DJ Hairy Larry Presents Joy Sanford Playing WaveDJ Hairy Larry Presents Joy Sanford Playing Wave
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2025-02-16
https://sbblues.com/2025/02/16/dj-hairy-larry-presents-joy-sanford-playing-wave/
Thanks Marty, today we're going to hear our favorite pianist play the Bossa Nova.
I was thrilled when Joy Sanford agreed to play KASU Jazz Thursday on February 24, 2011. She had helped us so many times on so many shows but always as an accompanist, never as the star of the show.
She put together a great band of regional musicians with Ron Horton on trumpet, Craig Collison drums, and Tom Mason, bass. And they really delivered, song after song. I was fortunate to get good recordings at this once in a liftime event.
Bossa Nova is Portuguese for new wave. It's a Brazilian style incorporating Samba and Jazz. The most prominent composer of Bossa Nova songs is Antonio Carlos Jobim and one of his most played songs is "Wave".
So now, here's Joy Sanford playing "Wave" at KASU Jazz Thursday on February 24, 2011.
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Joy Sanford Playing Wave
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2025-02-16
https://sbblues.com/2025/02/16/dj-hairy-larry-presents-joy-sanford-playing-wave/
Joy Sanford Live at Bella'z on 2011-02-24
Something Blue Archives
https://archive.org/details/js2011-02-24
Something Blue Archives - List Of Concerts
https://archive.org/details/somethingbluearchives?sort=-publicdate
Something Blue – Logic – February 15 2025Something Blue – Logic – February 15, 2025
https://sbblues.com/2025/02/15/logic-2/
MixRemix On Anonradio - From The Creative Commons Jazz Library
https://jazz.mixremix.cc
https://archive.org/details/ccj2025-01-31/006-Pkjazz_Collective02+-+Dramatic+theme.mp3
Behind Every Word by Steve Lawson
https://music.stevelawson.net/album/behind-every-word
CC BY-NC-ND
Tom La Meche-Road Movie
https://www.jamendo.com/album/68918/road-movie-une-histoire-sans-image
CC BY-NC-ND
The Next Age of Adventure (Part 1 of 2) - Bruce H. McCosar
https://www.jamendo.com/album/65510/the-next-age-of-adventure-part-1-of-2
CC BY-SA
NJHB-Circular Logic
https://archive.org/details/hl2012-12-29
CC BY
Stefan Kartenberg-Jazz Instrumental Music
https://www.jamendo.com/album/497809/jazz-instrumental-music
CC BY-NC-ND
Pk jazz Collective - Pearls of our Life (LP, 2012) [SCL051]
https://archive.org/details/SCL051
CC BY-NC-SA
DJ Hairy Larry Presents NJHB Playing Circular LogicDJ Hairy Larry Presents NJHB Playing Circular Logic
From The Archives Of Something Blue - 2025-02-09
https://sbblues.com/2025/02/09/logic/
Listen to the podcast at the link.
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".
All of what came to be known as the NJHB sound, improvising the arrangements, leaving the chord change, group improvisation, and unusual instrumentation, was on display on that first album. As always, this was the only album with this exact lineup.
Playing at the session were
Mike Lovell - guitar
Garrett Tyler - drums
Matt Jackson - bass
Hairy Larry - piano
Cody Ballard - tenor sax
and
Joseph Curtis - trumpet and flugelhorn
Garrett, Cody, Joseph, and myself were in the ASU jazz program at the time. Mike and Matt attended ASU earlier. We all lived in Northeast Arkansas except for Matt who lives in southeast Missouri.
I've got to tell you these guys all played good. The one thing that makes NJHB work is talented musicians.
We generally played arrangements from 15 to 20 minutes long. Not exactly radio friendly. I did a new mix of "Circular Logic" keeping it all there but choosing the best choruses for this podcast. Go to the Something Blue website at sbblues.com for a link to the whole album including 12 plus minutes of this song as originally released.
Ok now, going back to the very beginning, recorded on December 29, 2012, here's NJHB playing my song, "Circular Logic".
MixRemix Creative Commons Jazz 2025 02 07MixRemix - Creative Commons Jazz - 2025-02-07
https://archive.org/details/ccj2025-02-07
MixRemix On Anonradio - From The Creative Commons Jazz Library - 2025-02-07
https://jazz.mixremix.cc
43:07
Tulio Borges-Batente de Pau de Casarao
https://www.jamendo.com/album/144962/batente-de-pau-de-casarao
CC BY
54:39
Snowflake & ccMixter-Peace of Winter
https://www.jamendo.com/album/55877/peace-of-winter
CC BY-NC-SA, BY-NC, and BY
24:29
José Travieso - Musica para una Guitarra sin Voz (ca397) by José Travieso
https://archive.org/details/ca397_jt
CC BY-NC-ND
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
15:37
If They Had Won by Steve Lawson
https://music.stevelawson.net/album/if-they-had-won
CC BY-NC-SA
43:31
Regis V. Gronoff-Blue Beats
https://www.jamendo.com/album/101890/blue-beats
CC BY-NC-SA
Delta Boogie Newsletter Gamerplus News February 2025Delta Boogie Newsletter-Gamerplus News - February 2025 - Update To Delta Boogie, Three Jazz Bands, 10 Years Of The Gamer's Guild
https://home.gamerplus.org/permalink.php?fname=Delta_Boogie_Newsletter-Gamerplus_News_-_February_2025.txt
I had to do an update to my Something Blue website which involved a database upgrade and a new version of php. That broke Delta Boogie.
Every cloud has a silver lining and I decided to use this as an opportunity to move Delta Boogie into the 21st century and make it available on phones. I am also turning Delta Boogie into a plain text program, using text files to replace the database. I've been working on it.
And I'm getting there. It's one of those jobs where the more you work on it the longer your todo list grows. With the functionality of the website restored I'm now in the process of making it better.
https://deltaboogie.com
Error reports and suggestions are welcome.
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I am now recording three jazz bands, Bebop Beatniks, Jazz Buskers, and The United Gospel Trio.
The Bebop Beatniks lineup is Paul Lessard, alto; Jeremy Jackson, bass; Alex Washam, drums; and Hairy Larry, piano and vocals. So, a jazz quartet doing mostly originals and some cover songs.
https://bebopbeatniks.com
Jazz Buskers are Danielle Russell, vocals and percussion; Eliecer Tamez, vocals and trumpet; and Hairy Larry, vocals and piano. So a vocals jazz ensemble doing mostly covers and some originals.
https://jazzbuskers.com
The United Gospel Trio is my church band. I attend the Brookland United Methodist Church where I am the music director and I help with the food pantry and the youth program. Our pianist, Jackie Chandler, is on organ; Chris Cherlock, bass; I'm on piano, and Evan is the worship leader. We all sing. I call it jazz from the hymnal. We've been working on "What A Friend We Have In Jesus" and "Amazing Grace" and I have a list of spirituals and even modern pieces to add.
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Saturday, February 8, is the 10th Anniversary Party of the NEA Gamer's Guild.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/855721771166035
(facebook link posted under duress)
Sarah says "I'm so proud of how far we've come and I can't wait to see where the next 10 years take us. Thanks to everyone for being a part of this! Don't forget we have our regular Library Game Day on February 8th followed by our 10th anniversary party! Hope to see y'all there!"
And it's all happening in the Round Room at the Jonesboro Public Library.
Game Day - Noon to 4:00 PM
Anniversary Party - 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM
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And that's a wrap as they say in hiphop circles. Please let me know what you've been doing so I can promote you in the newsletter and on Delta Boogie.
Forward this email and share this link.
https://home.gamerplus.org/permalink.php?fname=Delta_Boogie_Newsletter-Gamerplus_News_-_February_2025.txt
Thanks,
@hairylarry@gamerplus.org - on Mastodon
https://gamerplus.org/@hairylarry - link to my profile
hairylarry@deltaboogie.com - send me an email
MixRemix Creative Commons Jazz 2025 01 31MixRemix - Creative Commons Jazz - 2025-01-31
https://archive.org/details/ccj2025-01-31
MixRemix On Anonradio - From The Creative Commons Jazz Library - 2025-01-31
jazz.mixremix.cc
1:11:05
Behind Every Word by Steve Lawson
https://music.stevelawson.net/album/behind-every-word
CC BY-NC-ND
30:28
Tom La Meche-Road Movie
https://www.jamendo.com/album/68918/road-movie-une-histoire-sans-image
CC BY-NC-ND
36:52
The Next Age of Adventure (Part 1 of 2) - Bruce H. McCosar
https://www.jamendo.com/album/65510/the-next-age-of-adventure-part-1-of-2
CC BY-SA
54:33
NJHB-Circular Logic
https://archive.org/details/hl2012-12-29
CC BY
20:44
Stefan Kartenberg-Jazz Instrumental Music
https://www.jamendo.com/album/497809/jazz-instrumental-music
CC BY-NC-ND
34:03
Pk jazz Collective - Pearls of our Life (LP, 2012) [SCL051]
https://archive.org/details/SCL051
CC BY-NC-SA
Playing An F Blues On Trumpet Or TenorPlaying An F Blues On Trumpet Or Tenor Sax
In Bb Freddy's Blues starts on a G major.
G major pentatonic is G A B D E. This is your main scale for the whole piece.
Add the minor third for G A Bb B D E. Practice this swinging hard. Change the rhythms. Add triplets.
That throws you right into the seventh, the F. That's both sevenths.
Some people call this the Bebop Dominant or Bebop Major chord.
It's almost impossible to play this without swinging.
Same thing on the C - C D Eb E G A and the seventh is Bb
The Bm7 and the E7 are very similar to the G major.
A rootless GM7 is F# B D (7-3-5) which you can see is an inverted Bm. (B D F#)
The same notes are the 9-5-7 on the E7. It's a cool turnaround and you can do a lot with it but it's not difficult.
The Am7 and D7 emphasize the C, the third of Am7 and 7th or D7.
So play around with this stuff until your ear gets a hold of it and then follow your ear.
Put the iRealpro on 30 repetitions and just play.
Freddy's Blues is a period piece so you should channel your inner Louis Armstrong.
Listen to "West End Blues". Louis does completely different great stuff on that song. Still mostly pentatonic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WPCBieSESI
Freddy's Blues is an F blues, the bread and butter of jazz sets. You should get completely comfortable with it.
The iRealpro scripts for Freddy's Blues are available here.
https://hairylarryland.com/jazzbuskers/
Just change the key for your instrument.
Major Pentatonic is always 1 2 3 5 6.
Minor Pentatonic is always 1 3 4 5 b7
C major pentatonic has the same notes as an A minor pentatonic.