Speakable

Something Blue – Speakable – July 16, 2022

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Tumi Mogorosi, Steve Grossman, and Jazz Writers Big Band. 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.

Tumi Mogorosi, Group Theory: Black Music
tumimogorosi.bandcamp.com/album/group-theory-black-music

Jazz Writers Big Band
archive.org/details/jw2016-07-11

Steve Grossman – Live At Cafe Praga
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Grossman_(saxophonist)

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Tumi Mogorosi, At the Limit of the Speakable

Welcome to Something Blue. I’m Hairy Larry and I’ve got the blues, for you.

Jazz Writers Big Band, Not Your Daddy’s Blues

Now that’s what I”m talking about. That’s the Jazz Writers Big Band, playing the Tom O’Connor song “Not Your Daddy’s Blues”. They were recorded at Riceland Hall right here at ASU on July 11, 2016.

Kicking us off tonight we heard Tumi Mogorosi doing “At the Limit of the Speakable.” from his new album, “Group Theory: Black Music”.

Something Blue is broadcast on KASU, 91.9 FM and streaming on the internet at kasu.org.

I’m Hairy Larry, host of Something Blue. Visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com to listen anytime.

Ok now, Here’s the Jazz Writer’s Big Band doing a Joseph Curtis song, “Downpour” followed by Steve Grossman playing “Blues Walk”.

Jazz Writers Big Band, Downpour
Steve Grossman, Blues Walk
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Steve Grossman, Ruby My Dear
Tumi Mogorosi, Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

All right now, that’s Tumi Mogorosi playing the traditional song “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child”. Before that we heard Steve Grossman do the Thelonius Monk song, “Ruby My Dear” from his album, “Live At Cafe Praga”.

Something Blue is broadcast on KASU, 91.9 FM and streaming on the internet at kasu.org.

I’m Hairy Larry, host of Something Blue. For more about contemporary jazz composers visit my website at jazzcomposers.net.

Tumi Mogorosi’s album “Group Theory: Black Music” was recorded in South Africa on December 6 and 7, 2021. Here’s “Wadada”. Then closing the show we’ll hear Steve Grossman play “Ray’s Idea”.

Tumi Mogorosi, Wadada
Steve Grossman, Ray’s Idea