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Ryan Peterson

Ryan Peterson is a jazz guitarist, band leader, educator, and recent transplant to Ithaca, NY. Since moving to New York, Ryan is quickly becoming an in-demand guitarist and had the pleasure of leading his quartet as the opening act on the main stage at the Northeast Jazz and Wine Festival in Syracuse, NY in July 2023.

As a band leader, Ryan leads the Ryan Peterson Trio and the Ryan Peterson Quartet. Always with a modern twist, Ryan’s bands draw from the jazz tradition and perform timeless music from The Great American Songbook, as well as more contemporary jazz standards.

Ryan completed his Master of Music in Jazz Performance at the prestigious University of North Texas in May 2023 where he was the Graduate Teaching Fellow in the Jazz Guitar studio. As a Teaching Fellow, Ryan taught applied guitar and directed one of the Jazz Guitar Lab Bands. Under Ryan’s direction, the group won the award for “Outstanding Ensemble” at the 2023 International Collegiate Guitar Ensemble Festival. In May 2023, Ryan was invited to present at the Forum on Jazz & Popular Music at the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua where he gave his presentation entitled “Using the Altered Scale: Arpeggio and Triad Superimpositions for Modern Jazz Lines.” Ryan maintains an active commitment to teaching lessons in-person and online via Zoom.

Jim White

Born: January 10, 1969

Drummer Jim White is an active performer and educator. His first musical experiences took place in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia, where he studied percussion with Paul Yancinch, Mike Cebulski, Sonny Emory, and Jeff Sipe. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Jazz Studies/Composition from Middle Tennessee State University, and a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of North Texas. While a student at the University of North Texas, White performed with the renowned “One O’clock Lab Band” for three years. In 1992, Maynard Ferguson recruited White for his “Big Bop Nouveau” band with which he toured internationally

Paul Unger

Born: August 1

Paul Unger is currently the Assistant Principal Bass of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. An accomplished bassist and composer, Mr. Unger’s versatile abilities have allowed him to appear as a featured soloist with the Fort Worth/ Dallas Ballet, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and the Mimir Chamber Music Festival. His diverse abilities have also allowed him to perform and/or record with such diverse artists as Elle King, Cheryl Bentyne, Byron Stripling, Bobby Shew, Bob Newhart, Bernadette Peters, Jay Clayton, Peggy Stern, Ricki Derek, Montango, Andrea Bocelli and The Who. Paul was instructor of Double Bass at TCU from 2005-2007 and is currently performs with internationally recognized singer, Suzi Stern and guitarist Tom Reynolds

University of North Texas: Anniversary Package; Lab 2017

by Jack Bowers
December 24, 2017

To mark the seventieth anniversary of its establishment, the Division of Jazz Studies at the University of North Texas in Denton has issued superb CD compilations honoring four of its distinguished educators / bandleaders in addition to Lab 2017 by the university's flagship One O'Clock Lab Band, the fiftieth annual recording by that widely celebrated ensemble. ...

Lab 2014

By Keith T Karns

Label: University of North Texas
Released: 2014

Kind of Two

By University of North Texas

Label: North Texas Jazz
Released: 2014
Track listing: Little Gus; Café au Lait; Infant Eyes; Chris Is How We Drew It; You Don’t Know What Love Is; Windows; Don’t Get Around Much Anymore; Sink, Sank, Swunk; Song for My Father; A Soundsketch; Green Onions (live).

UNT Two O'Clock Lab Band: Kind of Two

by Jack Bowers
January 10, 2014

The University of North Texas, home to the country's oldest, most honored and, many would say, explicitly outstanding Jazz Studies program, has a number of topnotch big bands in the stable, each of which is named after its specific rehearsal time. While the One O'Clock Lab Band, which has been recorded most often, is best known ...

Lab 2013

By Keith T Karns

Label: University of North Texas
Released: 2013

Lab 2013

By University of North Texas

Label: Unt Jazz
Released: 2013
Track listing: Take the “A” Train; Old West; Somewhere on the 33rd Parallel; Denton Standard Time; As Time Goes By; Will or Would?; The Square; Honeybee; Traffic Jam.