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.

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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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.

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

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".

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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.

Gamer+ News May 20, 2023 - Inspired Unreality - Fantasy and Science Fiction

Join us for Inspired Unreality open game chat Saturday, May 20, at 11:00 AM Central. We will be discussing Fantasy and Science Fiction and we will also have actual play on the table with the return of If You Play You Win online gaming.

Inspired Unreality open game chat is held in Tenkar's Tavern on Discord. There's more info and a link here.

https://gamerplus.org/index

Three of my kids, two in-laws, and three grandkids, along with a few friends, have gone to St. Louis for Geekway. Family togetherness at a board game convention. Ain't that cool?

I reviewed The Locked Tomb Series By Tamsyn Muir.

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.

MixRemix On Anonradio - From The Creative Commons Jazz Library - 2023-05-12
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41:31
Regis V Gronoff-Dreaming of the Good Times
https://www.jamendo.com/album/29728/dreaming-of-the-good-times
CC BY-NC-SA

25:26
Tales Of A Dead Fish by The Freak Fandango Orchestra
https://archive.org/details/TalesOfADeadFish
CC BY-SA

57:20
Naissance de l'horizon by Romain Baret
https://labelpinceoreilles.bandcamp.com/album/naissance-de-lhorizon-3
CC BY-NC

34:35
Fortadelis-Unexpected Journey
https://www.jamendo.com/album/178342/unexpected-journey
CC BY-NC-ND

28:16
SONIC MYSTERY-HOPE REMAINS
https://www.jamendo.com/album/30556/hope-remains
CC BY-NC-ND

1:04:06
Thomas Saliba-Archeophonix  Shanti Aum
https://www.jamendo.com/album/473940/archeophonix-shanti-aum
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Pictures of hydroponics rooms in spacecraft generated on NightCafe with a prompt like

hydroponics room on a space ship, green leafy plants, colorful blooms, vegetables, Mark Brooks and Dan Mumford, comic book art, perfect, smooth

All images public domain. Attribution not required but appreciated. i.e. Image created on NightCafe by Hairy Larry.

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.

Delta Boogie Newsletter - May 2023 - River Shows, Blues, Ragtime, Jazz and Country Music

Matt Chaney wrote a book called "River Shows, Blues, Ragtime, Jazz and Country Music". We have some pre-release excerpts and photos on Delta Boogie.

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.