, From The Archives Of Something Blue.

But we were really excited to get Gary Gazaway to put together a fusion band to play his compositions for us at Jazz Thursday. Gary has played with everyone, all over the world, from Steve Winwood and Joe Cocker to Phish. And he had great musicians in his band including Victor Wooten and my friend, Dr. Perry Osborne, a Jonesboro guitarist who did his undergraduate work at ASU.

Playing with Gary at Jazz Thursday on June 27, 2013 were

Patrick Fusco – keyboards
Doc Samba – Bass
Pee Wee Jackson – drums

DJ Hairy Larry Presents Hairy Larry Playing Bunnies
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-08-04

Thanks Marty. Today we’re going to hear a jazz song played to a rock beat.

During the pandemic I couldn’t play out but I still had to perform so I started livestreaming on twitch. To avoid copyright issues livestreaming I played only originals. After a few months of livestreaming 2 or 3 times a week I had settled in on 16 of my own compositions that I called my streaming repertoire.

I called my stream Hairy Larry Practicing Piano. It turns out that if you practice the same 16 songs week after week for two years you get pretty good at them. I had a routine. I’d record the stream. Then I’d listen back writing the song titles in order and I put a star next to the good takes. Then I’d make a video of the starred songs.

At first I would get two or three songs with stars but later on sometimes they would all be starred. And then I realized I had an album.

NJHB
New Jazz In Jonesboro
Jonesboro Public Library
Jonesboro, Arkansas
November 5, 2023

Songs
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1 Crates
2 Bella's Blues
3 Candles
4 Interdimensional Lumber
5 Malaysia

Personnel
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Alex Washam - drums
Conley Hunt - percussion
Matt Jackson - bass
Hairy Larry - piano and vocals
Jeremy Jackson - guitar

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Elder Grown. Mike Dillon, and Lunar Ticks. 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.

Elder Grown Live at Tico Time River Resort on 2024-07-13
archive.org/details/eldergrown2024-07-13.flac1648/

The Mike Dillon Band Live at George’s Majestic on 2024-07-16
archive.org/details/mdb2024-07-16/

Lunar Ticks Live at Burnem Brewery on 2024-05-24
archive.org/details/lunarticks2024-05-24/