From the Archives Of Something Blue June 4, 2023
https://sbblues.com/2023/06/05/dj-hairy-larry-presents-jazz-alliance-playing-partly-cloudy/
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From The Archives Of Something Blue May 21 2023
https://sbblues.com/2023/05/21/dj-hairy-larry-presents-the-common-time-quartet-playing-all-of-me/
Thanks Marty, today we're going to...
From the Archives Of Something Blue June 4, 2023 Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear an original jazz composition recorded right here in Jonesboro. Before I returned to ASU, Jazz Alliance was playing...
Something Blue – Little – June 3, 2023 This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Joyce Moreno, Billy Drummond, and NJHB. For...
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...
Something Blue – Wizards – May 27, 2023 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...
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...
Something Blue – Whisper – May 20, 2023 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,...
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...
Something Blue – Ride – May 13, 2023 This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Brotherhood Of Freaks and Yarn. For more...
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...
Something Blue – May – May 6, 2023 This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Bob Reynolds, Graytheflutesmith, Stefan Kartenberg, and Adam...
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear an original jazz composition recorded right here in Jonesboro.
Before I returned to ASU, Jazz Alliance was playing at The Edge Coffeehouse. When I went to hear them play I immediately became a fan, going to every show and then recording all the shows for Something Blue.
They played jazz standards but they also played original compositions by their trumpeter, Dr. Ron Horton, who was the Director of Jazz Studies at ASU. Also in the band playing vibes and drums was Craig Collison, Director of Percussion Studies.
Bebop Beatniks At Beatles Park Walnut Ridge, Arkansas May 27, 2023
Songs
00:00 We are Bebop Beatniks … 00:23 The Blue Crane 08:53 What a wonderful audience … 09:00 Candles 16:43 I’m going to rap … 17:04 African Violet 28:24 When Conley was a percussion student … 28:48 Low Earth Orbit 38:17 OK, here’s a swing song … 38:25 Sailboats 45:11 Crates is the companion piece to Candles … 45:20 Crates 53:36 One more song … 53:46 Malaysia
Personnel
Hairy Larry - piano, vocals Alex Washam - drums Conley Hunt - percussion Rike Robinson - trombone
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear an original jazz composition recorded right here in Jonesboro.
Before I returned to ASU, Jazz Alliance was playing at The Edge Coffeehouse. When I went to hear them play I immediately became a fan, going to every show and then recording all the shows for Something Blue.
They played jazz standards but they also played original compositions by their trumpeter, Dr. Ron Horton, who was the Director of Jazz Studies at ASU. Also in the band playing vibes and drums was Craig Collison, Director of Percussion Studies.
Bebop Beatniks At Beatles Park Walnut Ridge, Arkansas May 27, 2023
Songs
00:00 We are Bebop Beatniks … 00:23 The Blue Crane 08:53 What a wonderful audience … 09:00 Candles 16:43 I’m going to rap … 17:04 African Violet 28:24 When Conley was a percussion student … 28:48 Low Earth Orbit 38:17 OK, here’s a swing song … 38:25 Sailboats 45:11 Crates is the companion piece to Candles … 45:20 Crates 53:36 One more song … 53:46 Malaysia
Personnel
Hairy Larry - piano, vocals Alex Washam - drums Conley Hunt - percussion Rike Robinson - trombone
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.
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”.
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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Something Blue – Wizard – 29 second spot
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 sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM CST, at kasu.org.
The Common Time Quartet May 6, 2017 In The Loft at The Edge Coffeehouse Jonesboro, Arkansas
Songs
01 All Of Me 02 Song For My Father 03 Mr PC 04 Autumn Leaves 05 Red Clay 06 There Will Never Be Another You 07 Afro Blue 08 Freddie Freeloader 09 Mercy Mercy Mercy 10 Tenor Madness 11 Impressions
Personnel
Tyler Remagen - tenor Alex Ditto - guitar Spencer Rawlins - bass Chris Issom - drums
Tyler was subbing for Josh Carter who could not make this gig.
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear an original jazz composition recorded right here in Jonesboro.
Before I returned to ASU, Jazz Alliance was playing at The Edge Coffeehouse. When I went to hear them play I immediately became a fan, going to every show and then recording all the shows for Something Blue.
They played jazz standards but they also played original compositions by their trumpeter, Dr. Ron Horton, who was the Director of Jazz Studies at ASU. Also in the band playing vibes and drums was Craig Collison, Director of Percussion Studies.
Bebop Beatniks At Beatles Park Walnut Ridge, Arkansas May 27, 2023
Songs
00:00 We are Bebop Beatniks … 00:23 The Blue Crane 08:53 What a wonderful audience … 09:00 Candles 16:43 I’m going to rap … 17:04 African Violet 28:24 When Conley was a percussion student … 28:48 Low Earth Orbit 38:17 OK, here’s a swing song … 38:25 Sailboats 45:11 Crates is the companion piece to Candles … 45:20 Crates 53:36 One more song … 53:46 Malaysia
Personnel
Hairy Larry - piano, vocals Alex Washam - drums Conley Hunt - percussion Rike Robinson - trombone
Soft Power - Raw Bites - also just out from RRGEMS is this new album from the Finnish psych/jazz band
Following the success of ‘Brink Of Extinction’ Soft Power returns with an eight track album ‘Raw Bites’. Music here is rushing forth like a fiery law - robust and flashing, sinking into psychedelic soundscapes and then ferociously breaking the waves. The band just lets the music take control leading them to express energy freely from pure creative potential, combining kinetic and crispy grooves with mysterious cinematic sonic storytelling. Soft Power delivers a mind bending musical experience.
Recorded, Mixed & Produced by M.Jurmu Music by Soft Power Mikael Jurmu – Drums, Percussion, Acoustic Guitar, Hammond Staffan Södergård – Fender Rhodes, Trumpet Otto Kyrklund – Guitar Iiro Tulkki – Bass Antti Vauhkonen – Soprano & Alto Saxophone Esa Urnberg – Tenor Saxophone Lauri Vertanen – Percussion (2,3)
GADADU - The Weatherman Is Wrong - chamber jazz dream pop ❤️
GADADU’s third album, The Weatherman Is Wrong, is a foray into the unpredictable - a Pandora’s box of textures and rhythms. The album’s title is an allegory for the unpredictable and genre-defying nature of this music. In a world of heavily systematized and regulated media content, The Weatherman Is Wrong brings listeners into a creative wilderness. The feeling of this world, in all its sounds and expressions, exists a posteriori to the predictions of weather instruments and meteorologists.
This album synthesizes the musical sensibilities of bandleaders (and spouses) Hannah Selin (voice, viola) and Nicki Adams (piano, synth), whose collaboration spans almost a decade. Hannah and Nicki’s divergent musical paths gave birth to the unique elements in The Weatherman Is Wrong. Hannah’s compositions for acoustic instruments, electronics, voices, and field recordings, equally inspired by the natural and the supernatural, have won commissions and international awards. Nicki has released albums as a bandleader on iconic jazz labels Sunnyside and Steeplechase. GADADU’s lineup includes Patrick Adams (trumpet), Ayumi Ishito (tenor sax), Dan Stein (bass) and Arthur Vint (drums). The colorful arrangements, brimming with synths, horns, and strings, reflect GADADU’s live sound since Ayumi joined the band in 2018.
Hannah Selin - voice, viola Nicki Adams - piano, synths Patrick Adams - trumpet Dan Stein - bass Ayumi Ishito - tenor sax Arthur Vint - drums, percussion
Guests on track 8: Xanthoria Quartet - Abby Swidler, Kate Goddard (violins), Alexandra Jones (cello)
All music composed by Nicki Adams & Hannah Selin Cover art by CJ Johansson
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.
