Seeds

Posted on July 3, 2021 by Hairy Larry

Something Blue – Seeds – July 3, 2021

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Paul Motian, Joe Lee, Yamile Burich, and Kenny Garrett. 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.

Joe Lee – Swings On
deltaboogie.com/alleyrecords/

Paul Motian – Lost Dream
www.npr.org/artists/15401669/paul-motian

Kenny Garrett – Seeds From The Underground

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Yamile Burich – Random
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From The Archive June 27, 2021 – Joe Lee – “Sweet Lorraine”

Posted on June 27, 2021 by Hairy Larry

Thanks Marty. This week on From the Archives of Something Blue we’re hearing some great jazz from a Jonesboro jazz master.

First I helped Joe Lee digitize some of hs Alley hits for his “Sounds Of The Sixties” CD. We developed a good working arrangement so he invited me to work with him on another CD. This would be a jazz CD featuring songs he had recorded at Alley and also a live performance of “What’s New”.

As we collected the material from his master tapes I realized we were doing something important. These Joe Lee arrangements and performances archive an era of swing jazz that’s an important part of music history.

I didn’t make the recordings but Vivian and I worked hard to assure that the best possible quality went on the CD, both the music and the cover art. Joe was appreciative and he gave me coproducer credits on the album. We went on from there to coproduce another album I did record, “Boppin’ At The Forest”, but that’s a story for another From The Archives episode.

Here he is now, Joe Lee, singing a jazz standard released on his “Swings On” album, “Sweet Lorraine”.
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Corner

Posted on June 26, 2021 by Hairy Larry

Something Blue – Corner – June 26, 2021

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Sweet Angel, Black Angel, David Gale, and Roosevelt Collier. 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.

Roosevelt Collier Live at Brooklyn Bowl on 2016-05-09
archive.org/details/thenewstew2016-05-09.cmc621.sbd.matrix.flac24

Sweet Angel – Arkansas Roots Festival April 8, 2017
sweetangel.org/

David Gale

David Gale serves up “Corner Store Blues” as part of his new album, Down in Smoke

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From The Archive June 20, 2021 – Sweet Angel – “I’d Rather Be Myself”

Posted on June 20, 2021 by Hairy Larry

Thanks Marty. This week on From the Archives of Something Blue we’re hearing contemporary blues recorded at the Arkansas Roots Festival.

Sweet Angel is from Memphis and I had been playing her songs on Something Blue and promoting her act on Delta Boogie for years so when I saw she was booked for the Arkansas Roots Festival I was excited that I would get to hear her sing.

She did not disappoint. There’s no music like live music and yes, experiencing Sweet Angel live is an entirely different experience from listening to her recordings. She’s a fantastic vocalist and songwriter and she also plays a mean saxophone.

Here she is now, Sweet Angel, singing a song she wrote called “I’d Rather Be Myself”.
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Flight

Posted on June 19, 2021 by Hairy Larry

Something Blue – Flight – June 19, 2021

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Gary Bartz, John Stowell, and Jason Palmer. 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.

Gary Bartz – There Goes The Neighborhood
www.oberlin.edu/gary-bartz

John Stowell & Michael Zilber Quartet – Basement Blues
www.johnstowell.com/

Jason Palmer – Songbook
www.jasonpalmermusic.com/
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From The Archive June 13, 2021 – Bebop Beatniks – “It Could Happen To You”

Posted on June 13, 2021 by Hairy Larry

Thanks Marty. This week on From the Archives of Something Blue we’re hearing Bebop Beatniks recorded at the Delta Jazz Workshop.

The Delta Jazz Workshop is a week long summer jazz clinic available to any musician who wants to attend but it’s mostly Arkansas high school students who might be interested in continuing their music studies at ASU. Besides playing music all day the students also get to listen to live jazz every night. It has been my pleasure to bring Bebop Beatniks to play on Wednesday nights for several years.

On July 10, 2019, we had a special performance since we were joined by Bebop Beatniks alumnus, Kevin Tinker, trumpet, and Emily Lindley, vibes, as well as guest clinicians Michael McGowan, sax, and Jay Shepherd, guitar.

Bebop Beatniks are Jeremy Jackson, bass; Alex Washam, drums; and Hairy Larry, piano and vocals. So it was a Septet with two horns in front and an enlarged rhythm section.

Playing with these great musicians for a jazz audience was a fantastic experience.

Recorded right here at ASU on July 10, 2019, here’s Bebop Beatniks playing the jazz standard “It Could Happen To You”.

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And that’s Bebop Beatniks playing “It Could Happen To You” at the Delta Jazz Workshop on July 10, 2019.

Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00, to hear Gary Bartz, John Stowell, and Jason Palmer.

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Gary Bartz, John Stowell, and Jason Palmer. 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.

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Hand

Posted on June 12, 2021 by Hairy Larry

Something Blue – Hand – June 12, 2021

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Dirk Quinn, Billy Jones, and Soule Monde. 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.

Soule Monde Live at FTC Stage One on 2021-06-03
archive.org/details/soulemonde2021-06-03.AKG414

The Dirk Quinn Band Live at Whites Road Park on 2021-06-01
archive.org/details/dqb2021-06-01.AKG-CK61.Flac24

Billy Jones Bluez – KASU Bluesday Tuesday August 9, 2011
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From The Archive June 6, 2021 – Billy Jones Blues – “Hurts Me Too”

Posted on June 7, 2021 by Hairy Larry

Thanks Marty. This week on From the Archives of Something Blue we’re hearing some real blues recorded at Bluesday Tuesday.

Billy Jones Bluez is from Central Arkansas so Bluesday Tuesday in Newport was a good fit for them with less travel time than driving all the way to Jonesboro. I got to record them at KASU Bluesday Tuesday on August 9, 2011, and I have played recordings from this show on Something Blue many times.

What can I say about Billy Jones? He writes great songs and also picks great cover songs for his repertoire. He’s an outstanding guitarist and vocalist. He leads a great band. He’s an exceptional showman who adds a lot of humor to his show. And he is very versatile playing blues, country, and rock. Whenever I have seen him play he always put on a show. He’s a real entertainer.

For today I picked the blues classic, “Hurts Me Too” and there will be more songs from this same show on Something Blue this week. Here they are now, Billy Jones Bluez, playing “Hurts Me Too”.
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Siren

Posted on June 5, 2021 by Hairy Larry

Something Blue – Siren – June 5, 2021

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Gary Bartz, Susanna Aleksandra, and Seamus Blake. 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.

Susanna Aleksandra – The Siren
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Gary Bartz – Jazz Is Dead 006

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Seamus Blake Quintet – The Call
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From The Archive May 30, 2021 – Hairy Larry – “Knockin Boots”

Posted on May 30, 2021 by Hairy Larry

Thanks Marty, I’m playing some new jazz releases on Something Blue this week so I decided to play a recent recording from the HairyLarryLand twitch studio on From The Archives Of Something Blue.

My daughter, Megan, is into indie games and when she started a twitch stream I was fascinated. I decided to start my own stream called Hairy Larry Practicing Piano and I scheduled it three times a week at 3:00 PM Central on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.

There’s a whole world out there live streaming and it’s a creative and technical challenge to equip a studio and put together the content for a stream. I am writing a series of articles called Setting Up A Twitch Stream at gamerplus.org. One of my first decisions was to do all original songs to avoid copyright issues and to keep the creative juices flowing writing new material for the stream. I program my songs into iReal Pro so that my tablet can play the backing tracks.

I also excerpt videos from the stream and post them on my video website, peertube.hairylarry.rocks so you can watch me playing this if you wish. I used VLC to convert the video into a wav file for playing on the radio.

The song I picked for today I wrote several years ago for the Jazz Recital Band at ASU. I recorded it on May 27, 2021, just last week. Here I am now doing my own song, “Knockin Boots”.
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