DJ Hairy Larry Presents Jay Shepherd Playing Spain

DJ Hairy Larry Presents Jay Shepherd Playing Spain
From The Archive Of Something Blue – 2026-01-04

Jay Shepherd Live At The Delta Jazz Workshop

Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a fantastic jazz song recorded at the Delta Jazz Workshop.

“Spain”, by Chick Corea, is a jazz standard he composed in 1971 and released on “Light As A Feather”, an album recorded by his jazz fusion band, Return To Forever. It was an immediate hit and has since been covered many times in both instrumental and vocal versions.

While it is very catchy it’s not the easiest song to play.

On July 12, 2016, Jay Shepherd brought his band to play in the A-State Fine Arts Recital Hall as part of the Delta Jazz Workshop. They delivered a sterling set which I have featured on Something Blue before.

After Jay and I did his classical album, “Millenium Fair”, last year, I sent him an email about releasing a live jazz album with the songs they played that night. He was onboard and so on New Year’s Eve, 2025, the stars aligned and I released “Jay Shepherd Live At The Delta Jazz Workshop”.

Playing on the album were:

Jay Shepherd – guitar
Tyler Worsham – piano
Shane Chastain – piano
Terrell Montgomery – bass
and
Keyven Dunn – drums

All fine outstanding Northeast Arkansas musicians. Which you will hear for yourselves in just a minute.

I will post a link to the album on the Something Blue website, sbblues.com.

Ok now, recorded for Something Blue on July 12, 2016, here’s Jay Shepherd playing the Chick Corea song, “Spain”.

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And that’s Jay Shepherd playing “Spain” recorded right here at ASU. Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00, to hear Schall Und Stille, Paul Winter, and Alex Hitchcock.

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