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!
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DJ Hairy Larry Presents Lisa Ahia Singing This Masquerade
From The Archives Of Something Blue March 26, 2023
https://sbblues.com/2023/03/26/dj-hairy-larry-presents-lisa-ahia-singing-t
DJ Hairy Larry Presents NJHB Playing Colossus
From The Archives Of Something Blue March 19, 2023
https://sbblues.com/2023/03/19/dj-hairy-larry-presents-njhb-playing-colossus/
Thanks Marty, today
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Jay Shepherd Playing Footprints
From the Archives Of Something Blue March 12, 2023
https://sbblues.com/2023/03/12/dj-hairy-larry-presents-jay-shepherd-playing-f
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 …
Hairy Larry Guerilla Livestreaming The Big Pines was recorded live. Hairy Larry’s current schedule is Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 2:00 PM Central with weekend live performances to be arranged.
Songs
00:00 I’ve got the sun shining down on me … 00:12 African Violet 10:34 Coming up next here’s a 12 bar blues … 10:42 The Blue Crane 17:53 I’m wearing my planets shirt … 18:07 Low Earth Orbit 28:23 I’ve added a new song … 31:28 After You’ve Gone by Creamer and Layton 38:25 The sun is shining down … 38:38 Crates 46:28 Thanks …
Hairy Larry Guerilla Livestreaming The Big Pines was recorded live. Hairy Larry’s current schedule is Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 2:00 PM Central with weekend live performances to be arranged.
Songs
00:00 Welcome … 00:35 African Violet 10:42 I took a delivery … 11:04 The Blue Crane 18:23 It seems to be the day … 18:37 I do want to Thank Vivian … 19:12 Crates 27:05 Here’s an extended blues … 27:14 Low Earth Orbit 37:40 Now here’s a beautiful bossa nova … 37:48 Malaysia 47:12 We’re gonna close … 47:20 Blue Goose 58:39 Thanks
Jazz Buskers Guerilla Livestreaming Craighead Forest Lake was recorded live. Hairy Larry’s current schedule is Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 2:00 PM Central with weekend live performances to be arranged.
Songs
00:00 Welcome … 00:22 African violet 09:57 Geese … 10:29 The Blue Crane 18:10 We’re in a shady place … 19:03 Crates 27:10 Here at beautiful Craighead Forest Park … 27:30 Malaysia 37:01 We’re gonna close … 37:23 Low Earth Orbit
MANNISH [POSTER] BOY FOR POST-WAR CHICAGO BLUES & CHESS RECORDS.
NOTE: ^See what I did there. Only hardcore blues nuts will know.
PIC INFO: Spotlight on the crucial electric bluesman who in the 1940s and 1950s led the way in transforming traditional Delta blues into the electric Chicago blues style that paved the road to rock ‘n’ roll – MUDDY WATERS (1914-1983), illustrated by William Stout for his “Legends of the Blues” portraits series.
“Perhaps no other player represents post-war Chicago blues and Chess Records like Muddy Waters does. Sexy, classy, admired and feared, Muddy excited groups like THE ROLLING STONES and MANFRED MANN. His thrilling records were covered by most of the British blues bands. Muddy’s recording of Willie Dixon’s "You Need Love” was lifted by the SMALL FACES and perfromed as “You Need Loving” on one of their first LP’s. Robert Plant saw the Small Faces perform it live, then turned it into LED ZEPPELIN’s “Whole Lotta Love,” not realizing the song’s earlier origins.
“What color should I make the background?,” was a question I often asked myself during the creation of “Legends of the Blues,” wanting as much variety as possible. In Muddy’s case the choice was obvious: something suggesting the color of mud.“
– WILLIAM STOUT (American painter/fantasy artist/illustrator/blues music aficionado)
From The Archives Of Something Blue March 19, 2023
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a song I wrote that NJHB played at my Senior Recital.
The Senior Recital is a rite of passage for music students, the most important recital in their undergraduate studies. My recital was on November 8, 2013, and I had been playing all year with NJHB, the New Jazz House Band. It only made sense to me to bring this rehearsed act to the Fine Arts Recital Hall to close the recital with 4 of my original compositions.
My song, “Colossus”, was one of our favorites and we kicked off the NJHB set with it.
This recording of Colossus featured Arkansas musicians, Suzanne Michell - vocals, Addison Boling - drums, Matt Jackson - bass, Jay Shepherd - guitar, Don Bowyer - trombone, Joseph Curtis - trumpet, Cody Ballard - tenor sax, and Hairy Larry - piano and vocals.
From the Archives Of Something Blue March 12, 2023
Thanks Marty, today we’re hearing a Wayne Shorter standard played by Jay Shepherd at the Delta Jazz Workshop.
I took Jazz Arranging with Jay Shepherd and we both had a good class. Jay continued on to take a Masters in guitar performance and then taught at ASU until he moved to the other side of the state. I would still see him every year at the Delta Jazz Workshop where we worked together again teaching jazz improvisation and playing in the workshop’s small groups.
Saturday March 11 at 11:00 AM Central join us for Inspired Unreality open game chat. The topic will be Fantasy and Science Fiction including some Science Fiction coming to life, AI Art.
Inspired Unreality is held on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays in the gamerplus chat rooms at Tenkar’s Tavern on Discord.
00:00 It’s great to be back at Beatles Park … 00:15 African Violet by Larry Heyl 07:20 Ok, here’s a blues … 07:28 The Blue Crane by Larry Heyl 16:26 I want to thank our good friends … 16:48 Malaysia by Larry Heyl 27:29 I got one more for you today … 27:44 Stardust by Hoagy Carmichael public domain
Thanks Marty. Today we’re going to hear some jazzy blues recorded live at the Craighead Forest Bandshell.
Mike Dollins is a blues musician and promoter from Little Rock. We had the idea to have an Arkansas Blues Caravan bringing musicians from all over the state to perform at the Bandshell. The acts performing included Suzanne and Fred, Sandy and Roy McCann, Ben “Swamp Donkey” Brenner, Jawbone and Jolene, and Mike “Whiskerfish” Dollins and The Big Blue Cats.
It was great weather with everyone enjoying everybody else’s blues. A good time was had by all, the musicians and the audience.
Thanks Marty. Today we’re going to hear an original jazz song accompanying a spoken word poem by Walt Whitman.
The nice thing about the Delta Jazz Workshop is getting to play with musicians you haven’t seen for a year, as well as musicians you’ve just met.
On July 10, 2019, Bebop Beatniks were playing the Wednesday night concert featuring the working piano trio with Jeremy Jackson on bass, Alex Washam - drums, and Hairy Larry on piano.
Kevin Tinker was on trumpet and Emily Lindley on vibes. Both Kevin and Emily had played with us for years.
We also featured our frequent guest, Jay Shepherd on guitar. Rounding out the horns we had Michael McGowan on tenor sax. This was the first and only gig, so far, that Bebop Beatniks had McGowan as a guest beatnik.
From The Archives Of Something Blue March 19, 2023
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a song I wrote that NJHB played at my Senior Recital.
The Senior Recital is a rite of passage for music students, the most important recital in their undergraduate studies. My recital was on November 8, 2013, and I had been playing all year with NJHB, the New Jazz House Band. It only made sense to me to bring this rehearsed act to the Fine Arts Recital Hall to close the recital with 4 of my original compositions.
My song, “Colossus”, was one of our favorites and we kicked off the NJHB set with it.
This recording of Colossus featured Arkansas musicians, Suzanne Michell - vocals, Addison Boling - drums, Matt Jackson - bass, Jay Shepherd - guitar, Don Bowyer - trombone, Joseph Curtis - trumpet, Cody Ballard - tenor sax, and Hairy Larry - piano and vocals.
“Every now and then a clear harmonic cry gave new suggestions of a tune that would someday be the only tune in the world and would raise men’s souls to joy.”
From the Archives Of Something Blue March 12, 2023
Thanks Marty, today we’re hearing a Wayne Shorter standard played by Jay Shepherd at the Delta Jazz Workshop.
I took Jazz Arranging with Jay Shepherd and we both had a good class. Jay continued on to take a Masters in guitar performance and then taught at ASU until he moved to the other side of the state. I would still see him every year at the Delta Jazz Workshop where we worked together again teaching jazz improvisation and playing in the workshop’s small groups.
Saturday March 11 at 11:00 AM Central join us for Inspired Unreality open game chat. The topic will be Fantasy and Science Fiction including some Science Fiction coming to life, AI Art.
Inspired Unreality is held on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays in the gamerplus chat rooms at Tenkar’s Tavern on Discord.
00:00 It’s great to be back at Beatles Park … 00:15 African Violet by Larry Heyl 07:20 Ok, here’s a blues … 07:28 The Blue Crane by Larry Heyl 16:26 I want to thank our good friends … 16:48 Malaysia by Larry Heyl 27:29 I got one more for you today … 27:44 Stardust by Hoagy Carmichael public domain
Thanks Marty. Today we’re going to hear some jazzy blues recorded live at the Craighead Forest Bandshell.
Mike Dollins is a blues musician and promoter from Little Rock. We had the idea to have an Arkansas Blues Caravan bringing musicians from all over the state to perform at the Bandshell. The acts performing included Suzanne and Fred, Sandy and Roy McCann, Ben “Swamp Donkey” Brenner, Jawbone and Jolene, and Mike “Whiskerfish” Dollins and The Big Blue Cats.
It was great weather with everyone enjoying everybody else’s blues. A good time was had by all, the musicians and the audience.
