Muffin

Posted on April 24, 2021 by Hairy Larry

Something Blue – Muffin – April 24, 2021

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring The Hanging Chads, NJHB, and Vertigo Jazz Project. 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.

Vertigo Jazz Project Live at Double Door Inn on 2009-05-22
archive.org/details/vertjazz2009-05-22.flacf16

Hanging Chads Live at Sheraton Hotel Deck Party on 2006-09-15
archive.org/details/chads2006-09-15.flac16

NJHB Live at HairyLarryLand on 2018-07-28
archive.org/details/hl2018-07-28
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From The Archive April 18, 2021 – NJHB – “Malaysia”

Posted on April 19, 2021 by Hairy Larry

Thanks Marty, this week on From The Archives I picked a song from one of my favorite NJHB albums, “Stinger”.

Chris “Stinger” Stevens was a guest star at New Jazz In Jonesboro held in downtown Jonesboro at TheArts@311 on April 6, 2013. Chris is a very versatile guitarist who plays everything from The Beatles to Santana as well as blues and jazz so he was a perfect fit as a guest guitarist for NJHB joining our regular guitarist Mike “Ziff” Lovell.

We played an exceptional set with lots of soaring guitars but unfortunately with no horns or bass. So I did audio post production on what we had and wrote an overdub script for bass and sax. Corey Emerson came to HairyLarryLand and put down the bass parts and then Cody Ballard visited later and played the sax. Both of these guys are such fine musicians that everything was first take.

Also on the album, recorded during the live show, are Carl Abraham on drums and I’m on piano. Here we are now doing a song I wrote called “Malaysia”.
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Hide

Posted on April 17, 2021 by Hairy Larry

Something Blue – Hide – April 17, 2021

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring The Beau Sasser Trio, The Mudcats, and the Benevento Russo Duo. 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.

Benevento/Russo Live at Relix Studio on 2021-03-29
archive.org/details/duo2021-03-29

Beau Sasser Trio Live at The Main Pub on 2021-04-03
archive.org/details/BST2021-04-03.BeauSasserTrioTelefunkenDSBD

The Mudcats – Blues Fest House Band
archive.org/details/blues_fest_house_band
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From The Archive April 11, 2021 – The Mudcats – “Guitar Blues”

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Hairy Larry

Thanks Marty, this week on From The Archives we’re featuring some blues recorded at Blues Fest.

The Mudcats were the Blues Fest House Band. We had a band call in sick so I gathered some musicians from the audience and told everyone we were The Mudcats. After hosting the jam set and filling in again people started asking when The Mudcats were going to play. So we ended up on the schedule.

The core group was George Hinds, bass; Randy Gambill, drums, and I was on guitar. We always had guests and on September 2, 2007, we had Scott Mathis on lead guitar. Which was appropriate because the song we’re going to hear is “Guitar Blues”.

Now here are The Mudcats playing a song I wrote called “Guitar Blues”.
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Night

Posted on April 10, 2021 by Hairy Larry

Something Blue – Night – April 10, 2021

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Erroll Garner, Caprice, Greg Skaff, and Matana Roberts. 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.

Erroll Garner – The Complete Concert By The Sea
www.errollgarner.com/

Greg Skaff – Polaris
gregskaff.com/

Matana Roberts – The Chicago Project

Matana Roberts

Caprice – From Dawn Til Dusk
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From The Archive April 4, 2021 – Caprice – “Papa Samba”

Posted on April 4, 2021 by Hairy Larry

Thanks Marty, this week on From The Archives we’re featuring more jazz recorded right here in Jonesboro.

Caprice was a student band at ASU and I had been recording their recitals. When they decided to record an album they asked me and I was very excited to record these great songwriters and musicians. After all the work they had put into developing their band sound it was important to me to get their songs down before Tim Moore and Brandon Moore left ASU to continue their jazz education at North Texas State.

Playing in Caprice were Tim Moore, piano; Brandon Moore, sax; Alex Ditto, guitar; Matt Bounds, bass; and Addison Boling, drums.

Here they are now playing a Brandon Moore composition, “Papa Samba”.
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Currents

Posted on April 3, 2021 by Hairy Larry

Something Blue – Currents – April 3, 2021

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Jazz Alliance, Richard Andersson, and SFJAZZ Collective. 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.

SFJazz Collective – The Music Of Joe Henderson
www.sfjazz.org/shop/cds-dvds/sfjazz-collective-cd-live-at-sfjazz-center-2014/

Richard Andersson Sustainable Quartet – Please Recycle
richardandersson.bandcamp.com/album/please-recycle

Jazz Alliance – Partly Cloudy
archive.org/details/partly_cloudy
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From The Archive March 28, 2021 – Jazz Alliance – “12 Bar Bruise”

Posted on March 28, 2021 by Hairy Larry

Thanks Marty, this week on From The Archives we’re featuring some jazz recorded right here in Jonesboro.

I was enjoying a Jazz Alliance performance at The Edge Coffeehouse after I retired and on break I was talking to Janie Overall who told me that at ASU the state pays the tuition for senior citizens, 60 or over. So I can say that it was Jazz Alliance that brought me back to ASU where I took Percussion lessons from Craig Collison and Jazz Improv from Ron Horton. Soon after that I resumed my composition studies and resumed hosting Something Blue at KASU.

Ron Horton wrote some great songs and I began recording their live performances collecting the tracks that ended up on their “Partly Cloudy” CD. Playing on the CD are Ron Horton, trumpet; Craig Collison, vibes; David Eckert, bass; and Mike Overall, drums. They helped me start the KASU Jazz Thursday concerts and also played at Bebopalooza! Their personnel have strong connections to ASU and the public library.

They were a great band and I have featured them many times on Something Blue, mostly playing jazz standards recorded at public performances. This week I am featuring originals written by Ron Horton. Here’s Jazz Alliance now playing “12 Bar Bruise”.
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Quip

Posted on March 27, 2021 by Hairy Larry

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Suke Cerulo, 3 Peas, and Speaking in Tongues. 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.

Something Blue – Quip – March 27, 2021

Suke Cerulo Live at Sidewalk Cafe on 2012-06-16
archive.org/details/sukecerulo2012-06-16.sukecerulo2012-06-16

Speaking in Tongues Live at Mama’s Blues on 2003-04-30
archive.org/details/SiT2003-04-30

3 Peas Live at Aggie Theater on 2004-01-31
archive.org/details/3peas-2004-01-31ATS

Besides being featured on Something Blue this week this concerts are on rotation on Alive All Night every night on MixRemix Radio at mixremix.cc
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From The Archive March 21, 2021 – Delta Legends – “These Blues”

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Hairy Larry

Thanks Marty, this week on From The Archives we’re featuring some blues guitar from Delta Legends.

On June 10, 2018, I took a drive down to John Shepherd’s studio to record with Delta Legends. John Shepherd and Jeremy Burnett are both from Wynne and I live outside of Brookland. We recorded several songs and three of them are featured on our CD, “Two Woman Blues”. At the session John played guitar, Jeremy was on harp, and I’m on the bass. We all sing.

John is a virtuoso electric blues guitarist who plays especially well on slow blues standards like “Red House” and “Last Night”. One of the songs we recorded that day is a John Shepherd original called “These Blues”. John wrote it, John sings it, and John’s on guitar. Here’s Delta Legends now playing “These Blues”.
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