Thanks Marty, today we'll hear one of my original compositions played at The Round Room in the Jonesboro Public Library.
New Jazz In Jonesboro had a successful season at The Arts@311 in 2013. Then in 2018 I restarted the program at The Round Room and thanks to Mark Smith we got KASU on board helping with publicity.
On November 10, 2018, NJHB, the New Jazz House Band, played four of my original compositions, three of them being played for the first time in public. Because that's how NJHB rolls. We just put a brand new chart up on the music stands and then we improvise the whole arrangement, not just the solos.
The last piece of the evening was "Artificial Gravity" and playing on the song in solo order are Cody Ballard - tenor, Jon Vickers - alto, Gabe Waters - bass clarinet, Tyler Remagen - tenor, Hairy Larry - piano, Spencer Rawlins - bass, and Alex Washam - drums, all ASU Jazz Students and alumni.
We had two more seasons in The Round Room in 2019 and then we were shut down by the pandemic in 2020, a time that has been hard for all of us but especially hard for performing musicians. Then last year I started livesteaming my chill jazz piano compositions on twitch and last fall I played a couple of shows at the Craighead Forest Bandshell. Now that it's nearly Spring, and omicron is on the wane, I look forward to playing at the bandshell and at Beatles Park in Walnut Ridge and, who knows, maybe getting the band back together for more New Jazz In Jonesboro.
Now here's NJHB playing my song, "Artificial Gravity".
And that's NJHB playing "Artificial Gravity" at New Jazz In Jonesboro on November 10, 2018. Don't miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 to hear Charlie Hunter and Yo Miles!
This podcast is licensed CC BY. Please attribute Hairy Larry or Larry Heyl.
Bebop Beatniks
Larry Heyl Composition Recital
ASU Band Room
September 10, 2023
https://youtu.be/wZc7Wt9MI5c?si=LmA3bBxy9z2_lA4G
Songs
00:00 African Violet
14:30 The Blue Crane
23:30 introducing the band ...
24:24 Low E
Delta Boogie Newsletter - September 2023 - Blues Fest and Beatles At The Ridge
Bebop Beatniks will be playing at the Beatles At The Ridge Festival in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, at noon on Saturday, September 16. We'll be in Beatles Park and we hope to see you there. We will also be livestreaming on Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/hairylarry
Beatles At The Ridge will continue all day.
https://www.beatlesattheridge.com/
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Blues Fest
Craighead Forest Bandshell
Jonesboro, Arkansas
Sunday, Sept
Bebop Beatniks will be performing at noon in Beatles Park on Abbey Road in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, on September 16, 2023. Featuring Hairy Larry playing chill jazz piano. Bebop Beatniks plays all original jazz compositions.
https://bebopbeatniks.com
The show will be livestreamed here.
https://www.youtube.com/hairylarry
Following the show Matt Chaney will be at Eclectic Geekery to talk about the Beatles visit to Walnut Ridge and to sign copies of his book, "River Shows, Blues, Ragtime, Jazz an
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Bebop Beatniks Larry Heyl Composition Recital ASU Band Room September 10, 2023
Songs
00:00 African Violet 14:30 The Blue Crane 23:30 introducing the band … 24:24 Low Earth Orbit 33:32 Sail Boats 42:22 Freddy’s Blues 52:35 Malaysia
All songs by Larry Heyl
Personnel
Rike Robinson - trombone and vocals Tyler Remagen - sax and flute Cody Daugherty - trumpet Sophie Hacker - guitar and vocals Craig Collison - drums Jeremy Jackson - bass Conley Hunt - percussion and vocals Hairy Larry - piano and vocals
Livestreamed to Youtube from my Samsung Galaxy S10
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)
Blues Fest Craighead Forest Bandshell Jonesboro, Arkansas Sunday, September 24
2:00 Hairy Larry and The Flying Hungarians 3:00 Butler and Holmes 4:00 Bebop Beatniks 5:00 Anna and the Tanks 6:00 Houston Steele and the Band Of Steele
Free and open to the public. Picnics permitted. Bring blankets and lawn chairs for your comfort.
Bebop Beatniks Larry Heyl Composition Recital ASU Band Room September 10, 2023
Songs
00:00 African Violet 14:30 The Blue Crane 23:30 introducing the band … 24:24 Low Earth Orbit 33:32 Sail Boats 42:22 Freddy’s Blues 52:35 Malaysia
All songs by Larry Heyl
Personnel
Rike Robinson - trombone and vocals Tyler Remagen - sax and flute Cody Daugherty - trumpet Sophie Hacker - guitar and vocals Craig Collison - drums Jeremy Jackson - bass Conley Hunt - percussion and vocals Hairy Larry - piano and vocals
Livestreamed to Youtube from my Samsung Galaxy S10
“sound like they are invoking some ancient black magic, when giving the old blues riffs a polish. This one is mean, lean & has no excess guitar solos wearing it down.“ #ALT77
Bebop Beatniks will be performing at noon in Beatles Park on Abbey Road in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, on September 16, 2023. Featuring Hairy Larry playing chill jazz piano. Bebop Beatniks plays all original jazz compositions.
Following the show Matt Chaney will be at Eclectic Geekery to talk about the Beatles visit to Walnut Ridge and to sign copies of his book, “River Shows, Blues, Ragtime, Jazz and Country Music”.
So come early for Bebop Beatniks, hear Matt Chaney talk about the Beatles at Eclectic Geekery book store, located at the corner of Abbey Road and Main Street, and stay for music all day.
Read more about Beatles At The Ridge festival here.
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a female vocalist accompanied by a female pianist recorded in 2011 at Bebopalooza!
This Saturday I have a great show featuring top jazz pianists and female vocalists. So I got to thinking about what I have in the archives of Something Blue that will complement the show. And I came up with Lisa Ahia. I love the way she sings the song “My Romance” and I do have several recordings of it. But when I heard the version recorded right here at ASU, on October 15, 2011, I knew I had found what I was looking for. With Joy Sanford accompanying Lisa on piano the resulting recording is very sparse and perfectly rendered. A great song to go with a great show.
Bebop Beatniks Livestream August 20, 2023 Arkansas State University Fine Arts Recital Hall
Song List
00:00 Hairy Intro … 00:31 African Violet 09:13 The Blue Crane Intro … 09:19 The Blue Crane 16:33 Low Earth Orbit Intro … 16:36 Low Earth Orbit 24:58 Sail Boats Lyrics … 25:21 Sail Boats 30:32 Freddy’s Blues Intro … 31:14 Freddy’s Blues 36:38 We’ve got time for one more … 36:48 Malaysia 44:24 Outro - Band Introductions …
All songs by Larry Heyl licensed CC BY
Personnel
Hairy Larry - piano, vocals Jeremy Jackson - bass Conley Hunt - percussion, vocals
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear one of my compositions recorded at HairyLarryLand.
NJHB is the house band for the New Jazz In Jonesboro concert series. We were starting up the concerts again in the fall of 2018 and I had written a number of songs titled after concepts of contemporary physics.
So on July 28, 2018, we got together to read and record three of these pieces, “Cold Fusion”, “Quantum Blues”, and “Entanglement”. These songs make up the NJHB, “Quantum Blues” album.
We had Tyler Remagen on tenor sax; Spencer Rawlins, bass, and I’m on piano. We all live in the Jonesboro area and we were all students in the ASU jazz program at the time.
Blues Fest Craighead Forest Bandshell Jonesboro, Arkansas Sunday, September 24
2:00 Hairy Larry and The Flying Hungarians 3:00 Butler and Holmes 4:00 Bebop Beatniks 5:00 Anna and the Tanks 6:00 Houston Steele and the Band Of Steele
Free and open to the public. Picnics permitted. Bring blankets and lawn chairs for your comfort.
Bebop Beatniks Larry Heyl Composition Recital ASU Band Room September 10, 2023
Songs
00:00 African Violet 14:30 The Blue Crane 23:30 introducing the band … 24:24 Low Earth Orbit 33:32 Sail Boats 42:22 Freddy’s Blues 52:35 Malaysia
All songs by Larry Heyl
Personnel
Rike Robinson - trombone and vocals Tyler Remagen - sax and flute Cody Daugherty - trumpet Sophie Hacker - guitar and vocals Craig Collison - drums Jeremy Jackson - bass Conley Hunt - percussion and vocals Hairy Larry - piano and vocals
Livestreamed to Youtube from my Samsung Galaxy S10
Bebop Beatniks will be performing at noon in Beatles Park on Abbey Road in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, on September 16, 2023. Featuring Hairy Larry playing chill jazz piano. Bebop Beatniks plays all original jazz compositions.
Following the show Matt Chaney will be at Eclectic Geekery to talk about the Beatles visit to Walnut Ridge and to sign copies of his book, “River Shows, Blues, Ragtime, Jazz and Country Music”.
So come early for Bebop Beatniks, hear Matt Chaney talk about the Beatles at Eclectic Geekery book store, located at the corner of Abbey Road and Main Street, and stay for music all day.
Read more about Beatles At The Ridge festival here.
“God forbid this is my last day on this beautiful earth, it won’t be spent listening to some news person telling me how rotten we are, how rotten life is, heck no, I’m going out and seeing how beautiful life is.“
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a female vocalist accompanied by a female pianist recorded in 2011 at Bebopalooza!
This Saturday I have a great show featuring top jazz pianists and female vocalists. So I got to thinking about what I have in the archives of Something Blue that will complement the show. And I came up with Lisa Ahia. I love the way she sings the song “My Romance” and I do have several recordings of it. But when I heard the version recorded right here at ASU, on October 15, 2011, I knew I had found what I was looking for. With Joy Sanford accompanying Lisa on piano the resulting recording is very sparse and perfectly rendered. A great song to go with a great show.
