DJ Hairy Larry Presents luvtrst. Playing St. Thomas
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2026-06-14
Derek Doyle
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a jazz quartet from Northeast Arkansas play a Sonny Rollins song.
Sonny Rollins was a great jazz composer who also redefined jazz saxophone. He wrote the popular jazz standard, “St. Thomas”, based on the Bahamian folk song “Sponger Money”, a nursery song in the Virgin Islands, that his mother sang to him when he was a child. So, from these tender roots grew “St. Thomas” that Rollins included on his “Saxophone Colossus” album and remains a favorite.
My friend, Derek Doyle, loves “St. Thomas”. I remember him playing it with Jazz Alliance, back in the day. (Cue another search through the archives for that recording.)
On May 1, 2025, I recorded luvtrst. at Stage Too. Derek Doyle was on bass so I requested “St. Thomas”. To our benefit, they delivered and I was fortunate to get a good recording.
Playing in luvtrst. were
Cody Ballard – tenor sax
Matt Dixon – guitar
Addison Boling – drums
and
Derek Doyle – bass
Cody Ballard
I went to school with Cody Ballard and Addison Boling, in fact, they both played on my Senior Recital, later released as “Bop Soup”.
As always, I will post links on the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Ok now, recorded at Stage Too on April 31, 2025, here’s luvtrst. doing the Sonny Rollins classic, “St. Thomas”.
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Matt Dixon and Addison Boling
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And that’s luvtrst. playing the Sonny Rollins’ song, “St. Thomas”. Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00, to hear more luvtrst., Virginia MacDonald, Chris Potter, and Joe Lovano.
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DJ Hairy Larry With luvtrst. Playing St. Thomas
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This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring luvtrst., Virginia MacDonald, Joe Lovano, and Chris Potter. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
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