01. DJ Hairy Larry presents NJHB playing "Catamaran"
02. Something Blue - Streak - 29 second spot
Thanks Marty, today we're hearing one of my jazz pieces recorded live at the Craighead Forest Bandshell.
NJHB is a different kind of jazz band without established personnel or repertoire. As usual when we played at the Craighead Forest Bandshell on June 2, 2013, it was the first and only time we played with this group of musicians.
So for this show we had Matt Jackson - bass, Mike "Zif" Lovell - guitar, Suzanne Michell - vocals, drums, and percussion, Carl Holden - guitar, Jay Shepherd - guitar, "Shugga" Shane Chastain - Roland Fantom, Addison Boling - drums, and Hairy Larry - Fender Rhodes, vocals, percussion, and dancing.
We are all from the Jonesboro Area except Suzanne is from Little Rock and Matt Jackson is from Kennett, Missouri.
We had an hour set so we got to play three songs. We tend to play long arrangements. The recording of "Catamaran" was close to 20 minutes long. On the album it's 12 minutes. So I made a radio edit that's 7 minutes long to play for you today. There's a link to the whole concert at sbblues.com.
In the process of doing the radio edit I did a lot of active listening. So I'm going to share some of the things I noticed about this recording.
Suzanne Michell is one of the best scat singers I have ever heard. There are places in the song where Suzanne and I are both scatting and Jay Shepherd joins the conversation on his guitar. Both Matt Jackson on bass and Addison Boling on drums play excellent solos.
There's no horns but we have three guitars and two keyboards. This can be a recipe for disaster but everyone listened while they played making space for the other musicians.
So now, recorded at the Craighead Forest Bandshell on June 2, 2013, here's NJHB playing my song, "Catamaran".
And that's NJHB playing "Catamaran" at the Craighead Forest Bandshell on June 2, 2013. Don't miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00, for more NJHB, Charlie Hunter, and Steve Lawson.
Bebop Beatniks At Beatles Park
Walnut Ridge, Arkansas
May 27, 2023
https://youtu.be/zCZwb_Da2BI
Songs
00:00 We are Bebop Beatniks ...
00:23 The Blue Crane
08:53 What a wonderful audience ...
09:00 Candles
16:43 I'm going to rap ...
17:0
DJ Hairy Larry Presents NJHB Playing Cookin For Piper
From the Archives of Something Blue May 28, 2023
https://sbblues.com/2023/05/28/dj-hairy-larry-presents-njhb-playing-cookin-for-piper
Saturday, May 27, at noon, Bebop Beatniks will be playing at Beatles Park in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. Beatles Park is near the corner of Abbey Road and Main Street.
We even got in the newspaper.
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Bebop Beatniks At Beatles Park Walnut Ridge, Arkansas May 27, 2023
Songs
00:00 We are Bebop Beatniks … 00:23 The Blue Crane 08:53 What a wonderful audience … 09:00 Candles 16:43 I’m going to rap … 17:04 African Violet 28:24 When Conley was a percussion student … 28:48 Low Earth Orbit 38:17 OK, here’s a swing song … 38:25 Sailboats 45:11 Crates is the companion piece to Candles … 45:20 Crates 53:36 One more song … 53:46 Malaysia
Personnel
Hairy Larry - piano, vocals Alex Washam - drums Conley Hunt - percussion Rike Robinson - trombone
Bebop Beatniks
On The Twitch Porch
April 2, 2023
Songs
00:00 Stardust by Hoagy Carmichael, public domain
08:27 African Violet
17:05 Sail Boats
24:26 Malaysia
33:37 Low Earth Orbit
42:37 The Blue Crane
Bebop Beatniks Blues Fest October 9, 2022 Craighead Forest Bandshell Jonesboro, Arkansas
Songs
00:00 African Violet 09:09 Recuperation … 09:28 The Blue Crane 16:50 I am a composition major … 17:33 Low Earth Orbit 26:00 Jeremy Jackson, bass - Alex Washam, drums … 26:41 Sail Boats 33:24 Drinking water … 34:01 Malaysia 41:18 Thanks …
Personnel
Hairy Larry - piano and vocals Jeremy Jackson - bass Alex Washam - drums
Guest Beatnik
Carl Heyl - vocals on African Violet Lyrics from “The Rat And The Elephant” by Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)
Hairy Larry And The Flying Hungarians Blues Fest Craighead Forest Bandshell Jonesboro, Arkansas October 9, 2022
00:00 One More Cup Of Coffee 05:05 Setup … 07:13 Memphis Blues Again 13:05 Ok, we’re gonna do … 13:25 Baby What You Want Me To Do 16:43 We got three drummers … 20:20 Turn On Your Love Light
Hairy Larry Plays Recital Repertoire In The New Twitch Studio Arkansas August 14, 2022
This set includes
00:00 Welcome … 00:14 African Violet 09:59 I am hoping to play … 10:11 The Blue Crane 17:28 I’m Hairy Larry … 17:36 Low Earth Orbit 28:06 Shout out … 28:25 Sail Boats 37:34 I’ve got one more … 37:40 Malaysia 47:02 And that’s the end …
Bebop Beatniks At Beatles Park Walnut Ridge, Arkansas May 27, 2023
Songs
00:00 We are Bebop Beatniks … 00:23 The Blue Crane 08:53 What a wonderful audience … 09:00 Candles 16:43 I’m going to rap … 17:04 African Violet 28:24 When Conley was a percussion student … 28:48 Low Earth Orbit 38:17 OK, here’s a swing song … 38:25 Sailboats 45:11 Crates is the companion piece to Candles … 45:20 Crates 53:36 One more song … 53:46 Malaysia
Personnel
Hairy Larry - piano, vocals Alex Washam - drums Conley Hunt - percussion Rike Robinson - trombone
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a song I wrote, recorded at New Jazz In Jonesboro.
In 2013 we scheduled New Jazz In Jonesboro once a month at TheArts@311. We often played charts that had never seen a music stand before and although we were reading charts we leaned heavily into group improvisation and free jazz.
On July 6, 2013, we recorded the songs that would become the “Cookin’ For Piper” album. Matt Jackson wrote “Cookin’ For Piper”. Joseph Curtis wrote “Working, P.M.”. And I put “Monkey Walk” up, for the first time.
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a jazz standard played In The Loft at The Edge.
The Common Time Quartet played some cooking jazz and blues. I was happy to book them on a double bill at The Edge Coffeehouse featuring The Common Time Quartet and Bebop Beatniks.
Unfortunately their sax player, Josh Carter, couldn’t make the gig. Fortunately they got Tyler Remagen to sub. So they delivered a little bit different sound with Tyler on tenor instead of Josh’s scorching alto sax.
Playing the gig were Alex Ditto, guitar; Spencer Rawlins, bass; Chris Issom, drums; and Tyler Remagen, tenor sax, all ASU students in the jazz program at the time and all of them from Northeast Arkansas.
All of these musicians helped me with my composition recitals and at one time or another played with Bebop Beatniks. Tyler Remagen played tenor sax in Bebop Beatniks for years and is featured on both of the albums.
So now, recorded In The Loft at The Edge on May 6, 2017, here’s The Common Time Quartet playing the jazz standard, “All Of Me”.
And that’s The Common Time Quartet playing “All Of Me” In The Loft at The Edge on May 6, 2017. Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00, for more great jazz from Common Time, Garage A Trois, and Charlie Hunter.
—
Something Blue – Wizard – 29 second spot
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Garage A Trois, Charlie Hunter, and The Common Time Quartet. 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.
The Common Time Quartet May 6, 2017 In The Loft at The Edge Coffeehouse Jonesboro, Arkansas
Songs
01 All Of Me 02 Song For My Father 03 Mr PC 04 Autumn Leaves 05 Red Clay 06 There Will Never Be Another You 07 Afro Blue 08 Freddie Freeloader 09 Mercy Mercy Mercy 10 Tenor Madness 11 Impressions
Personnel
Tyler Remagen - tenor Alex Ditto - guitar Spencer Rawlins - bass Chris Issom - drums
Tyler was subbing for Josh Carter who could not make this gig.
Attracts hundreds of thousands of people to the banks of the Mississippi
River in Helena, Arkansas, this iconic festival, held the weekend
before Columbus Day each October, continues to preserve the music of the
Delta. The name stems from King Biscuit Time, the longest-running daily radio show.
Beale Street music legends gather in 1952 for the homecoming of W.C. Handy, from New York. From left: Howard Yancey, bandleader and former Handy player, Gilbert Fowler, clarinet, Joe Walker, sax, Walter Smith, trumpet, W.C. Handy, Walter Tangsmith, trombone, Matthew Thorton, former Handy player, Lodus Ireland, guitar, George W. Lee, Beale historian, and Will Shade, jug bandleader. Memphis Press-Scimitar
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear one of my songs played in the Fine Arts Recital Hall.
Bebop Beatniks have been playing jazz in Jonesboro for a long time now. Earlier this year I put together a retrospective album. I searched all of our live performances for original songs and then I selected the best of these to put on the album, “Church”. I will include a link to the whole album on the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
On November 1, 2016, we played a composition recital in the Fine Arts Recital Hall. I picked my song “Dragonflight” for this week’s podcast. Playing on the song were Sid Davis and Chris Wilson - trumpet, Nicholas Graves - alto, Jonathan Vickers - tenor, Austin Lynn - trombone, Kyle Kempf - bass, Alex Washam - drums, and Larry Heyl - piano. All ASU students at the time and almost all of us from Northeast Arkansas.
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a brand new blues rock song recorded in Wynne, Arkansas.
Mr. John B. Shepherd is famous for his live blues guitar shows. I like to say, “I ain’t saying John Shepherd is better than anyone else, but there sure ain’t nobody else that plays better than him.”
John also has a studio in his basement in Wynne, Arkansas. John calls it StudioJS. We recorded some of the tracks there for our Delta Legends album, “Two Woman Blues”.
Well, this winter John got to work down in his studio and recorded a new album, “Guitar Soul”, that we are planning to release on HairyLarryLand. And from that album we’ll be hearing a pre-release version of “One Eyed Jack”. Our friend, Michael Riley, played drums on the album but on this song John used Zoom drums built into his multitrack recorder.
Bebop Beatniks At Beatles Park Walnut Ridge, Arkansas May 27, 2023
Songs
00:00 We are Bebop Beatniks … 00:23 The Blue Crane 08:53 What a wonderful audience … 09:00 Candles 16:43 I’m going to rap … 17:04 African Violet 28:24 When Conley was a percussion student … 28:48 Low Earth Orbit 38:17 OK, here’s a swing song … 38:25 Sailboats 45:11 Crates is the companion piece to Candles … 45:20 Crates 53:36 One more song … 53:46 Malaysia
Personnel
Hairy Larry - piano, vocals Alex Washam - drums Conley Hunt - percussion Rike Robinson - trombone
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a song I wrote, recorded at New Jazz In Jonesboro.
In 2013 we scheduled New Jazz In Jonesboro once a month at TheArts@311. We often played charts that had never seen a music stand before and although we were reading charts we leaned heavily into group improvisation and free jazz.
On July 6, 2013, we recorded the songs that would become the “Cookin’ For Piper” album. Matt Jackson wrote “Cookin’ For Piper”. Joseph Curtis wrote “Working, P.M.”. And I put “Monkey Walk” up, for the first time.
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a jazz standard played In The Loft at The Edge.
The Common Time Quartet played some cooking jazz and blues. I was happy to book them on a double bill at The Edge Coffeehouse featuring The Common Time Quartet and Bebop Beatniks.
Unfortunately their sax player, Josh Carter, couldn’t make the gig. Fortunately they got Tyler Remagen to sub. So they delivered a little bit different sound with Tyler on tenor instead of Josh’s scorching alto sax.
Playing the gig were Alex Ditto, guitar; Spencer Rawlins, bass; Chris Issom, drums; and Tyler Remagen, tenor sax, all ASU students in the jazz program at the time and all of them from Northeast Arkansas.
All of these musicians helped me with my composition recitals and at one time or another played with Bebop Beatniks. Tyler Remagen played tenor sax in Bebop Beatniks for years and is featured on both of the albums.
So now, recorded In The Loft at The Edge on May 6, 2017, here’s The Common Time Quartet playing the jazz standard, “All Of Me”.
And that’s The Common Time Quartet playing “All Of Me” In The Loft at The Edge on May 6, 2017. Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00, for more great jazz from Common Time, Garage A Trois, and Charlie Hunter.
—
Something Blue – Wizard – 29 second spot
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Garage A Trois, Charlie Hunter, and The Common Time Quartet. 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.
The Common Time Quartet May 6, 2017 In The Loft at The Edge Coffeehouse Jonesboro, Arkansas
Songs
01 All Of Me 02 Song For My Father 03 Mr PC 04 Autumn Leaves 05 Red Clay 06 There Will Never Be Another You 07 Afro Blue 08 Freddie Freeloader 09 Mercy Mercy Mercy 10 Tenor Madness 11 Impressions
Personnel
Tyler Remagen - tenor Alex Ditto - guitar Spencer Rawlins - bass Chris Issom - drums
Tyler was subbing for Josh Carter who could not make this gig.
Join us for Inspired Unreality open game chat Saturday, May 20, at 11:00
AM Central. We will be discussing Fantasy and Science Fiction and we
will also have actual play on the table with the return of If You Play
You Win online gaming.
Inspired Unreality open game chat is held in Tenkar’s Tavern on Discord. There’s more info and a link here.
Beale Street music legends gather in 1952 for the homecoming of W.C. Handy, from New York. From left: Howard Yancey, bandleader and former Handy player, Gilbert Fowler, clarinet, Joe Walker, sax, Walter Smith, trumpet, W.C. Handy, Walter Tangsmith, trombone, Matthew Thorton, former Handy player, Lodus Ireland, guitar, George W. Lee, Beale historian, and Will Shade, jug bandleader. Memphis Press-Scimitar
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear one of my songs played in the Fine Arts Recital Hall.
Bebop Beatniks have been playing jazz in Jonesboro for a long time now. Earlier this year I put together a retrospective album. I searched all of our live performances for original songs and then I selected the best of these to put on the album, “Church”. I will include a link to the whole album on the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
On November 1, 2016, we played a composition recital in the Fine Arts Recital Hall. I picked my song “Dragonflight” for this week’s podcast. Playing on the song were Sid Davis and Chris Wilson - trumpet, Nicholas Graves - alto, Jonathan Vickers - tenor, Austin Lynn - trombone, Kyle Kempf - bass, Alex Washam - drums, and Larry Heyl - piano. All ASU students at the time and almost all of us from Northeast Arkansas.
