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Something Blue – Toro – October 7, 2026
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Joseph Jarman, Marshall Allen, Pharoah Sanders, and Sun Ra. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Joseph Jarman, Marshall Allen, Pharoah Sanders, and Sun Ra. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Striding The Blast, Stackabones, and Yarn. 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.
Stackabones Live at 118 North (Wayne, PA) on 2024-05-05
archive.org/details/stackabones2024-05-05/
stackabones.bandcamp.com/
Yarn Live at 118 North (Wayne, PA) on 2024-05-05
archive.org/details/yarn2024-05-05/
yarnmusic.net/
Striding The Blast Live at In The Loft at The Edge Coffeehouse on 2017-01-28
archive.org/details/stb2017-01-28/
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM CST, at kasu.org.
Stackabones Live at 118 North (Wayne, PA) on 2024-05-05
archive.org/details/stackabones2024-05-05/
stackabones.bandcamp.com/
Yarn Live at 118 North (Wayne, PA) on 2024-05-05
archive.org/details/yarn2024-05-05/
yarnmusic.net/
Striding The Blast Live at In The Loft at The Edge Coffeehouse on 2017-01-28
archive.org/details/stb2017-01-28/
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Mike Stern, Allan Holdsworth, #jazz #blues #$fusion, and Andy Edwards. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Mike Stern – Big Neighborhood
mikesternguitar.bandcamp.com/album/big-neighborhood
#jazz #blues #fusion – KASU Fundraiser
archive.org/details/jbf-kasu-fundraiser
Allan Holdsworth – Flat Tire
allanholdsworth.info/ahwiki/index.php/Main_Page
Andy Edwards – Bitches Brew Band
andyedwards.bandcamp.com/album/the-miles-davis-bitches-brew-album
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Mike Stern – Big Neighborhood
mikesternguitar.bandcamp.com/album/big-neighborhood
#jazz #blues #fusion – KASU Fundraiser
archive.org/details/jbf-kasu-fundraiser
Allan Holdsworth – Flat Tire
allanholdsworth.info/ahwiki/index.php/Main_Page
Andy Edwards – Bitches Brew Band
andyedwards.bandcamp.com/album/the-miles-davis-bitches-brew-album
MixRemix On Anonradio - From The Creative Commons Jazz Library - 2026-07-24
jazz.mixremix.cc
50:30
Boogie Belgique-Blueberry Hill
https://archive.org/details/DWK149
CC BY-NC-ND
15:21
The Kyoto Connection - Out of Japan EP by The Kyoto Connection
https://archive.org/details/TheKyotoConnection-OutOfJapanEp
CC BY-NC-ND
43:54
Points of Departure - Bruce H. McCosar
https://www.jamendo.com/album/21973/points-of-departure
CC BY-SA
27:49
Tom La Meche-Hypnotic project
https://www.jamendo.com/album/18170/hypnotic-project
CC BY-NC-SA
1:30:53
BOB by Lobo Loco
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/BOB/
CC BY-NC-ND
49:56
Secret Babies-So Much So Young
https://www.jamendo.com/album/86058/so-much-so-young
CC BY-SA
jazz.mixremix.cc
50:30
Boogie Belgique-Blueberry Hill
https://archive.org/details/DWK149
CC BY-NC-ND
15:21
The Kyoto Connection - Out of Japan EP by The Kyoto Connection
https://archive.org/details/TheKyotoConnection-OutOfJapanEp
CC BY-NC-ND
43:54
Points of Departure - Bruce H. McCosar
https://www.jamendo.com/album/21973/points-of-departure
CC BY-SA
27:49
Tom La Meche-Hypnotic project
https://www.jamendo.com/album/18170/hypnotic-project
CC BY-NC-SA
1:30:53
BOB by Lobo Loco
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/BOB/
CC BY-NC-ND
49:56
Secret Babies-So Much So Young
https://www.jamendo.com/album/86058/so-much-so-young
CC BY-SA
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring The Phoenix Trio, Emmet Cohen, Bebop Beatniks, and SML. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Neal Alger, Chicago Soul Jazz Collective, Geof Bradfield and Atlantic Road Trip. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Sonny Rollins, the Common Time Quartet, and Dizzie Gillespie. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Sonny Rollins
The Bridge – Without A Song, The Bridge
Saxophone Colossus – Moritat
sonnyrollins.com/
Common Time Quartet Live at Craighead Forest Bandshell on 2017-06-03
archive.org/details/ct2017-06-03
Dizzie Gillispie With Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Sonny Rollins
The Bridge – Without A Song, The Bridge
Saxophone Colossus – Moritat
sonnyrollins.com/
Common Time Quartet Live at Craighead Forest Bandshell on 2017-06-03
archive.org/details/ct2017-06-03
Dizzie Gillispie With Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring luvtrst., Virginia MacDonald, Joe Lovano, and Chris Potter. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a jazz quartet from Northeast Arkansas play a Sonny Rollins song.
Sonny Rollins was a great jazz composer who also redefined jazz saxophone. He wrote the popular jazz standard, “St. Thomas”, based on the Bahamian folk song “Sponger Money”, a nursery song in the Virgin Islands, that his mother sang to him when he was a child. So, from these tender roots grew “St. Thomas” that Rollins included on his “Saxophone Colossus” album and remains a favorite.
Sonny Rollins was a great jazz composer who also redefined jazz saxophone. He wrote the popular jazz standard, “St. Thomas”, based on the Bahamian folk song “Sponger Money”, a nursery song in the Virgin Islands, that his mother sang to him when he was a child. So, from these tender roots grew “St. Thomas” that Rollins included on his “Saxophone Colossus” album and remains a favorite.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
John Coltrane – Meditations
www.johncoltrane.com/
Pharoah Sanders – Karma
pharoahsanders.bandcamp.com/album/izipho-zam-my-gifts
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
John Coltrane – Meditations
www.johncoltrane.com/
Pharoah Sanders – Karma
pharoahsanders.bandcamp.com/album/izipho-zam-my-gifts
Something Blue – Hear – May 16, 2026
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Phil Smith, Veronica Swift, and Barbra Streisand. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Phil Smith, Veronica Swift, and Barbra Streisand. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear The Gentlemen Of Jazz play a jazz standard.
Phil Smith grew up in Blytheville, Arkansas, and started playing clarinet when he was eight years old. He studied jazz at Memphis State University and at Berklee School of Music.
I’m going to quote JazzMaui.org on this amazing part of Phil Smith’s career.
“In January of 1967, Phil and his fellow horn players from the University of Memphis traveled to Muscle Shoals, Alabama and Fame Recording Studio to record with Aretha Franklin and her first of many hits for Atlantic Records. The legendary producers, Jerry Wexler and Tom Dowd were the hit makers and the album “I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You” with other classics “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man”, and “R-E-S-P-E-C-T” sold over 19 million copies. Phil Smith played baritone saxophone on the song “I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You.”
Phil Smith grew up in Blytheville, Arkansas, and started playing clarinet when he was eight years old. He studied jazz at Memphis State University and at Berklee School of Music.
I’m going to quote JazzMaui.org on this amazing part of Phil Smith’s career.
“In January of 1967, Phil and his fellow horn players from the University of Memphis traveled to Muscle Shoals, Alabama and Fame Recording Studio to record with Aretha Franklin and her first of many hits for Atlantic Records. The legendary producers, Jerry Wexler and Tom Dowd were the hit makers and the album “I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You” with other classics “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man”, and “R-E-S-P-E-C-T” sold over 19 million copies. Phil Smith played baritone saxophone on the song “I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You.”
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Andy Edwards, #jazz #blues #fusion, and Aldous Quim. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Jeff Beck, Ray Gomez, Nigel Harpur, 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 Central, at kasu.org.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring The Ringers and The Nth Power. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
The Ringers Live at The Grey Eagle on 2014-01-31
archive.org/details/Ringers2014-01-31.fob-schoeps-mk4.bell.ledwhofloyd.flac1644
The Nth Power Live at Blue Nile on 2019-05-06
archive.org/details/nthpower2019-05-06
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
The Ringers Live at The Grey Eagle on 2014-01-31
archive.org/details/Ringers2014-01-31.fob-schoeps-mk4.bell.ledwhofloyd.flac1644
The Nth Power Live at Blue Nile on 2019-05-06
archive.org/details/nthpower2019-05-06
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Sweet Magnolia Band, Essie Neal, John Good, and Suzanne Michell. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Mike Stern, Larry Coryell, and Grant Garland. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Larry Coryell – Barefoot Man Sanpaku
larrycoryell.bandcamp.com/track/sanpaku
www.larrycoryell.net
Mike Stern – Upside Downside
mikestern.org/
Grant Garland Live at KASU Bluesday Tuesday September 14, 2009-
grantgarlandmusic.com/
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Larry Coryell – Barefoot Man Sanpaku
larrycoryell.bandcamp.com/track/sanpaku
www.larrycoryell.net
Mike Stern – Upside Downside
mikestern.org/
Grant Garland Live at KASU Bluesday Tuesday September 14, 2009-
grantgarlandmusic.com/
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Snarky Puppy Guitars, Jay Shepherd, and Wally’s Tuesday Funk. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Ella, Sarah, Duke, Chet, Barry, Hank, and more. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Schall Und Stille, Paul Winter, and Alex Hitchcock. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Schall Und Stille – Malers Hüs
music.schallundstille.de/
Alex Hitchcock – Letters From Afar
alexhitchcock.bandcamp.com/album/letters-from-afar-2
Paul Winter Consort – Consorting With David
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Schall Und Stille – Malers Hüs
music.schallundstille.de/
Alex Hitchcock – Letters From Afar
alexhitchcock.bandcamp.com/album/letters-from-afar-2
Paul Winter Consort – Consorting With David
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Jazz Buskers, Charlie Hunter, and Marcus King with Corey Henry. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Charlie Hunter Live at Judson’s Live at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on 2025-11-11
archive.org/details/ch2025-11-11.DPA4061
Jazz Buskers – Freddy’s Blues
archive.org/details/freddys-blues
Marcus King Band Live at The Blue Note on 2025-11-11
archive.org/details/mkb2025-11-11.early
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Charlie Hunter Live at Judson’s Live at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on 2025-11-11
archive.org/details/ch2025-11-11.DPA4061
Jazz Buskers – Freddy’s Blues
archive.org/details/freddys-blues
Marcus King Band Live at The Blue Note on 2025-11-11
archive.org/details/mkb2025-11-11.early
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Tom Scott, Dave Holland, and Hairy Larry. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Jay Shepherd, Lizz Wright, Amy Helm, Suzanne Michell, and Oscar Peterson. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Thanks Marty. Today we’re going to hear my favorite song recorded at my favorite place, HairyLarryLand.
In the fall of 2024 I saw Eliecer Tamez at Gamer’s Haven when I was there for my Thursday Night D&D campaign. Eliecer played with me in the Jazz Recital Band at ASU and he expressed an interest in getting together and playing agian.
Then at Blues Fest I saw Danielle Russell. She’s been the singer in many rock and blues bands in Northeast Arkansas and she sang with The Flying Hungarians every year at Blues Fest. I asked if she would be interested in singing jazz and she started in on all of her favorite jazz composers.
In the fall of 2024 I saw Eliecer Tamez at Gamer’s Haven when I was there for my Thursday Night D&D campaign. Eliecer played with me in the Jazz Recital Band at ASU and he expressed an interest in getting together and playing agian.
Then at Blues Fest I saw Danielle Russell. She’s been the singer in many rock and blues bands in Northeast Arkansas and she sang with The Flying Hungarians every year at Blues Fest. I asked if she would be interested in singing jazz and she started in on all of her favorite jazz composers.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Joe Lee, The B3 Kings, and John Shepherd. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
B3 Kings Live at The Plough And Stars on 2025-11-18
archive.org/details/b3kings2025-11-18.cm4.t-flac2448
John Shepherd Live at Craighead Forest Bandshell on 2010-09-26
archive.org/details/js2010-09-26
Joe Lee
Joe Lee Combo Live At Blues Fest September 5, 1998
archive.org/details/joelee1998-09-05
Something Blue – Underground
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
B3 Kings Live at The Plough And Stars on 2025-11-18
archive.org/details/b3kings2025-11-18.cm4.t-flac2448
John Shepherd Live at Craighead Forest Bandshell on 2010-09-26
archive.org/details/js2010-09-26
Joe Lee
Joe Lee Combo Live At Blues Fest September 5, 1998
archive.org/details/joelee1998-09-05
Something Blue – Underground
Something Blue – Safari – November 22, 2025
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Jazz Alliance, Steps Ahead, and the Dave Holland Quintet. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Jazz Alliance, Steps Ahead, and the Dave Holland Quintet. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Gary Gazaway, Mike Gordon, and Wally’s Tuesday Funk. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Something Blue – Echoes – November 8, 2025
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Mike Stern, Howl Quartet, and Hairy Larry. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Mike Stern, Howl Quartet, and Hairy Larry. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Stanley Clarke, The Multiverse, 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 Central, at kasu.org.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Regis V Gronoff, Hypotenuza, Bob Reynolds, Steve Lawson, Roman Stolyar, and Boom Boom Beckett. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Jerry Joseph, ADHD, and NJHB. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Thanks Marty, today we’ll hear the premier recording of a new song I wrote recorded at KASU New Jazz In Jonesboro.
NJHB recorded their first album at HairyLarryLand on December 29, 2012. In 2013 we released 8 1/2 albums counting “Bop Soup” as half an album. We were back in 2018 and 2019, recording an album at every show. After the pandemic we recorded an album outside of the Round Room on November 5, 2023, and then, last week, we recorded “The Hop Skip Jump”.
We are a different kind of jazz band featuring group improvisation. On November 30, 2019, when we recorded our “Checking For Traps” album, I said, “Then we’re gonna do like NJHB does, we’re gonna not just improvise the solos, we’re gonna improvise the arrangement, we’ll go outside, do whatever we want, have a good time.”
So to explain some of this I’m going to do an analysis of the excerpt of “The Hop Skip Jump” we’re about to hear. I will post a link to the whole album at sbblues.com.
NJHB recorded their first album at HairyLarryLand on December 29, 2012. In 2013 we released 8 1/2 albums counting “Bop Soup” as half an album. We were back in 2018 and 2019, recording an album at every show. After the pandemic we recorded an album outside of the Round Room on November 5, 2023, and then, last week, we recorded “The Hop Skip Jump”.
We are a different kind of jazz band featuring group improvisation. On November 30, 2019, when we recorded our “Checking For Traps” album, I said, “Then we’re gonna do like NJHB does, we’re gonna not just improvise the solos, we’re gonna improvise the arrangement, we’ll go outside, do whatever we want, have a good time.”
So to explain some of this I’m going to do an analysis of the excerpt of “The Hop Skip Jump” we’re about to hear. I will post a link to the whole album at sbblues.com.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Lizz Wright, Bebop Beatniks, and Ambrose Akinmusire. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Lizz Wright – Salt
www.lizzwright.net/
Ambrose Akinmusire – Honey From A Winter Stone
www.ambroseakinmusire.com/
Bebop Beatniks – Live at KASU New Jazz In Jonesboro on May 24, 2025
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Lizz Wright – Salt
www.lizzwright.net/
Ambrose Akinmusire – Honey From A Winter Stone
www.ambroseakinmusire.com/
Bebop Beatniks – Live at KASU New Jazz In Jonesboro on May 24, 2025
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a jazz standard recorded at KASU New Jazz In Jonesboro.
New Jazz In Jonesboro started in 2013 at TheArts@311 on Church Street in downtown Jonesboro. Then in 2018 and 2019 we had two more seasons at the Jonesboro Public Library Round Room featuring some of the same musicians and many performers new to the New Jazz concerts. These shows were sponsored by KASU.
Now, in 2025, we’re back, once again sponsored by KASU.
We’ve had music in the Brookland United Methodist Youth Building before, sometimes because of the rain forcing us indoors. It’s a great small room with comfortable seating and good acoustics.
So that’s why New Jazz In Jonesboro is in Brookland!
We’ve had three shows so far this year, headlining Jazz Buskers, Bebop Beatniks, and The Delta Blues Aces.
New Jazz In Jonesboro started in 2013 at TheArts@311 on Church Street in downtown Jonesboro. Then in 2018 and 2019 we had two more seasons at the Jonesboro Public Library Round Room featuring some of the same musicians and many performers new to the New Jazz concerts. These shows were sponsored by KASU.
Now, in 2025, we’re back, once again sponsored by KASU.
We’ve had music in the Brookland United Methodist Youth Building before, sometimes because of the rain forcing us indoors. It’s a great small room with comfortable seating and good acoustics.
So that’s why New Jazz In Jonesboro is in Brookland!
We’ve had three shows so far this year, headlining Jazz Buskers, Bebop Beatniks, and The Delta Blues Aces.
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a song I wrote this year and recorded at HairyLarryLand.
Paul Lessard is one of the finest jazz saxophonists I have ever worked with. When he joined the faculty at ASU I went to meet him to talk about music composition because, the truth is, there’s just not that many people into the nuts and bolts of music theory and composition. When I found out that he played jazz saxophone I knew I wanted to play with him.
Paul Lessard is one of the finest jazz saxophonists I have ever worked with. When he joined the faculty at ASU I went to meet him to talk about music composition because, the truth is, there’s just not that many people into the nuts and bolts of music theory and composition. When I found out that he played jazz saxophone I knew I wanted to play with him.
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to bring the funk as played by a band that was popular here in Jonesboro before the pandemic.
Of course I’m talking about The Funk Donors. I never did get to hear them play live but I knew them by their reputation and I wanted to go see them since some of my friends were in the band. Fortunately they recorded a great album, “Flatland” and if you love live music like I do you can watch their videos on Youtube.
This all started when I went to see luvtrst. play at Stage Too. I was talking to Brian Nobles when he mentioned that he used to play in a band with Cody Ballard, the saxophonist in luvtrst. Well, my inquiring ears want to hear so I found out about the band and their album, “Flatland”.
Of course I’m talking about The Funk Donors. I never did get to hear them play live but I knew them by their reputation and I wanted to go see them since some of my friends were in the band. Fortunately they recorded a great album, “Flatland” and if you love live music like I do you can watch their videos on Youtube.
This all started when I went to see luvtrst. play at Stage Too. I was talking to Brian Nobles when he mentioned that he used to play in a band with Cody Ballard, the saxophonist in luvtrst. Well, my inquiring ears want to hear so I found out about the band and their album, “Flatland”.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Gary Gazaway, Lisa Ahia, Rebekah Todd, and Karina Rykman. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear an original song recorded at the Arkansas Roots Festival.
I first met Sky City at Blues Fest. They volunteered so I booked them. They have always delivered wonderful performances.
Since then they played again at Blues Fest, Sunday In The Park and Bebopalooza. Nathan Crouch even joined us for an evening of Grateful Dead songs at TheArts@311. It is also through Sky City that I met Tonja McKay, an entomologist, and a fine violinist or fiddler, as we say in Arkansas. She helped me record “Three songs from Astral Weeks” at TheArts@311.
In fact all the musicians in the band are outstanding. Playing at the Arkansas Roots Festival on April 8, 2017 were Nathan Crouch – acoustic guitar and vocals, Grant Camp – bass and vocals, Tanja McKay – violin, Matt Pierce – electric guitar and vocals, and Jason Hatcher – drums, all long time Jonesboro residents.
I will leave many links at the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
I first met Sky City at Blues Fest. They volunteered so I booked them. They have always delivered wonderful performances.
Since then they played again at Blues Fest, Sunday In The Park and Bebopalooza. Nathan Crouch even joined us for an evening of Grateful Dead songs at TheArts@311. It is also through Sky City that I met Tonja McKay, an entomologist, and a fine violinist or fiddler, as we say in Arkansas. She helped me record “Three songs from Astral Weeks” at TheArts@311.
In fact all the musicians in the band are outstanding. Playing at the Arkansas Roots Festival on April 8, 2017 were Nathan Crouch – acoustic guitar and vocals, Grant Camp – bass and vocals, Tanja McKay – violin, Matt Pierce – electric guitar and vocals, and Jason Hatcher – drums, all long time Jonesboro residents.
I will leave many links at the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Gerald Clayton, Kurt Elling, and Jordan VanHemert. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Manuzik, Javiar Martin Boix, DRDJEKILL, DIGDug, and Gavin Gamboa. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Art Porter, Keith Jarrett, and Bill Evans. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a great Arkansas jazz pianist play everybody’s favorite song.
I can remember, back in the day, when I used to watch the Art Porter Trio play jazz on AETN. Older listeners will remember a time when all the world’s music wasn’t at your fingertips and it wasn’t that often that you got to hear a piano trio on television.
Art Porter led a full life with church, family, music education, and performance, often intertwined. That is he started playing at church and later he played at church with his own family, who he taught to play. He also taught in Little Rock, Arkansas, at Horace Mann High School, Parkview High School, and Philander Smith College while performing nights with a jazz trio that sometimes included his son, Art Porter Jr., and sometimes a guest, Pharoah Sanders.
My friend, Suzanne Michell, loved his music and she sang with him as a guest. He even played with his long time friend, Bill Clinton, and Art Porter and his son performed “Amazing Grace” at Bill Clinton’s first inauguration in 1993.
When I’m about to play this song I say, “Ok now, here’s everybody’s favorite song, “Summertime”.
So now, here’s Art Porter, a great man and a genius on jazz piano playing everybody’s favorite song, “Summertime”.
I can remember, back in the day, when I used to watch the Art Porter Trio play jazz on AETN. Older listeners will remember a time when all the world’s music wasn’t at your fingertips and it wasn’t that often that you got to hear a piano trio on television.
Art Porter led a full life with church, family, music education, and performance, often intertwined. That is he started playing at church and later he played at church with his own family, who he taught to play. He also taught in Little Rock, Arkansas, at Horace Mann High School, Parkview High School, and Philander Smith College while performing nights with a jazz trio that sometimes included his son, Art Porter Jr., and sometimes a guest, Pharoah Sanders.
My friend, Suzanne Michell, loved his music and she sang with him as a guest. He even played with his long time friend, Bill Clinton, and Art Porter and his son performed “Amazing Grace” at Bill Clinton’s first inauguration in 1993.
When I’m about to play this song I say, “Ok now, here’s everybody’s favorite song, “Summertime”.
So now, here’s Art Porter, a great man and a genius on jazz piano playing everybody’s favorite song, “Summertime”.
Something Blue – Pepper – March 15, 2025
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Common Time, Nigel Harpur, and Charlie Hunter. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Common Time, Nigel Harpur, and Charlie Hunter. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Common Time Playing Autumn Leaves
From the Archives Of Something Blue 2025-03-09
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear ASU students play my favorite song.
Common Time was a working jazz combo, playing every week. I was in school with them and they all helped me, playing at my composition recitals. Of course I invited them to play at the bandshell.
Playing in Common Time On June 3, 2017 were
Josh Carter – sax
Alex Ditto – guitar
Spencer Rawlins – bass
and
Chris Isom – drums
Although they were still in college in 2017, these are all top rank musicians, still playing today.
I can’t tell you what a joy it is to hear young musicians deliver the goods playing jazz standards. But I’ll try. Their set was tight with exciting solos and ensemble work. And they were playing some of my favorite songs. There’s something about live jazz that gets the message across. The audience loved them.
So now, recorded on June 3, 2017, at the Craighead Forest Bandshell here’s Common Time playing “Autumn Leaves”.
From the Archives Of Something Blue 2025-03-09
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear ASU students play my favorite song.
Common Time was a working jazz combo, playing every week. I was in school with them and they all helped me, playing at my composition recitals. Of course I invited them to play at the bandshell.
Playing in Common Time On June 3, 2017 were
Josh Carter – sax
Alex Ditto – guitar
Spencer Rawlins – bass
and
Chris Isom – drums
Although they were still in college in 2017, these are all top rank musicians, still playing today.
I can’t tell you what a joy it is to hear young musicians deliver the goods playing jazz standards. But I’ll try. Their set was tight with exciting solos and ensemble work. And they were playing some of my favorite songs. There’s something about live jazz that gets the message across. The audience loved them.
So now, recorded on June 3, 2017, at the Craighead Forest Bandshell here’s Common Time playing “Autumn Leaves”.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Dave Holland and Steve Coleman. 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.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Tom La Meche, Steve Lawson, and NJHB. 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.
Thanks Marty, today we’ll hear a band of students play the title track from their first album.
When I came up with the idea of doing the New Jazz In Jonesboro concerts at TheArts@311 I was a jazz student at ASU. So it stood to reason that I would recruit the New Jazz House Band, known as NJHB, from my fellow students.
We had our first session at the HairyLarryLand studio in Jonesboro at the very end of 2012. We recorded four songs, all original compositions. I was the only one who had played any of them before so it was kind of like jumping off into the deep end. No rehearsals, just put the music up on the stand, talk for a minute, and record it.
I took what we recorded and released our first album, “Circular Logic”.
When I came up with the idea of doing the New Jazz In Jonesboro concerts at TheArts@311 I was a jazz student at ASU. So it stood to reason that I would recruit the New Jazz House Band, known as NJHB, from my fellow students.
We had our first session at the HairyLarryLand studio in Jonesboro at the very end of 2012. We recorded four songs, all original compositions. I was the only one who had played any of them before so it was kind of like jumping off into the deep end. No rehearsals, just put the music up on the stand, talk for a minute, and record it.
I took what we recorded and released our first album, “Circular Logic”.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Jazz Alliance, Chet Baker, and Orrin Evans. 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.
Orrin Evans – Liberation Blues
orrinevanssmoke.bandcamp.com/album/liberation-blues
Chet Baker – The Italian Sessions
www.discogs.com/release/3078028-Chet-Baker-The-Italian-Sessions
Jazz Alliance – Live at Jonesboro Public Library on 2011-09-27
archive.org/details/ja2011-09-27/
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM CST, at kasu.org.
Orrin Evans – Liberation Blues
orrinevanssmoke.bandcamp.com/album/liberation-blues
Chet Baker – The Italian Sessions
www.discogs.com/release/3078028-Chet-Baker-The-Italian-Sessions
Jazz Alliance – Live at Jonesboro Public Library on 2011-09-27
archive.org/details/ja2011-09-27/
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring David Dellacroce, Sun Ra, Lee Ritenour, Dave Grusin, and Hairy Larry. 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.
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Hairy Larry Playing Noumenology
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2025-01-12
Thanks Marty, today I’m going to improvise jazz piano on a song inspired by Immanuel Kant.
Now Immanuel Kant was an influential philosopher back in the 18th century and he remains influential today. Kant created a dichotomy between phenomenon and noumena where phenomenon applies to things we can perceive with the senses and noumena are things that cannot be perceived. So I wrote this song called “Noumenolgy” about the study of things that cannot be perceived.
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2025-01-12
Thanks Marty, today I’m going to improvise jazz piano on a song inspired by Immanuel Kant.
Now Immanuel Kant was an influential philosopher back in the 18th century and he remains influential today. Kant created a dichotomy between phenomenon and noumena where phenomenon applies to things we can perceive with the senses and noumena are things that cannot be perceived. So I wrote this song called “Noumenolgy” about the study of things that cannot be perceived.