One O'Clock Lab Band
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The One O’Clock Lab Band for years has been the premier ensemble of the Jazz Studies Division at the University of North Texas College of Music
in Denton
. The band has performed and toured abroad in Australia, Canada, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Switzerland, Thailand, and The Netherlands. Since the 1970s, the band’s albums have received six Grammy nominations, including two for Lab 2009. Since 2008, the One O’Clock has been performing under the direction of Steve Wiest (born 1957), a two-time Grammy-nominated composer-arranger and Associate Professor of Music. The One O’Clock is the highest of nine peer lab bands at the college, each named for its hour of rehearsal and each a standard 19-piece big band
instrumentation — five saxophones, five trombones, five trumpets, piano
, guitar
, bass
, and drums
. The One O’Clock evolved from an extracurricular stage band in 1927 into a curricular laboratory dance band in 1947 when North Texas launched the first jazz degree program
in the world. Until 1967 it was the only jazz degree offered by a US university.
, the founding director, coined the phrase in 1946. "Laboratory" signified the school's practical curricular application of artistic disciplines in various music settings such as ensembles, small chamber groups, bands, orchestras, choirs, keyboard ensembles, and guitar ensembles. "Dance" was dropped in the early 1960s, to reflect the wider developing aspects of big band music. The academic degree name, "Dance Band," however, stood until 1978, when it was renamed "Jazz Education" and renamed again in 1981 as "Jazz Studies."
Leon Breeden
(1921–2010) presided when "The One O'Clock" was added as part of the official name in the early 1960s. North Texas has several lab bands, each bearing the name of their respective rehearsal times.
When Leon Breeden
took over the Lab Band Program in 1959, there were four lab bands, then referred to as "Units:" One O'Clock, Two O'Clock, Three O'Clock, and Five O'Clock. At that time, the Two O'Clock was the premier band, known as Laboratory Dance Band A.
directed and emceed Saturday night stage shows at North Texas State Teachers College, planning the programs and holding auditions every Saturday afternoon for prospective entertainers.
The Stage Band (1927-mid 1930s) served as a proving ground for Ann Sheridan
, Joan Blondell
, and Louise Tobin
. Actress Nancy Jane Gates first performed with the Stage Band in 1929, when she was three, and continued singing through graduation from Denton High School
. The Moonbeams, a quartet of four female vocalists, got their start with the Saturday night stage show in 1946. Two years later, they were touring with the Vaughn Monroe
Band as the Moonmaids.
Charter Members from 1927 Stage Band
Notable Members from the Fall 1940 Stage Band
† Capt. James Richard Allen was missing in action at sea, World War II
, evolved out of the Saturday Night Stage Shows, which were presented weekly from 1927 to 1961. Annually, from 1962 to 1970, the Aces, together with other acts, traveled and performed for civic organizations, veterans’ hospitals, WFAA radio, and Texas military bases. The Aces of Collegeland was never offered for academic credit.
(1920–1996), jazz host on Voice of America
, broadcast six nights a week to an audience that, at the peak of the Cold War
, was estimated to be 30 million regular listeners in Eastern Europe
and the former Soviet Union
— and as many as 100 million worldwide. Conover, who had heard the One O'Clock Lab Band several times, including as judge at the 1960 Notre Dame Jazz Festival (when Leonard Bernstein
was on the festival's board), asked Leon Breeden
, in 1967, for recordings of certain numbers. Later that year, Conover featured the One O'Clock Lab Band in an hour broadcast to an estimated audience of 40 million. Every year thereafter, the One O’Clock supplied a professional quality studio engineered album to Conover.
Jazz was, as Mr. Conover liked to say, "the music of freedom;" and to those who had no freedom, it became a metaphor of hope. Conover was known as the most famous American virtually no American had ever heard of. By law, the Voice of America broadcasts — broadcasts that made him a household name in Europe, Asia and Latin America — could not be beamed to the United States, where Mr. Conover was known mainly to dedicated jazz fans.
" for its release, Lab 2009. It had been nominated before, for "Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album" (1976 and 1978), and arrangers Mike Bogle (1992) and Neil Slater (1993) for "Best Arrangement on an Instrumental" also received Grammy nominations.
Directed by Leon Breeden
Directed by Leon Breeden (continued)
Directed by Neil Slater
Directed by Steve Wiest
University of North Texas College of Music
The University of North Texas College of Music, based in Denton, is a comprehensive music school with the largest enrollment of any music institution accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, and the oldest in the world offering a degree in jazz studies...
in Denton
Denton, Texas
The city of Denton is the county seat of Denton County, Texas in the United States. Its population was 119,454 according to the 2010 U.S. Census, making it the eleventh largest city in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex...
. The band has performed and toured abroad in Australia, Canada, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Switzerland, Thailand, and The Netherlands. Since the 1970s, the band’s albums have received six Grammy nominations, including two for Lab 2009. Since 2008, the One O’Clock has been performing under the direction of Steve Wiest (born 1957), a two-time Grammy-nominated composer-arranger and Associate Professor of Music. The One O’Clock is the highest of nine peer lab bands at the college, each named for its hour of rehearsal and each a standard 19-piece big band
Big band
A big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with jazz and the Swing Era typically consisting of rhythm, brass, and woodwind instruments totaling approximately twelve to twenty-five musicians...
instrumentation — five saxophones, five trombones, five trumpets, piano
Jazz piano
Jazz piano is a collective term for the techniques pianists use when playing jazz. The piano has been an integral part of the jazz idiom since its inception, in both solo and ensemble settings. Its role is multifaceted due largely to the instrument's combined melodic and harmonic capabilities...
, guitar
Jazz guitar
The term jazz guitar may refer to either a type of guitar or to the variety of guitar playing styles used in the various genres which are commonly termed "jazz"...
, bass
Double bass
The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
, and drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
. The One O’Clock evolved from an extracurricular stage band in 1927 into a curricular laboratory dance band in 1947 when North Texas launched the first jazz degree program
Jazz Education
- Non-academic :* ca. 1890: Jenkins Orphanage Bands. The Rev. Daniel Joseph Jenkins established an orphanage in Charleston, South Carolina.* 1890s: Alpha Cottage School An orphanage in Kingston, Jamaica offering a music programme....
in the world. Until 1967 it was the only jazz degree offered by a US university.
Name
The "Lab Band" portion of the name is drawn from the its original long name – "Laboratory Dance Band." Gene HallGene Hall
Morris Eugene Hall was a music educator, saxophonist, and arranger, most known for creating and presiding over the first academic curriculum leading to a bachelors degree in jazz at an institution of higher learning, being at the University of North Texas College of Music Morris Eugene Hall (aka...
, the founding director, coined the phrase in 1946. "Laboratory" signified the school's practical curricular application of artistic disciplines in various music settings such as ensembles, small chamber groups, bands, orchestras, choirs, keyboard ensembles, and guitar ensembles. "Dance" was dropped in the early 1960s, to reflect the wider developing aspects of big band music. The academic degree name, "Dance Band," however, stood until 1978, when it was renamed "Jazz Education" and renamed again in 1981 as "Jazz Studies."
Leon Breeden
Leon Breeden
Harold Leon Breeden , known as Leon Breeden, was a jazz studies educator at the collegiate level, a classical and jazz clarinetist, a saxophonist, a prolific composer and arranger, a music clinician, and jazz festival judge...
(1921–2010) presided when "The One O'Clock" was added as part of the official name in the early 1960s. North Texas has several lab bands, each bearing the name of their respective rehearsal times.
When Leon Breeden
Leon Breeden
Harold Leon Breeden , known as Leon Breeden, was a jazz studies educator at the collegiate level, a classical and jazz clarinetist, a saxophonist, a prolific composer and arranger, a music clinician, and jazz festival judge...
took over the Lab Band Program in 1959, there were four lab bands, then referred to as "Units:" One O'Clock, Two O'Clock, Three O'Clock, and Five O'Clock. At that time, the Two O'Clock was the premier band, known as Laboratory Dance Band A.
Stage band
Beginning 1927, Floyd GrahamFloyd Graham
Floyd Freeman Graham was a US collegiate bandleader and music educator who founded and directed the Aces of Collegeland in 1927, the university dance band, pit orchestra and stage band of the University of North Texas College of Music. He also was a violinist...
directed and emceed Saturday night stage shows at North Texas State Teachers College, planning the programs and holding auditions every Saturday afternoon for prospective entertainers.
The Stage Band (1927-mid 1930s) served as a proving ground for Ann Sheridan
Ann Sheridan
-Life and career:Born Clara Lou Sheridan in Denton, Texas on February 21, 1915, she was a student at the University of North Texas when her sister sent a photograph of her to Paramount Pictures. She subsequently entered and won a beauty contest, with part of her prize being a bit part in a...
, Joan Blondell
Joan Blondell
Rose Joan Blondell was an American actress who performed in movies and on television for five decades as Joan Blondell.After winning a beauty pageant, Blondell embarked upon a film career...
, and Louise Tobin
Louise Tobin
Mary Louise Tobin is an American singer born in Aubrey, Texas. She appeared with Benny Goodman, Bobby Hackett, Will Bradley, and Jack Jenney. Tobin introduced “I Didn’t Know What Time It Was” with Benny Goodman’s band in 1939. Her biggest hit with Goodman was “There’ll Be Some Changes Made”, which...
. Actress Nancy Jane Gates first performed with the Stage Band in 1929, when she was three, and continued singing through graduation from Denton High School
Denton High School
Denton High School is a high school located in Denton, Texas. Denton High was the first high school to open in Denton. It has since moved three times. DHS was established in 1884. In 1910 Denton High School moved to what is now Calhoun Middle School...
. The Moonbeams, a quartet of four female vocalists, got their start with the Saturday night stage show in 1946. Two years later, they were touring with the Vaughn Monroe
Vaughn Monroe
Vaughn Wilton Monroe was an American baritone singer, trumpeter and big band leader and actor, most popular in the 1940s and 1950s. He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for recording and radio.-Biography:...
Band as the Moonmaids.
Charter Members from 1927 Stage Band
Notable Members from the Fall 1940 Stage Band
† Capt. James Richard Allen was missing in action at sea, World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
Aces of Collegeland
The Aces, under the directorship of Floyd GrahamFloyd Graham
Floyd Freeman Graham was a US collegiate bandleader and music educator who founded and directed the Aces of Collegeland in 1927, the university dance band, pit orchestra and stage band of the University of North Texas College of Music. He also was a violinist...
, evolved out of the Saturday Night Stage Shows, which were presented weekly from 1927 to 1961. Annually, from 1962 to 1970, the Aces, together with other acts, traveled and performed for civic organizations, veterans’ hospitals, WFAA radio, and Texas military bases. The Aces of Collegeland was never offered for academic credit.
The Lab Band: Voice of America Jazz Hour
Willis ConoverWillis Conover
Willis Clark Conover, Jr. was a jazz producer and broadcaster on the Voice of America for over forty years. He produced jazz concerts at the White House, the Newport Jazz Festival, and for movies and television. By arranging concerts where people of all races were welcome, he is credited with...
(1920–1996), jazz host on Voice of America
Voice of America
Voice of America is the official external broadcast institution of the United States federal government. It is one of five civilian U.S. international broadcasters working under the umbrella of the Broadcasting Board of Governors . VOA provides a wide range of programming for broadcast on radio...
, broadcast six nights a week to an audience that, at the peak of the Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
, was estimated to be 30 million regular listeners in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...
and the former Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
— and as many as 100 million worldwide. Conover, who had heard the One O'Clock Lab Band several times, including as judge at the 1960 Notre Dame Jazz Festival (when Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the United States of America to receive worldwide acclaim...
was on the festival's board), asked Leon Breeden
Leon Breeden
Harold Leon Breeden , known as Leon Breeden, was a jazz studies educator at the collegiate level, a classical and jazz clarinetist, a saxophonist, a prolific composer and arranger, a music clinician, and jazz festival judge...
, in 1967, for recordings of certain numbers. Later that year, Conover featured the One O'Clock Lab Band in an hour broadcast to an estimated audience of 40 million. Every year thereafter, the One O’Clock supplied a professional quality studio engineered album to Conover.
Jazz was, as Mr. Conover liked to say, "the music of freedom;" and to those who had no freedom, it became a metaphor of hope. Conover was known as the most famous American virtually no American had ever heard of. By law, the Voice of America broadcasts — broadcasts that made him a household name in Europe, Asia and Latin America — could not be beamed to the United States, where Mr. Conover was known mainly to dedicated jazz fans.
Directors
- 1924–1927: James W. Smith, professor of mathematics, founded the "college band."
- 1927–1947: Floyd GrahamFloyd GrahamFloyd Freeman Graham was a US collegiate bandleader and music educator who founded and directed the Aces of Collegeland in 1927, the university dance band, pit orchestra and stage band of the University of North Texas College of Music. He also was a violinist...
founded several musical groups, including The Aces of Collegeland, a pit orchestra for silent films, and stage bands for weekly variety shows – none of these musical groups were ever offered for college credit. - 1946–1947: Charles Holton Meeks (1922–1976), grad student, fill-in for Gene HallGene HallMorris Eugene Hall was a music educator, saxophonist, and arranger, most known for creating and presiding over the first academic curriculum leading to a bachelors degree in jazz at an institution of higher learning, being at the University of North Texas College of Music Morris Eugene Hall (aka...
. - 1947–1959: Gene HallGene HallMorris Eugene Hall was a music educator, saxophonist, and arranger, most known for creating and presiding over the first academic curriculum leading to a bachelors degree in jazz at an institution of higher learning, being at the University of North Texas College of Music Morris Eugene Hall (aka...
conceived and founded jazz education leading to a degree at a university and was the Lab Band's first director. - 1949–1950: Claude R. Lakey, a saxophonist and student at North Texas (graduated 1950), by invitation of Gene Hall, conducted what then was the Two O'Clock Laboratory Dance Band (the forerunner to the One O'Clock). Before attending North Texas, Lakey had been a member of the Gene KrupaGene KrupaGene Krupa was an American jazz and big band drummer and composer, known for his highly energetic and flamboyant style.-Biography:...
, Harry JamesHarry JamesHenry Haag “Harry” James was a trumpeter who led a jazz swing band during the Big Band Era of the 1930s and 1940s. He was especially known among musicians for his astonishing technical proficiency as well as his superior tone.-Biography:He was born in Albany, Georgia, the son of a bandleader of a...
(5 years, 7 movies, numerous recordings) Benny GoodmanBenny GoodmanBenjamin David “Benny” Goodman was an American jazz and swing musician, clarinetist and bandleader; widely known as the "King of Swing".In the mid-1930s, Benny Goodman led one of the most popular musical groups in America...
, and Glenn Miller OrchestraGlenn Miller OrchestraThe Glenn Miller Orchestra was originally formed in 1938 by Glenn Miller. It was arranged around a clarinet and tenor saxophone playing melody, while three other saxophones played the harmony...
s. - 1959–1981: Leon BreedenLeon BreedenHarold Leon Breeden , known as Leon Breeden, was a jazz studies educator at the collegiate level, a classical and jazz clarinetist, a saxophonist, a prolific composer and arranger, a music clinician, and jazz festival judge...
chaired the Jazz Studies Division and directed the One O'Clock for twenty-two years. - 1981–2008: Neil Slater, the band's third full-time director, led the band for twenty-seven years, becoming its longest tenured director.
- 2008–present: Steve Wiest became the One O'Clock's fourth director March 2009, after having served as interim director the year prior.
Grammy nominations
The One O'Clock was nominated for a 2009 Grammy, for "Best Large Jazz Ensemble AlbumGrammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
The Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album has been presented since 1961. From 1962 to 1971 and 1979 to 1991 the award title specified instrumental performances...
" for its release, Lab 2009. It had been nominated before, for "Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album" (1976 and 1978), and arrangers Mike Bogle (1992) and Neil Slater (1993) for "Best Arrangement on an Instrumental" also received Grammy nominations.
2009 album
- Lab 2009 Video Montage (video samples from entire album)
- Sno Peas, composed by Phil MarkowitzPhil MarkowitzPhil Markowitz is a jazz pianist and educator.He graduated from the Eastman School of Music and in 1979 had his "first big break" working with Chet Baker's band. He is most known as a sideman. He made a 1980 recording entitled Sno' Peas with Eddie Gomez and Al Foster. He recorded two live duo...
and arranged by Richard DeRosa - Dark Matters, composed by Dave Richards
- Another Other, composed by Neil Slater
- Li'l Darlin, composed by Neal HeftiNeal HeftiNeal Hefti was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, tune writer, and arranger. He was perhaps best known for composing the theme music for the Batman television series of the 1960s, and for scoring the 1968 film The Odd Couple and the subsequent TV series of the same name.He began arranging...
and arranged by Kevin Swaim - Unformal, composed by Dave Richards
- Time Sensitive, composed by Neil Slater
- Here Comes McBride, composed by Dave BrubeckDave BrubeckDavid Warren "Dave" Brubeck is an American jazz pianist. He has written a number of jazz standards, including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke". Brubeck's style ranges from refined to bombastic, reflecting his mother's attempts at classical training and his improvisational skills...
and arranged by Dave Richards - November, composed by John Guari
- Ice-Nine, composed by Steve Wiest
2010 album
Lab 2010 was released late August 2010.- Lab 2010 Montage (video samples from entire album)
- House of Cards (video), Kevin Swaim
- Not Yet, Neil Slater
- The Oracle (video), Kevin Swaim
- New Cydonia (video), Steve Wiest
- Fly Me to the MoonFly Me to the Moon"Fly Me to the Moon" is a popular standard song written by Bart Howard in 1954. It was originally titled "In Other Words", and was introduced by Felicia Sanders in cabarets...
, Bart HowardBart HowardBart Howard was the composer and writer of the famous jazz standard "Fly Me To The Moon", which has been performed by singers Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson, Della Reese, Diana Krall, June Christy and Astrud Gilberto...
, arr. Tierney SuttonTierney SuttonTierney Sutton is an American jazz singer.A three-time Grammy Nominee for "Best Jazz Vocal Album" and "a selection by Jazzweek as Vocalist of the Year in 2005," Sutton was born in Wisconsin and was educated at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut and the Berklee College of Music in...
, adapt. Dave Richards - Prime Directive, Dave HollandDave HollandDave Holland is an English jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader who has been performing and recording for five decades. He has lived in the United States for 40 years....
, arr. Josh Dresser - Newport, Slide HamptonSlide HamptonLocksley Wellington "Slide" Hampton is an American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger.He was a 1998 Grammy Award winner for "Best Jazz Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist", as arranger for "Cotton Tail" performed by Dee Dee Bridgewater...
- Pretzel LogicPretzel LogicPretzel Logic is the third studio album by the American jazz-rock band Steely Dan, originally released in 1974. The album's opening song, "Rikki Don't Lose That Number", became the band's biggest hit, reaching #4 on the charts soon after the release of the album. The album itself went gold, and...
, Walter BeckerWalter BeckerWalter Carl Becker is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the co-founder, guitarist, bassist and a co-writer of Steely Dan.-Career:...
and Donald FagenDonald FagenDonald Jay Fagen is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the co-founder, lead singer, and the principal songwriter of the rock band Steely Dan ....
, arr. Fred SturmFred SturmFrederick I. Sturm is a jazz composer, arranger, and teacher.Sturm studied at Lawrence University, the University of North Texas College of Music, and the Eastman School of Music. He played trombone and performed with the jazz nonet Matrix from 1974 to 1977... - Sword Fight, Dave Richards
2011 album (CD & DVD)
Lab 2011 was released late August 11, 2011. The album is part of UNT Jazz Department's annual Lab Band recording project launched years ago (in 1967).- Lab 2011 HD Video Montage (video samples from entire album)
- Modus OperandyWide Angles (album)-Track listing:#"Broadband" - 6:45#"Cool Day in Hell" - 7:51#"Angle of Repose" - 6:41#"Tumbuktu" - 7:51#"Night Jessamine" - 5:20#"Scylla" - 10:39#"Brexterity" - 6:39#"Evening Faces" - 7:13#"Modus Operandy" - 5:26#"Never Alone" - 5:39-Musicians:...
(video), composed by Michael BreckerMichael BreckerMichael Leonard Brecker was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Acknowledged as "a quiet, gentle musician widely regarded as the most influential tenor saxophonist since John Coltrane," he has been awarded 15 Grammy Awards as both performer and composer and was inducted into Down Beat Jazz...
, arranged by Kevin Swaim - Duplicity, composed and arranged by Colin Campbell
- Perseverance, composed and arranged by Richard DeRosa
- Hip Pickles, composed and arranged by Lou Marini, Jr.
- Nail in the Coffin, composed and arranged by Kevin Swaim
- Doublethink, composed and arranged by Sean Nelson
- Yesterdays (video), music Jerome KernJerome KernJerome David Kern was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in over 100 stage works, including such classics as "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "A...
, lyrics by Otto HarbachOtto HarbachOtto Abels Harbach, born Otto Abels Hauerbach was an American lyricist and librettist of about 50 musical comedies...
, arranged by Bill Holman - Special Interests, composed and arranged by Neil Slater
- The Last Theme Song, by Steve Wiest
Discography
The band has a history of yearly studio recordings dating back to the 1967, known simply by the title Lab 'XX, the two-digit abbreviation being the year in which the 20th-century recording was made (ex. "Lab '85" or "Lab '00"); in the case of 21st-century recordings, the year is not abbreviated (ex. "Lab 2001" or "Lab 2006.")Directed by Leon Breeden
Directed by Leon Breeden (continued)
Directed by Neil Slater
Directed by Steve Wiest
Compilations
- The Best of the One O'Clock (1992)
| Past Grammy Nominations | ||||
| Nominee | Genre | Category | Title | Performing Artist |
| 18th Annual (for recordings released between Oct 16, 1974 and Oct 15, 1975) February 28, 1976 |
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| One O'Clock Lab Band (1 of 5 nominees) |
Jazz | Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band |
Lab 75 | One O'Clock Lab Band |
| 20th Annual (for recordings released between Oct 1, 1976 and Sep 30, 1977) February 23, 1978 |
||||
| One O'Clock Lab Band (1 of 5 nominees) |
Jazz | Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band |
Lab 76 | One O'Clock Lab Band |
| 34th Annual (for recordings released between Oct 1, 1990 and Sep 30, 1991) February 26, 1992 |
||||
| Mike Bogle Mike Bogle Mike Bogle is an accomplished trombonist, pianist, vocalist, composer, and arranger. He attended the University of North Texas where he was a member of the world renowned One O'Clock Lab Band.... (1 of 6 nominees) |
Composing & Arranging |
Best Arrangement on an Instrumental |
Got a Match? from Lab 89 |
One O'Clock Lab Band |
| 35th Annual (for recordings released between Oct 1, 1991 and Sep 30, 1992) February 26, 1993 |
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| Neil Slater (1 of 5 nominees) |
Composing & Arranging |
Best Arrangement on an Instrumental |
Values from Lab 91 |
One O'Clock Lab Band |
| 52nd Annual (for recordings released between Oct 1, 2008 and Aug 31, 2009) January 31, 2010 |
||||
| One O'Clock Lab Band (1 of 5 nominees) |
Jazz | Best Large Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album The Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album has been presented since 1961. From 1962 to 1971 and 1979 to 1991 the award title specified instrumental performances... Jazz Ensemble Album Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album The Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album has been presented since 1961. From 1962 to 1971 and 1979 to 1991 the award title specified instrumental performances... |
Lab 2009 | One O'Clock Lab Band |
| Steve Wiest (1 of 5 nominees) |
Composing & Arranging |
Best Instrumental Composition |
Ice-Nine from Lab 2009 |
One O'Clock Lab Band |
Major tours, festivals & concerts
The One O'Clock has performed at music festivals around the world including Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Switzerland, Thailand and the Netherlands. The One also performed often at the annual IAJE conference.1924-1937 – Stage Band, Dance Band, Pit Orchestra; 1937-1949 – The Aces of Collegeland
- Herb EllisHerb EllisMitchell Herbert "Herb" Ellis was an American jazz guitarist. Perhaps best known for his 1950s membership in the trio of pianist Oscar Peterson, Ellis was also a staple of west-coast studio recording sessions, and was described by critic Scott Yanow as "an excellent bop-based guitarist with a...
(1921–2010) - Eugene Hall (1913–1993)
- William F. Lee III
- William Ennis ThomsonWilliam Ennis ThomsonWilliam Ennis Thomson is an American music educator at the collegiate level, music theorist, composer, former Music School Dean and Professor at the Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California – 1980–1992)...
1947-1959 – Laboratory Dance Bands
- Larry AustinLarry AustinLarry Austin is a United States composer noted for his electronic and computer music works. He was a co-founder and editor of the avant-garde music periodical Source: Music of the Avant Garde...
- Harry BabasinHarry BabasinHarry Babasin was an American jazz bassist. His nickname was "The Bear".-Biography:...
(1921–1988) - Euel BoxEuel BoxEuel Box is a music producer, composer, arranger, and trumpeter who has written major film scores and radio jingles for major markets.He was born in Georgetown, Texas.-Film Scores:* 1974 — Benji* 1976 — Hawmps...
- Herb EllisHerb EllisMitchell Herbert "Herb" Ellis was an American jazz guitarist. Perhaps best known for his 1950s membership in the trio of pianist Oscar Peterson, Ellis was also a staple of west-coast studio recording sessions, and was described by critic Scott Yanow as "an excellent bop-based guitarist with a...
- Jimmy Guiffre (1921–2008)
- Bob HamesBob HamesRobert "Bob" Earl Hames was an American jazz guitarist best known for being a staff guitarist for live productions at WFAA-TV in the early 1950s...
- William F. Lee III
- Jack Petersen
- Gene RolandGene RolandGene M. Roland was a jazz composer and musician who played many instruments during his career but was most significant as an arranger/composer and for his association with Stan Kenton...
(1921–1982) - Ed SummerlinEd SummerlinEdgar Eugene Summerlin was an American composer, jazz saxophonist, and music educator, known for pioneering liturgical jazz, avant-garde jazz, and free jazz.-Professional career:...
(1928–2006) - William Ennis ThomsonWilliam Ennis ThomsonWilliam Ennis Thomson is an American music educator at the collegiate level, music theorist, composer, former Music School Dean and Professor at the Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California – 1980–1992)...
1959-1969 One O'Clock Lab Band
- Dee BartonDee BartonDee Barton was an American film score composer noted for his horror-esque style of composing in action thriller films...
(1937–2001) - Bruce FowlerBruce FowlerBruce Lambourne Fowler is a prominent American trombone player and composer. He notably played trombone on many Frank Zappa records, as well as with Captain Beefheart, and in the Fowler Brothers Band...
- James A. HallJames A. HallJames A. Hall, Sr., is an American percussionist of all idioms, jazz drummer, jazz guitarist, and collegiate music educator.-Academia:* 2002-03 — Distinguished Professor, University of South Carolina School of Music...
- Billy HarperBilly HarperBilly Harper is a Jazz saxophonist, "one of a generation of Coltrane-influenced tenor saxophonists" with a distinctively stern, hard-as-nails sound on his instrument.-Biography:...
- David HungateDavid HungateDavid Hungate is a bass player noted as a member of Los Angeles pop-rock band Toto from 1977-1982. Boz Scaggs's Silk Degrees album of 1976 included Hungate and several other future members of Toto...
- Tom "Bones" MaloneTom Malone (musician)Tom "Bones" Malone is an American jazz musician. As his nickname implies, he specializes on the trombone, but also plays trumpet, tuba, tenor sax, baritone sax, flutes, piccolo, and other instruments....
- Lou MariniLou MariniLou Marini, Jr. is an American saxophonist, arranger and composer. He is noted for his work in the jazz, rock, blues and soul music traditions.-Early life and range of musical experience:...
- Dean ParksDean ParksDean Parks is an American session guitarist and record producer from Ft. Worth, TX.-Albums:Dean was member of The North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los Angeles to work with Sonny and Cher in 1970. Dean is best-known through his many contributions to albums by Steely Dan...
- Jim RiggsJim RiggsJames Garland Riggs, University of North Texas Emeritus Regents Professor is an American saxophonist in both the classical and jazz idioms, big band director, collegiate music educator, and international music clinician.-As performer:...
- Jay SaundersJay SaundersJay Saunders born 29 June 1944, is a trumpeter and music educator at the collegiate level. He is most known for being a lead trumpeter with big bands — including the Stan Kenton Orchestra — and a recording studio musician in the Dallas area...
- Ed SophEd SophEdward "Ed" Soph is an American jazz drummer and educator.Soph was raised in Houston, Texas. He enrolled at North Texas State University in 1963 as a music major, but switched his concentration to English during his sophomore year...
- Marvin StammMarvin StammMarvin Stamm is an American bebop trumpeter.Stamm began on trumpet at age 12. He first attended college at, then known as, Memphis State University and then attended college at North Texas State University where he was a member of the world renowned One O'Clock Lab Band...
- Bill StapletonBill StapletonWilliam John "Bill" Stapleton was an American jazz trumpeter and arranger.Stapleton attended North Texas State University , where he played in the One O'Clock Lab Band. He played with Woody Herman in 1972-74 as a trumpeter and flugelhornist, including on his albums The Raven Speaks and Giant Steps...
(1945–1984) - Lanny SteeleLanny SteeleRobert L. Steele was an American jazz pianist, music educator, composer, and jazz festival promoter. Steele founded the Texas Southern University Jazz Ensemble.-Professional career:...
(1933–1994)
1970s
- Ashley Alexander (1934–1988)
- Bob BeldenBob BeldenJames Robert Belden is an American saxophonist, arranger, composer, bandleader and producer. He is noted for his Grammy Award winning jazz orchestral recording titled The Black Dahlia. He is also a past head of A & R for Blue Note Records.Belden was born in Evanston, Illinois, and raised in...
- Leonard CandelariaLeonard CandelariaLeonard Candelaria is an American trumpeter and educator residing in Birmingham, Alabama. Until Fall 2009, he served as Professor of Trumpet and Artist in Residence at the University of Alabama at Birmingham...
- James ChirilloJames ChirilloJames Louis Chirillo is an American jazz guitarist, jazz banjoist, composer, arranger, and band leader...
- Steve DukeSteve DukeSteve Duke is an American classical and jazz saxophonist noted for his performance of contemporary classical music, particularly computer music.-Education and teaching career:...
- Conrad HerwigConrad HerwigConrad Herwig is a jazz trombonist from New York City in the United States. He has recorded 20 albums as a leader.-Biography:He began his career in Clark Terry's band in the early 1980s and has been a featured member in the Joe Henderson Sextet, Tom Harrell’s Septet and Big Band, and the Joe...
- Marc JohnsonMarc JohnsonMarc Johnson, bassist, composer and band leader, was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1953, and grew up in Texas. At 19 he was working professionally with the Fort Worth Symphony, and while at the University of North Texas he played in the famed One O'Clock Lab Band while also was the principal bassist...
- Lyle MaysLyle MaysLyle Mays is an American jazz pianist and composer from Wausaukee, Wisconsin. He is best known for his work with guitarist Pat Metheny as a member of the Pat Metheny Group...
- Jim Milne
- John B. RileyJohn B. RileyJohn Bernard Riley is an American jazz drummer, a music educator – at the collegiate and conservatory levels – and a music clinician...
- Ray SasakiRay SasakiRay Sasaki is an American trumpeter. He is Professor of Trumpet at the University of Texas at Austin and a member of the St. Louis Brass Quintet. Sasaki is also one of the founding members of the Tone Road Ramblers, a composer/performer collective ensemble started in 1981 in New York City...
- Mike Smith
- Frederick I. Sturm
1980s
- Gregg BissonetteGregg BissonetteGregg Bissonette, is an American drummer. Gregg was born in a family of musicians. His father Bud Bissonette plays drums, his mother Phyllis plays piano and vibraphone, and brother Matt Bissonette plays bass guitar. Gregg started learning to play the drums at age 5 from his father...
- Mike BogleMike BogleMike Bogle is an accomplished trombonist, pianist, vocalist, composer, and arranger. He attended the University of North Texas where he was a member of the world renowned One O'Clock Lab Band....
- Zachary BreauxZachary BreauxZachary Charles Breaux was an American jazz guitarist, influenced by George Benson and Wes Montgomery and best remembered for his soul-jazz work...
- Earl HarvinEarl HarvinEarl Harvin is a drummer, percussionist and multi-instrumentalist from the New York area who has lived in Dallas, Texas and Los Angeles and is now residing in Berlin, Germany....
- Dave PietroDave PietroDave Pietro is a jazz saxophonist who plays alto saxophone. He started playing at age 11 and was first recorded with his school's band by Clark Terry. He received his bachelor's in music from the University of North Texas where he was a member of the world renowned One O'Clock Lab Band...
- Jim SnideroJim SnideroJim Snidero is an American jazz saxophonist.Snidero studied at the University of North Texas before moving to New York City in 1981. After touring with Jack McDuff, he joined Toshiko Akiyoshi's Jazz Orchestra in the early 1980s in New York, working in the group for twenty years...
- Mike WilliamsMike Williams (trumpeter)Mike Williams is an American jazz and big band trumpeter residing in Lapeer, Michigan. He is most noted as the lead trumpeter for the Count Basie Orchestra, an esteemed chair which he has held without interruption for more than 21 years...
1990s
- Tom BrantleyTom Brantley- Biography :Brantley was born in 1970 in Louisiana. He is a third generation trombonist.Brantley earned music degrees from the University of Southern Mississippi and the University of North Texas . He majored in trombone performance at both schools...
- Scott EnglebrightScott EnglebrightScott Englebright is an American jazz trumpet player. He is best known for playing lead trumpet for Maynard Ferguson, and for being co-leader of the duo"Tasteebros"....
- Zack HexumZack HexumZack Hexum is a Los Angeles based singer-songwriter.Hexum lists his influences as including Elliott Smith, Nick Drake, Paul McCartney, Todd Rundgren, and Jeff Buckley. Hexum plays both guitar and saxophone...
- Ari HoenigAri HoenigAri Hoenig , is a jazz drummer, composer and educator known for his unusual and intense approach to drumming emphasizing complex rhythms. He currently leads a group that makes regular appearances in New York jazz clubs including the 55 Bar and the Blue Note, in addition to performing worldwide...
- Lee TomboulianLee TomboulianLee Tomboulian is an American jazz pianist.He was born in New York City and studied Composition and Music Theater at the University of Arkansas....
Student & faculty composers/arrangers for the One O'Clock (non-members)
- 1950: Fisher TullFisher TullFisher Aubrey Tull, Jr. , known professionally as Fisher A. Tull, aka Mickey Tull, was an American composer, arranger, educator, administrator, and trumpeter.-Life and career:...
- 1960s: Frank MantoothFrank MantoothFrank Mantooth was an American jazz pianist and arranger.Mantooth attended University of North Texas College of Music, graduating in 1969, then played in and arranged for the Air Force Academy Falconaires from 1969 to 1973...
- 1970s: Rich MattesonRich MattesonRich A. Matteson, was an American jazz artist, collegiate music educator, international jazz clinician, big band leader, and jazz composer/arranger...
External links
- North Texas Jazz website
- University of North Texas College of Music
- A list of available recordings and selected sound-clips by the One O'Clock Lab Band
- Tom Boras Scores, 1962-2001 Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.