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One O'Clock Lab Band

May 02, 2024

One O'Clock Lab Band is an ensemble of the Jazz Studies division at the University of North Texas College of Music in Denton, Texas. Since the 1970s, the band's albums have received seven Grammy Award nominations, including two for Lab 2009. Steve Wiest directed the band from 2008 to 2014.[1] Jay Saunders became interim director in 2014.[2]

One O'Clock Lab Band
Poster: 2009 Performance in New York
Background information
OriginDenton, Texas
GenresJazz
Years active1948–present
Websitetheoneoclock.com

The One O'Clock Lab Band is the highest of seven lab bands at the college. Each band is named for its hour of rehearsal and each contains 20-pieces: five trumpets, five trombones, five saxophones, piano, guitar, double bass, drums, and voice.[3] The One O'Clock band evolved from an extracurricular stage band founded in 1927 into a curricular laboratory dance band in 1947 when North Texas began its jazz degree program.

History edit

Beginning in 1927, faculty member Floyd Graham began directing and emceeing Saturday night stage shows at North Texas State Teachers College, planning the programs and holding auditions every Saturday afternoon for prospective entertainers. As early as 1923, WBAP in Fort Worth broadcast a nationally syndicated show of the stage band on Friday nights.[4] These performances were directed by James Willis Smith, professor of mathematics at North Texas from 1908 to 1927. Students in the Stage Band included Ann Sheridan, Joan Blondell, Louise Tobin, actress Nancy Jane Gates,[5] and the Moonbeams.[6]

"Lab Band" is the shortened form of "Laboratory Dance Band", a name given by founding director Gene Hall in 1946. "Laboratory" suggested experimenting in different configurations: band, choir, orchestra, chamber groups, and keyboard and guitar ensembles. During the 1960s, the word "dance" was removed to reflect an interest in different kinds of big band music, and "One O'Clock" was added by Leon Breeden. The academic degree Dance Band remained until 1978, when it was renamed Jazz Education, then Jazz Studies in 1981. When Breeden became band director in 1959, there were four lab bands, and they were called "units": One O'Clock, Two O'Clock, Three O'Clock, and Five O'Clock. The Two O'Clock was the premier band,[7] known as Laboratory Dance Band A.

The Aces band was directed by Floyd Graham. The band evolved out of the Saturday Night Stage Shows that were presented weekly from 1927 to 1961. Every year from 1962 to 1970 the Aces traveled and performed with other acts for civic organizations, veterans' hospitals, on WFAA radio, and at military bases in Texas.[8]

Willis Conover, 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.[9] 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.[10] Every year thereafter, the One O'Clock supplied a professional quality studio engineered album to Conover.

Major tours, festivals, concerts edit

Under the direction of Gene Hall edit

  • 1952 – Awarded Fifth Place in a nationwide contest for the best college dance band[11]
  • Spring 1956 – "The Five Front Combo," an 8-member group (directed by Gene Hall) from the Lab Bands, appeared on NBC's Steve Allen The Tonight Show broadcast from Fort Worth
  • Nov 23, 1958, 7 to 7:30 PM – Under the direction of Gene Hall performed the region's first live stereo broadcast (from Fort Worth), using two microphones, one to KFJZ-TV (Channel 11) and one to KFJZ radio 1270 AM. The producers instructed listeners to turn on both their radio and TV and place them eight feet apart. The band performed seven arrangements (stage manager, Jack Harris; broadcast producer, Buddy Turner)[12]
  • 1959 – Awarded Third Place in a contest among 183 bands for Best New Dance Band of 1959 sponsored by the American Federation of Musicians and the National Ballroom Operators Association, reaching the finals on May 11, 1959, at Roseland Dance City in New York City. It was the only college band of the final field of four.[11][13] A Los Angeles group – the Claude Gordon Orchestra (with North Texas ex-student Cecil Hill in the saxophone section) – won First Place.[14]

Under the direction of Leon Breeden edit

  • Summer 1960 – Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival; the Lab Band was Awarded Finest Jazz Group and Best Big Band and Marv Stamm was awarded best instrumentalist and trumpet player.
  • Aug 14-28, 1960 – The Lab Band was the demonstration band at the Stan Kenton National Band Camp at Indiana University[15]
  • Summer 1961 – Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival; the Lab Band was Awarded Finest Jazz Group and Best Big Band; Morgan Powell won Most Promising Trombone Award. Outstanding Soloists Awards given to Tom Wirtel, Trumpet; Toby Guynn, Bass; and Don Gililland, Guitar.
  • Summer 1962 – Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival
  • 1967 – Concert tour of Mexico, sponsored by the US State Department Office of Cultural Presentations.[16]
  • June 27, 1967 – After a 30-day concert tour, the One O'Clock Performed at a White House dinner for President and Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson and the King and Queen of Thailand, King Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927–2016) and Queen Sirikit (born 1932).[17] In 2003, the University of North Texas awarded His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand an Honorary Doctorate in Music. During the White House performance, Duke Ellington performed with the One O'Clock, playing "Take the A Train"[18][19] Stan Getz also performed with the One O'Clock at the White House.[11]
  • Summer 1970 – Served as the official Big Band of the Montreux Jazz Festival in June, the One O'Clock performed throughout Europe during a three-week concert tour.[20][21]
  • Summer 1973 – Serving again as the official Jazz Internatale Demonstration Big Band of the Montreux Jazz Festival, the One O'Clock toured from July 2 to July 24, performing in Vienna and Munich.
  • December 9, 1973 – At the request of Tony Bennett, the One performed with him in a live telecast from San Antonio
  • Fall 1974 – In an experiment that enjoyed success, The One O'Clock Lab Band entered into a three-month contract to be the weekend (Fri-Sun) house band at a Dallas dinner club, which was part of an 11-leveled discothèque owned by Ronald Jackie Monesson (1930–1995) called "Oz" at 5429 LBJ Freeway. What amounted to a full scholarship, Lab Band members were paid slightly above union wages.[22]
  • 1976 June 3-July 8 – The One O'Clock Lab Band toured the Soviet Union (Moscow, Volgograd, and Yerevan), Portugal, and England — 5 cities, 25 concerts, 77 encores, 82,800 people. The tour was sponsored by the US Department of State as part of a US Bicentennial goodwill arts outreach. NBC broadcast the One O'Clock's July 4 Concert live from Moscow as part of its US Bicentennial commemorative. While on tour, members of the band held jam sessions with musicians from Moscow, Volgograd, and Yerevan. Breeden submitted to Soviet authorities a list of 96 arrangements, with descriptions, representing 10 hours of music intended for two-hour concerts. Without explanation, Soviet censorship|Soviet censors strictly prohibited two arrangements, St. Thomas (song)|St. Thomas (by Sonny Rollins, arranged by Gene Glover) and Mi Burrito (by Raymond Harry Brown). Without announcing the names of the arrangements, the band played both pieces during its July 4 NBC satellite broadcast without incident.[23] The tour came at the request of a visitor from the Kremlin who had been treated to four performances intended to exemplify US excellence in the arts – first the Metropolitan Opera, then the rock group Chicago (band)|Chicago, then a ballet company, then the One O'Clock.[24] While the One O'Clock performed in Soviet cities where no American cultural group had performed, they were met by fans who knew the band from broadcasts by the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe. Willis Conover, jazz host on Voice of America, was a judge at the 1960 Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival in 1960. (see http://www.library.unt.edu/music/special-collections/conover/ Conover Collection at UNT) The tour group included the first woman band member, Bev Dahlke (now Dahlke-Smith) (baritone sax).[25]
  • Summer 1977 – Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, SC; the One O'Clock Lab Band, Phil Woods, Louie Bellson, Urbie Green, and Johnny Helms were the performers invited to perform jazz at first-ever Spoleto festival in the Americas.[26][27] Since its 1958 founding in Italy by Gian Carlo Menotti, jazz had never been performed at a Spoleto event. Since its US spinoff debut in 1977 – Spoleto USA – jazz has played an integral role in what has become the largest performing arts festival in the Americas, dwarfing its Old World parent.[28][29]
  • Summer 1978 – Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, SC
  • Summer 1979 – Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, SC; the One O'Clock received featured billing along with Buddy Rich, Phil Woods, and Woody Herman

Under the direction of Neil Slater edit

  • Summer 1996 – The One O'Clock performed during a three-week tour of Japan and spent a week in Hong Kong.
  • July 2008 – The One O'Clock performed at major jazz festivals in western Europe, including the Montreux Jazz Festival, in Montreux, Switzerland, the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and the Umbria Jazz Festival, in Perugia, Umbria, Italy. The tour also included performances at venues in Brienz, Switzerland, Vienne, Isère|Vienne, France, and Rüdesheim am Rhein|Rüdesheim, Germany.

Under the direction of Steve Wiest edit

  • March 2009 – The One O'Clock performed at Birdland, New York. This was the One O'Clock's New York debut under the direction of Steve Wiest.
  • July 2009 – The One O'Clock performed at the World Saxophone Congress XV in Bangkok, Thailand with James Carter and UNT alumnus Brad Leali
  • January and February 2010 – The University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band toured California while attending the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, where the album Lab 2009 was nominated for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Directors edit

1924–1927 James Willis Smith
(1875–1937) 		Professor of mathematics from 1908 to 1927, founded the "college band."
1927–1947 Floyd Graham
(1902–1974) 		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 Hall.[30][31][32]
1947–1959 Gene Hall
(1913–1993) 		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
(1910–1990) 		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 Krupa, Harry James (5 years, 7 movies, numerous recordings) Benny Goodman, and Glenn Miller Orchestras.
1959–1981 Leon Breeden
(1921–2010) 		Chaired the Jazz Studies Division and directed the One O'Clock for twenty-two years.
1981–2008 Neil Slater Served dual roles for twenty-seven years — (i) Chair of the Jazz Studies Division and (ii) Director of the One O'Clock — the longest tenure held in either role. Among other things, Slater is credited for having developed more emphasis on small groups and adding a master's curriculum in jazz, which, according to music journalist John Morthland, improved the overall quality of the lab bands. He also formally integrated jazz studies classes with lab band experience.[33]
2008–2014 Steve Wiest Became the One O'Clock's fourth director March 2009, after having served as interim director the year prior.
2014–2016 Jay Saunders Had been director of the Two O'Clock Lab Band; became interim director in 2014.
2016–present Alan Baylock In April 2015, the College of Music appointed Baylock as Director of the One O'Clock Lab Band, commencing Fall 2016.[34]

Notable alumni edit

1924-1937 – Stage Band, Dance Band, Pit Orchestra; 1937-1949 – The Aces of Collegeland

1947-1959 – Laboratory Dance Bands

1959–1969 One O'Clock Lab Band

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

  • Chris McQueen
  • Michael D'Angelo

2010s

  • Addison Frei
  • Drew Zaremba
  • Matt Young
  • John Sturino
  • Nolan Byrd

Student & faculty composers/arrangers for the One O'Clock (non-members)

Discography edit

  • North Texas Lab Band (90th Floor, 1961)
  • LAB '67! (NTSU Jazz, 1967)
  • Lab '68 (Precision, 1968)
  • Fall '69 Big Band Concert (NTSU Jazz, 1969)
  • Lab '69 (Century, 1969)
  • Lab '70! (Century, 1970)
  • Annual Spring Concert of the Lab Bands, April 14, 1970 (Century, 1970)
  • Fall '70/Spring '71 (NTSU Jazz, 1971)
  • Lab '71 (NTSU Jazz, 1971)
  • 12 by 3 (Creative Jazz Composers, 1971)
  • Live! the North Texas Lab Bands, Fall and Spring Concerts, 1970/1971 (Precision, 1971)
  • Lab 72 (Precision, 1972)
  • Early Tracks by John Monaghan (NTSU Jazz, 1972)
  • Live '72/'73 (NTSU Jazz, 1972)
  • Lab '73 (NTSU Jazz, 1973)
  • Live! (Precision, 1973)
  • Lab '74! (Precision, 1974)
  • Lab '75 (NTSU Jazz, 1975)
  • A Jazz Clinic by Leon Breeden (Crest, 1975)
  • Lab '76 (NTSU Jazz, 1976)
  • Lab '77 (NTSU Jazz, 1977)
  • Lab '78! (NTSU Jazz, 1978)
  • Texas Music Educators Association Silver (Crest, 1979)
  • Jazz at Spoleto '77 (Left Bank Jazz Society, 1978)
  • Lab 79 (NTSU Jazz, 1979)
  • Lab 80 (NTSU Jazz, 1980)
  • Lab '81 Commemorative (NTSU Jazz, 1981)
  • European Tour '82 (NTSU Jazz, 1982)
  • Lab 82 (NTSU Jazz, 1982)
  • Lab '83 (NTSU Jazz, 1983)
  • Lab 84 (NTSU Jazz, 1984)
  • Lab 85 (North Texas, 1985)
  • Lab 86 (North Texas Jazz, 1986)
  • With Respect to Stan (North Texas Jazz, 1986)
  • Live in Australia the 1986 Tour (North Texas Jazz, 1987)
  • Lab 87 (North Texas Jazz, 1987)
  • Lab 88 (North Texas Jazz, 1988)
  • Lab 89 (North Texas Jazz, 1989)
  • Lab 90 (North Texas Jazz, 1990)
  • Lab 91 (North Texas Jazz, 1991)
  • Lab 92 (North Texas Jazz, 1992)
  • Lab '93 (North Texas Jazz, 1993)
  • Live in Portugal (North Texas Jazz, 1994)
  • One O'Clock Standard Time (North Texas Jazz, 1994)
  • Lab 94 (North Texas Jazz, 1994)
  • Lab 95 (North Texas Jazz, 1995)
  • Lab '96 (North Texas Jazz, 1996)
  • Lab 97 (North Texas Jazz, 1997)
  • Lab '98 (North Texas Jazz, 1998)
  • Lab '99 (North Texas Jazz, 1999)
  • Lab 2000 (North Texas Jazz, 2000)
  • Lab 2001 (North Texas Jazz, 2001)
  • Lab 2002 (North Texas Jazz, 2002)
  • Lab 2003 (North Texas Jazz, 2003)
  • Lab 2004 (North Texas Jazz, 2004)
  • Live from Thailand (North Texas Jazz, 2004)
  • Circa 1960 (90th Floor, 2004)
  • 2004 Midwest Clinic (Mark, 2005)
  • Lab 2005 (North Texas Jazz, 2005)
  • Lab 2006 (North Texas Jazz, 2006)
  • Lab 2007 (North Texas Jazz, 2007)
  • Live at Blues Alley (North Texas Jazz, 2007)
  • Lab 2008 (North Texas Jazz, 2008)
  • Lab 2009 (North Texas Jazz, 2009)
  • Lab 2010 (North Texas Jazz, 2010)
  • Lab 2011 (North Texas Jazz, 2011)
  • Lab 2012 (North Texas Jazz, 2012)
  • Lab 2013 (North Texas Jazz, 2013)
  • Lab 2014 (North Texas Jazz, 2014)
  • Lab 2015 (North Texas Jazz, 2015)
  • Lab '16 (North Texas Jazz, 2016)
  • Lab 2017 (North Texas Jazz, 2017)
  • Lab 2018 (North Texas Jazz, 2018)
  • Lab 2019 (North Texas Jazz, 2019)
  • Lab 2020 (North Texas Jazz, 2020)
  • Lab 2021 (North Texas Jazz, 2021)

References edit

  1. ^ Ellen Rossetti (born 1978), "UNT One O'Clock Lab Band to perform with Houston Symphony," JazzTimes, November 8, 2010
  2. ^ "One O'Clock Lab Band Welcomes Jay Saunders as Interim Director," UNT News Service, April 4, 2014
  3. ^ "Jazz Leader Helps a Band Take Giant Steps," by Eric Todd Kelderman (born 1966), Chronicle of Higher Education, Vol. 54, No. 48, August 2008, pg. A6
  4. ^ "Radio: What's in the Air," The Troy Times, (Troy, New York) May 17, 1923, pg. 13, col. 6
  5. ^ "Famous Teachers College Stage Band ... ," Denton Record-Chronicle, September 22, 1939, pg. 7
  6. ^ "Moonmaids' Return to Campus," Denton Record-Chronicle, November 6, 1970, pg. 8B
  7. ^ "New York Vets: Jazz Band Unit Gets Dallas Date," Denton Record-Chronicle, November 3, 1959, pg. 3
  8. ^ "Elliot Finally Returns to Bands After 25 Years of 'Long Tour,'" by Ken Molberg, North Texas Daily, Vol. 55, No. 32, Ed. 1, October 27, 1971, pg. 2
  9. ^ "Willis Conover Is Dead at 75; Aimed Jazz at the Soviet Bloc," by Robert McGill Thomas, Jr. (1940–2000), New York Times, May 19, 1996
  10. ^ "Lab Bands in Concert," Denton Record-Chronicle, March 31, 1967, pg. 8
  11. ^ a b c "Jazz Educated, Man; A Sound Foundation", by Philip Allen Scott, American International Publishers, Washington, D.C. (1973), pps. 19–20, OCLC 624548 LCCN 73-159620
  12. ^ "N.T. Band to Give Area's First Live Stereo Show," Denton Record-Chronicle, November 23, 1958, Sec 2, pg. 6
  13. ^ "AFM 'New-Band-of-Year' Project in Full Swing," Billboard, December 8, 1958, pg. 3
  14. ^ "Los Angeles Band winds Dance Title," New York Times, May 12, 1959
  15. ^ "Stan Kenton: Lab Band at Indiana for Event," Denton Record-Chronicle, August 14, 1960, Sec. 2, pg. 6
  16. ^ "Musical Ambassadors: NTSU 1 O'Clock Lab Band Invited to Tour Mexico," Denton Record-Chronicle, November 10, 1966, Sec. 2, pg. 12
  17. ^ "Home Grown Shows Planned for White House Dinners," New York Times, May 30, 1967
  18. ^ "NTSU Acquires Duke Ellington Lore," Dallas Morning News, September 11, 1968
  19. ^ Time, July 7, 1967
  20. ^ "Leon Breeden, Ex-Director of University of North Texas jazz Program, Dies at 88," Dallas Morning News, August 12, 2010 (retrieved May 31, 2016)
  21. ^ "Life With Feather — College Jazz Band Scores," by Leonard Feather, Asbury Park Press, April 23, 1972, pg. 111
  22. ^ "NT Musical 'Wizards' Going to Oz," Denton Record-Chronicle, September 4, 1974, pg. 7D
  23. ^ "Lab Band Happy to be Home," by Joyce Hopkins, Denton Record-Chronicle, July 11, 1976
  24. ^ "Lab Band Sets Tour of Russia," by Joyce Hopkins, Denton Record-Chronicle, May 16, 1976
  25. ^ Denton Record-Chronicle, June 1, 1976, pg. 1
  26. ^ "Program History: 2008-1977," Spoleto Festival USA
  27. ^ "Top Names in Jazz Will Perform at S.C. Event," The Robesonian, Lumberton, NC, May 18, 1977
  28. ^ "Spoleto Festival USA," by Perry Tannenbaum, JazzTimes, March 25, 2008
  29. ^ "Seabrook Adds Jazz To Spoleto Festival," Florence Morning News, May 15, 1977, pg. 40 (retrieved May 31, 2016, via www.newspapers.com)
  30. ^ Ennis Williams (pseudonym for William Ennis Thomson, Emeritus Professor and former Dean, School of Music, University of Southern California), "Wilfred C. Bain: A Reminiscence in Memoriam," College Music Symposium, Vol. 38, (1998), pps. 1–5, Published by: College Music Society
  31. ^ "Business World Explored: Musician Meeks Succeeds in Many Endeavors," Dallas Morning News, July 17, 1966
  32. ^ "Charles H. Meeks" (obituary), Dallas Morning News, July 28, 1976
  33. ^ "Out of Sync," by John Craig Morthland (born 1947), Texas Monthly, November 1992
  34. ^ "UNT's One O'Clock Lab Band Welcomes Alumnus, Composer as New Director," UNT News Service, May 18, 2015 (retrieved August 22, 2016)
  35. ^ "Lab Band Picks Personnel," Dallas Morning News, October 25, 1970
  36. ^ "Ashley Alexander, 52; Jazz Trombonist, Teacher" (obituary), Los Angeles Times, August 20, 1988
  37. ^ "Meet the Musician – Senior Chief Musician Luis Hernandez". United States Navy. Retrieved April 4, 2018.

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This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia s quality standards You can help The talk page may contain suggestions December 2019 One O Clock Lab Band is an ensemble of the Jazz Studies division at the University of North Texas College of Music in Denton Texas Since the 1970s the band s albums have received seven Grammy Award nominations including two for Lab 2009 Steve Wiest directed the band from 2008 to 2014 1 Jay Saunders became interim director in 2014 2 One O Clock Lab BandPoster 2009 Performance in New YorkBackground informationOriginDenton TexasGenresJazzYears active1948 presentWebsitetheoneoclock wbr com The One O Clock Lab Band is the highest of seven lab bands at the college Each band is named for its hour of rehearsal and each contains 20 pieces five trumpets five trombones five saxophones piano guitar double bass drums and voice 3 The One O Clock band evolved from an extracurricular stage band founded in 1927 into a curricular laboratory dance band in 1947 when North Texas began its jazz degree program Contents 1 History 2 Major tours festivals concerts 2 1 Under the direction of Gene Hall 2 2 Under the direction of Leon Breeden 2 3 Under the direction of Neil Slater 2 4 Under the direction of Steve Wiest 3 Directors 4 Notable alumni 5 Discography 6 References 7 External linksHistory editBeginning in 1927 faculty member Floyd Graham began directing and emceeing Saturday night stage shows at North Texas State Teachers College planning the programs and holding auditions every Saturday afternoon for prospective entertainers As early as 1923 WBAP in Fort Worth broadcast a nationally syndicated show of the stage band on Friday nights 4 These performances were directed by James Willis Smith professor of mathematics at North Texas from 1908 to 1927 Students in the Stage Band included Ann Sheridan Joan Blondell Louise Tobin actress Nancy Jane Gates 5 and the Moonbeams 6 Lab Band is the shortened form of Laboratory Dance Band a name given by founding director Gene Hall in 1946 Laboratory suggested experimenting in different configurations band choir orchestra chamber groups and keyboard and guitar ensembles During the 1960s the word dance was removed to reflect an interest in different kinds of big band music and One O Clock was added by Leon Breeden The academic degree Dance Band remained until 1978 when it was renamed Jazz Education then Jazz Studies in 1981 When Breeden became band director in 1959 there were four lab bands and they were called units One O Clock Two O Clock Three O Clock and Five O Clock The Two O Clock was the premier band 7 known as Laboratory Dance Band A The Aces band was directed by Floyd Graham The band evolved out of the Saturday Night Stage Shows that were presented weekly from 1927 to 1961 Every year from 1962 to 1970 the Aces traveled and performed with other acts for civic organizations veterans hospitals on WFAA radio and at military bases in Texas 8 Willis Conover 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 9 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 10 Every year thereafter the One O Clock supplied a professional quality studio engineered album to Conover Major tours festivals concerts editUnder the direction of Gene Hall edit 1952 Awarded Fifth Place in a nationwide contest for the best college dance band 11 Spring 1956 The Five Front Combo an 8 member group directed by Gene Hall from the Lab Bands appeared on NBC s Steve Allen The Tonight Show broadcast from Fort Worth Nov 23 1958 7 to 7 30 PM Under the direction of Gene Hall performed the region s first live stereo broadcast from Fort Worth using two microphones one to KFJZ TV Channel 11 and one to KFJZ radio 1270 AM The producers instructed listeners to turn on both their radio and TV and place them eight feet apart The band performed seven arrangements stage manager Jack Harris broadcast producer Buddy Turner 12 1959 Awarded Third Place in a contest among 183 bands for Best New Dance Band of 1959 sponsored by the American Federation of Musicians and the National Ballroom Operators Association reaching the finals on May 11 1959 at Roseland Dance City in New York City It was the only college band of the final field of four 11 13 A Los Angeles group the Claude Gordon Orchestra with North Texas ex student Cecil Hill in the saxophone section won First Place 14 Under the direction of Leon Breeden edit Summer 1960 Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival the Lab Band was Awarded Finest Jazz Group and Best Big Band and Marv Stamm was awarded best instrumentalist and trumpet player Aug 14 28 1960 The Lab Band was the demonstration band at the Stan Kenton National Band Camp at Indiana University 15 Summer 1961 Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival the Lab Band was Awarded Finest Jazz Group and Best Big Band Morgan Powell won Most Promising Trombone Award Outstanding Soloists Awards given to Tom Wirtel Trumpet Toby Guynn Bass and Don Gililland Guitar Summer 1962 Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival 1967 Concert tour of Mexico sponsored by the US State Department Office of Cultural Presentations 16 June 27 1967 After a 30 day concert tour the One O Clock Performed at a White House dinner for President and Mrs Lyndon B Johnson and the King and Queen of Thailand King Bhumibol Adulyadej 1927 2016 and Queen Sirikit born 1932 17 In 2003 the University of North Texas awarded His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand an Honorary Doctorate in Music During the White House performance Duke Ellington performed with the One O Clock playing Take the A Train 18 19 Stan Getz also performed with the One O Clock at the White House 11 Summer 1970 Served as the official Big Band of the Montreux Jazz Festival in June the One O Clock performed throughout Europe during a three week concert tour 20 21 Summer 1973 Serving again as the official Jazz Internatale Demonstration Big Band of the Montreux Jazz Festival the One O Clock toured from July 2 to July 24 performing in Vienna and Munich December 9 1973 At the request of Tony Bennett the One performed with him in a live telecast from San Antonio Fall 1974 In an experiment that enjoyed success The One O Clock Lab Band entered into a three month contract to be the weekend Fri Sun house band at a Dallas dinner club which was part of an 11 leveled discotheque owned by Ronald Jackie Monesson 1930 1995 called Oz at 5429 LBJ Freeway What amounted to a full scholarship Lab Band members were paid slightly above union wages 22 1976 June 3 July 8 The One O Clock Lab Band toured the Soviet Union Moscow Volgograd and Yerevan Portugal and England 5 cities 25 concerts 77 encores 82 800 people The tour was sponsored by the US Department of State as part of a US Bicentennial goodwill arts outreach NBC broadcast the One O Clock s July 4 Concert live from Moscow as part of its US Bicentennial commemorative While on tour members of the band held jam sessions with musicians from Moscow Volgograd and Yerevan Breeden submitted to Soviet authorities a list of 96 arrangements with descriptions representing 10 hours of music intended for two hour concerts Without explanation Soviet censorship Soviet censors strictly prohibited two arrangements St Thomas song St Thomas by Sonny Rollins arranged by Gene Glover and Mi Burrito by Raymond Harry Brown Without announcing the names of the arrangements the band played both pieces during its July 4 NBC satellite broadcast without incident 23 The tour came at the request of a visitor from the Kremlin who had been treated to four performances intended to exemplify US excellence in the arts first the Metropolitan Opera then the rock group Chicago band Chicago then a ballet company then the One O Clock 24 While the One O Clock performed in Soviet cities where no American cultural group had performed they were met by fans who knew the band from broadcasts by the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe Willis Conover jazz host on Voice of America was a judge at the 1960 Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival in 1960 see http www library unt edu music special collections conover Conover Collection at UNT The tour group included the first woman band member Bev Dahlke now Dahlke Smith baritone sax 25 Summer 1977 Spoleto Festival USA Charleston SC the One O Clock Lab Band Phil Woods Louie Bellson Urbie Green and Johnny Helms were the performers invited to perform jazz at first ever Spoleto festival in the Americas 26 27 Since its 1958 founding in Italy by Gian Carlo Menotti jazz had never been performed at a Spoleto event Since its US spinoff debut in 1977 Spoleto USA jazz has played an integral role in what has become the largest performing arts festival in the Americas dwarfing its Old World parent 28 29 Summer 1978 Spoleto Festival USA Charleston SC Summer 1979 Spoleto Festival USA Charleston SC the One O Clock received featured billing along with Buddy Rich Phil Woods and Woody Herman Under the direction of Neil Slater edit Summer 1996 The One O Clock performed during a three week tour of Japan and spent a week in Hong Kong July 2008 The One O Clock performed at major jazz festivals in western Europe including the Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux Switzerland the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam Netherlands and the Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia Umbria Italy The tour also included performances at venues in Brienz Switzerland Vienne Isere Vienne France and Rudesheim am Rhein Rudesheim Germany Under the direction of Steve Wiest edit March 2009 The One O Clock performed at Birdland New York This was the One O Clock s New York debut under the direction of Steve Wiest July 2009 The One O Clock performed at the World Saxophone Congress XV in Bangkok Thailand with James Carter and UNT alumnus Brad Leali January and February 2010 The University of North Texas One O Clock Lab Band toured California while attending the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards where the album Lab 2009 was nominated for Best Large Jazz Ensemble AlbumDirectors edit1924 1927 James Willis Smith 1875 1937 Professor of mathematics from 1908 to 1927 founded the college band 1927 1947 Floyd Graham 1902 1974 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 Hall 30 31 32 1947 1959 Gene Hall 1913 1993 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 1910 1990 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 Krupa Harry James 5 years 7 movies numerous recordings Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller Orchestras 1959 1981 Leon Breeden 1921 2010 Chaired the Jazz Studies Division and directed the One O Clock for twenty two years 1981 2008 Neil Slater Served dual roles for twenty seven years i Chair of the Jazz Studies Division and ii Director of the One O Clock the longest tenure held in either role Among other things Slater is credited for having developed more emphasis on small groups and adding a master s curriculum in jazz which according to music journalist John Morthland improved the overall quality of the lab bands He also formally integrated jazz studies classes with lab band experience 33 2008 2014 Steve Wiest Became the One O Clock s fourth director March 2009 after having served as interim director the year prior 2014 2016 Jay Saunders Had been director of the Two O Clock Lab Band became interim director in 2014 2016 present Alan Baylock In April 2015 the College of Music appointed Baylock as Director of the One O Clock Lab Band commencing Fall 2016 34 Notable alumni edit1924 1937 Stage Band Dance Band Pit Orchestra 1937 1949 The Aces of Collegeland Herb Ellis 1921 2010 Eugene Hall 1913 1993 William F Lee III William Ennis Thomson 1947 1959 Laboratory Dance Bands Jack Alexander Larry Austin Harry Babasin 1921 1988 Euel Box Herb Ellis Jimmy Giuffre 1921 2008 Bob Hames William F Lee III Jack Petersen Gene Roland 1921 1982 Ed Summerlin 1928 2006 William Ennis Thomson 1959 1969 One O Clock Lab Band Dee Barton 1937 2001 David Breeden 1946 2005 Bruce Fowler James A Hall Billy Harper David Hungate Tom Bones Malone Lou Marini Dean Parks Jim Riggs Jay Saunders Ed Soph Marvin Stamm Bill Stapleton 1945 1984 Lanny Steele 1933 1994 Galen Jeter 1970s Ashley Alexander 1934 1988 35 36 Bob Belden Leonard Candelaria James Chirillo Steve Duke Conrad Herwig Marc Johnson Bubba Kolb Lyle Mays Jim Milne John B Riley Ray Sasaki Mike Smith David Stockburger tenor saxophonist Bill Stapleton 1945 1984 Frederick I Sturm Jim Powell Wayne Feschuk Bev Dahlke Greg Smith Bill Yeager Pat Coil Clay Jenkins Gerard Carelli John Bryant Barry Ries Rick Cornish Lou Fischer 1980s Gregg Bissonette Matt Bissonette Mike Bogle Zachary Breaux Earl Harvin Dave Pietro Tim Ries Jim Snidero Steve Wiest Mike Williams Brad Turner musician Randy Hamm 1990s Tom Brantley Scott Englebright Ari Hoenig Lee Tomboulian Frank Basile Joseph Henson Luis Hernandez 37 Michael Waldrop Tyler Kuebler Bob Swanson 2000s Chris McQueen Michael D Angelo 2010s Addison Frei Drew Zaremba Matt Young John Sturino Nolan Byrd Student amp faculty composers arrangers for the One O Clock non members 1950 Fisher Tull 1960s Frank Mantooth 1970s Rich Matteson Charles GambettaDiscography editNorth Texas Lab Band 90th Floor 1961 LAB 67 NTSU Jazz 1967 Lab 68 Precision 1968 Fall 69 Big Band Concert NTSU Jazz 1969 Lab 69 Century 1969 Lab 70 Century 1970 Annual Spring Concert of the Lab Bands April 14 1970 Century 1970 Fall 70 Spring 71 NTSU Jazz 1971 Lab 71 NTSU Jazz 1971 12 by 3 Creative Jazz Composers 1971 Live the North Texas Lab Bands Fall and Spring Concerts 1970 1971 Precision 1971 Lab 72 Precision 1972 Early Tracks by John Monaghan NTSU Jazz 1972 Live 72 73 NTSU Jazz 1972 Lab 73 NTSU Jazz 1973 Live Precision 1973 Lab 74 Precision 1974 Lab 75 NTSU Jazz 1975 A Jazz Clinic by Leon Breeden Crest 1975 Lab 76 NTSU Jazz 1976 Lab 77 NTSU Jazz 1977 Lab 78 NTSU Jazz 1978 Texas Music Educators Association Silver Crest 1979 Jazz at Spoleto 77 Left Bank Jazz Society 1978 Lab 79 NTSU Jazz 1979 Lab 80 NTSU Jazz 1980 Lab 81 Commemorative NTSU Jazz 1981 European Tour 82 NTSU Jazz 1982 Lab 82 NTSU Jazz 1982 Lab 83 NTSU Jazz 1983 Lab 84 NTSU Jazz 1984 Lab 85 North Texas 1985 Lab 86 North Texas Jazz 1986 With Respect to Stan North Texas Jazz 1986 Live in Australia the 1986 Tour North Texas Jazz 1987 Lab 87 North Texas Jazz 1987 Lab 88 North Texas Jazz 1988 Lab 89 North Texas Jazz 1989 Lab 90 North Texas Jazz 1990 Lab 91 North Texas Jazz 1991 Lab 92 North Texas Jazz 1992 Lab 93 North Texas Jazz 1993 Live in Portugal North Texas Jazz 1994 One O Clock Standard Time North Texas Jazz 1994 Lab 94 North Texas Jazz 1994 Lab 95 North Texas Jazz 1995 Lab 96 North Texas Jazz 1996 Lab 97 North Texas Jazz 1997 Lab 98 North Texas Jazz 1998 Lab 99 North Texas Jazz 1999 Lab 2000 North Texas Jazz 2000 Lab 2001 North Texas Jazz 2001 Lab 2002 North Texas Jazz 2002 Lab 2003 North Texas Jazz 2003 Lab 2004 North Texas Jazz 2004 Live from Thailand North Texas Jazz 2004 Circa 1960 90th Floor 2004 2004 Midwest Clinic Mark 2005 Lab 2005 North Texas Jazz 2005 Lab 2006 North Texas Jazz 2006 Lab 2007 North Texas Jazz 2007 Live at Blues Alley North Texas Jazz 2007 Lab 2008 North Texas Jazz 2008 Lab 2009 North Texas Jazz 2009 Lab 2010 North Texas Jazz 2010 Lab 2011 North Texas Jazz 2011 Lab 2012 North Texas Jazz 2012 Lab 2013 North Texas Jazz 2013 Lab 2014 North Texas Jazz 2014 Lab 2015 North Texas Jazz 2015 Lab 16 North Texas Jazz 2016 Lab 2017 North Texas Jazz 2017 Lab 2018 North Texas Jazz 2018 Lab 2019 North Texas Jazz 2019 Lab 2020 North Texas Jazz 2020 Lab 2021 North Texas Jazz 2021 References edit Ellen Rossetti born 1978 UNT One O Clock Lab Band to perform with Houston Symphony JazzTimes November 8 2010 One O Clock Lab Band Welcomes Jay Saunders as Interim Director UNT News Service April 4 2014 Jazz Leader Helps a Band Take Giant Steps by Eric Todd Kelderman born 1966 Chronicle of Higher Education Vol 54 No 48 August 2008 pg A6 Radio What s in the Air The Troy Times Troy New York May 17 1923 pg 13 col 6 Famous Teachers College Stage Band Denton Record Chronicle September 22 1939 pg 7 Moonmaids Return to Campus Denton Record Chronicle November 6 1970 pg 8B New York Vets Jazz Band Unit Gets Dallas Date Denton Record Chronicle November 3 1959 pg 3 Elliot Finally Returns to Bands After 25 Years of Long Tour by Ken Molberg North Texas Daily Vol 55 No 32 Ed 1 October 27 1971 pg 2 Willis Conover Is Dead at 75 Aimed Jazz at the Soviet Bloc by Robert McGill Thomas Jr 1940 2000 New York Times May 19 1996 Lab Bands in Concert Denton Record Chronicle March 31 1967 pg 8 a b c Jazz Educated Man A Sound Foundation by Philip Allen Scott American International Publishers Washington D C 1973 pps 19 20 OCLC 624548 LCCN 73 159620 N T Band to Give Area s First Live Stereo Show Denton Record Chronicle November 23 1958 Sec 2 pg 6 AFM New Band of Year Project in Full Swing Billboard December 8 1958 pg 3 Los Angeles Band winds Dance Title New York Times May 12 1959 Stan Kenton Lab Band at Indiana for Event Denton Record Chronicle August 14 1960 Sec 2 pg 6 Musical Ambassadors NTSU 1 O Clock Lab Band Invited to Tour Mexico Denton Record Chronicle November 10 1966 Sec 2 pg 12 Home Grown Shows Planned for White House Dinners New York Times May 30 1967 NTSU Acquires Duke Ellington Lore Dallas Morning News September 11 1968 People Time July 7 1967 Leon Breeden Ex Director of University of North Texas jazz Program Dies at 88 Dallas Morning News August 12 2010 retrieved May 31 2016 Life With Feather College Jazz Band Scores by Leonard Feather Asbury Park Press April 23 1972 pg 111 NT Musical Wizards Going to Oz Denton Record Chronicle September 4 1974 pg 7D Lab Band Happy to be Home by Joyce Hopkins Denton Record Chronicle July 11 1976 Lab Band Sets Tour of Russia by Joyce Hopkins Denton Record Chronicle May 16 1976 Denton Record Chronicle June 1 1976 pg 1 Program History 2008 1977 Spoleto Festival USA Top Names in Jazz Will Perform at S C Event The Robesonian Lumberton NC May 18 1977 Spoleto Festival USA by Perry Tannenbaum JazzTimes March 25 2008 Seabrook Adds Jazz To Spoleto Festival Florence Morning News May 15 1977 pg 40 retrieved May 31 2016 via www wbr newspapers wbr com Ennis Williams pseudonym for William Ennis Thomson Emeritus Professor and former Dean School of Music University of Southern California Wilfred C Bain A Reminiscence in Memoriam College Music Symposium Vol 38 1998 pps 1 5 Published by College Music Society Business World Explored Musician Meeks Succeeds in Many Endeavors Dallas Morning News July 17 1966 Charles H Meeks obituary Dallas Morning News July 28 1976 Out of Sync by John Craig Morthland born 1947 Texas Monthly November 1992 UNT s One O Clock Lab Band Welcomes Alumnus Composer as New Director UNT News Service May 18 2015 retrieved August 22 2016 Lab Band Picks Personnel Dallas Morning News October 25 1970 Ashley Alexander 52 Jazz Trombonist Teacher obituary Los Angeles Times August 20 1988 Meet the Musician Senior Chief Musician Luis Hernandez United States Navy Retrieved April 4 2018 External links editNorth Texas Jazz website University of North Texas College of Music Tom Boras Scores 1962 2001 Music Division New York Public Library for the Performing Arts OCLC 739696603 Conover Collection at UNT Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title One O 27Clock Lab Band amp oldid 1216821806, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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