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Something Blue – Lucky – June 10, 2023

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Liam Noble, Yoni Mayraz, and the Southern University Jazz Ensemble. 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.

Liam Noble & Geoff Simkins – Lucky Teeth
liamnoblegeoffsimkins.bandcamp.com/album/lucky-teeth

Southern University Jazz Ensemble – Goes To Africa With Love
suje.bandcamp.com/album/goes-to-africa-with-love

The Southern University Jazz Ensemble – Goes To Africa With Love

Yoni Mayraz – Dybbuk Tse!
yonimayraz.bandcamp.com/album/dybbuk-tse

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Liam Noble & Geoff Simkins – Eiderdown

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

Yoni Mayraz – Pawnshop
Liam Noble & Geoff Simkins – Lucky Teeth

Now that’s what I”m talking about, Liam Noble & Geoff Simkins playing the title track from their new album, “Lucky Teeth”. Kicking us off they played “Eiderdown”. We also heard Yoni Mayraz do “Pawnshop.

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 to listen anytime and for links to the full albums we’re hearing tonight.

Now, I’m going to let Eothen Alapatt introduce this next song, recorded by the Southern University Jazz Ensemble.

Southern University Jazz Ensemble – Samba Dee
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Yoni Mayraz – Dybbuk Tse!
Liam Noble & Geoff Simkins – Stella By Starlight

All right now, that’s Liam Noble & Geoff Simkins playing the jazz standard, “Stella By Starlight”. Before that we heard the title track from the new Yoni Mayraz album, “Dybbuk Tse!”.

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. Thanks to Bandcamp for hosting the albums we’re hearing tonight.

Not only do many contemporary jazz composers use Bandcamp to sell and promote their work, Bandcamp has also become home for many jazz archivists to distribute re-released jazz albums that have long been out of print.

“Goes To Africa With Love” was recorded by the Southern University Jazz Ensemble in 1973, directed by Alvin Batiste.

Now-Again Records says “This is the first-ever commercial release of New Orleans’ legend, Alvin Batiste’s, Spiritual Jazz albums created with the college band he instructed and led in Baton Rouge. Originally given away as souvenirs at Southern University, the two albums contain deep Batiste originals. They are some of the most sought after albums of the seventies jazz underground.”

Now re-released on Bandcamp this is a true treasure. The fact that it is recorded by student musicians only makes it more valuable in my eyes.

So, closing the show here’s Yoni Mayraz playing “South Star” and then we’ll hear the Southern University Jazz Ensemble do “Music Came”.

Yoni Mayraz – South Star
Southern University Jazz Ensemble – Music Came