DJ Hairy Larry Presents Giant Steps Playing Tangerine
Posted on 2024-03-04
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Giant Steps Playing Tangerine
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-03-03
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Thanks Marty. Today we're going to hear a tenor sax rendition of a jazz standard recorded at KASU Jazz Thursday.
Giant Steps was a jazz combo featuring some of Jonesboro's finest jazz musicians. The core group had Craig Baker, trumpet; Joy Sanford, piano; Tom Mason, bass; and Mike Overall, drums. Formerly known as Nightlife they played standards and they were a good dance band.
When they played for us at Jazz Thursday they brought Mike McGowan, a former resident of Jonesboro now living in Texas. As you will hear he's fantastic on tenor sax.
On May 23, 2013, they put on a great show at TheArts@311 in downtown Jonesboro nailing tune after tune. The song I picked for today is "Tangerine". It was a number one hit in 1942 and remains heavily covered today. We used to sing it in the Swing Band Project.
Mike McGowan is featured on "Tangerine". I had the good luck to work with him and play music with him at the Delta Jazz Workshop. He played with Bebop Beatniks on our Wednesday night show and he's featured on "Sheltered" on our album, "Church".
I also worked with Craig, Joy, Tom, and Mike on Joe Lee's album, "Bopping At The Forest", at Blues Fest, Jazz Thursday, and Bebopalooza.
Mike Overall passed in 2014. I can't tell you how much I learned from him when I was recording the Jazz Alliance "Partly Cloudy" album.
As always I will post links to all this great music at the Something Blue website, sbblues.com.
Ok now, recorded on May 23, 2013, at KASU Jazz Thursday here's Giant Steps playing "Tangerine".
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Giant Steps Playing Tangerine
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-03-03
https://sbblues.com/2024/03/03/dj-hairy-larry-presents-giant-steps-playing-tangerine/
Giant Steps Live At KASU Jazz Thursday May 23 2013
Something Blue Archives
https://archive.org/details/gs2013-05-23
Something Blue Archives - List Of Concerts
https://archive.org/details/somethingbluearchives?sort=-publicdate
Bebop Beatniks - Church
https://archive.org/details/bebop-beatniks-church
Joe Lee - Bopping At The Forest
https://archive.org/details/joe-lee-and-friends-boppin-at-the-forest
The Swing Band Project Live at Newport Country Club on 2011-06-14
https://archive.org/details/hl2011-06-14
Jazz Alliance - Partly Cloudy
https://archive.org/details/partly_cloudy
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And that's Giant Steps playing "Tangerine" at KASU Jazz Thursday. Don't miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00, to hear more from Giant Steps, Joe Lovano, and Steve Swallow.
And that's Giant Steps playing "Tangerine" at KASU Jazz Thursday. Don't miss Something Blue, tonight at 10:00, to hear more from Giant Steps, Joe Lovano, and Steve Swallow.
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This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Giant Steps, Joe Lovano, and Steve Swallow. 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.
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