Something Blue - Clairvoyant - August 1, 2015

Tha Bead Plus - Inevitable Western
Yellow Jackets - A Rise In The Road
Jeremy Pelt - JPQ Jazz Cruise

The Bad Plus, Do It Again

Welcome to Something Blue. I'm Hairy Larry and I've got the blues, for you.

Yellowjackets, When The Lady Dances
Yellowjackets, Madrugada

All right now, that's The Yellowjackets playing "Madrugada". Before that they played the blues inspired "When The Lady Dances". And kicking us off tonight we heard The Bad Plus doing "Do It Again". The Yellow Jackets and The Bad Plus are both contemporary jazz bands touring today. I'm focusing tonight on contemporary jazz groups playing 21st Century compositions. For more about 21st Century jazz composers visit my blog, 21centjazz.com.

Something Blue is broadcast on KASU, 91.9 FM and streaming on the internet at kasu.org.

I'm Hairy Larry, host of Something Blue. For more about the show and to listen anytime visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com. Friend me or message me on Facebook or on the Delta Boogie Network at deltaboogie.net. Visit The Bad Plus at thebadplus.com. I'm playing songs from their new CD,"Inevitable Western", tonight. And you can find The Yellowjackets at yellowjackets.com. Their songs are from the 2013 release, "A Rise In The Road". Blues and jazz remain living art forms with today's touring bands writing tomorrow's standards. 

Now here's another song by The Yellowjackets, "An Amber Shade Of Blue". Then we will hear "Gold Prisms Incorporated" by The Bad Plus. 

Yellowjackets, An Amber Shade of Blue
The Bad Plus, Gold Prisms Incorporated

Jeremy Pelt, Clairvoyant

Now that's what I'm talking about, it's Jeremy Pelt playing Clairvoyant. That's Jeremy Pelt on trumpet. He is also a jazz composer and he leads a fine band. The Jeremy Pelt songs I'm playing tonight were recorded live on the JPQ Jazz Cruise.

Something Blue is broadcast on KASU, 91.9 FM and streaming on the internet at kasu.org.

I'm Hairy Larry, host of Something Blue and closing the show I've got two more songs from Jeremy Pelt. Here's "Phoenix" and "David and Goliath".

Jeremy Pelt, Phoenix
Jeremy Pelt, David and Goliath