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UNT One O'Clock Lab Band: Lab 2019

by Jack Bowers
November 30, 2019

UNT is the University of North Texas, home to the country's flagship Jazz Studies program since its inception in the mid-1940s, and home as well to no less than a dozen undergraduate big bands, each one named for its daily rehearsal time. Pride of place goes to the One O'Clock ensemble whose special artistry has been safeguarded on record every year since 1967, providing aural evidence of why the university's leading big band remains unrivaled among its peers.

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One O'Clock Lab Band: Lab 2018/The Rhythm Of The Road

Read "Lab 2018/The Rhythm Of The Road" reviewed by Chris Mosey

by Chris Mosey
September 11, 2018

The University of North Texas has been encouraging its students to play jazz since the 1940s, when big bands were all the rage. To this end, someone came up with the idea of having a band for every hour of the day. The One O'Clock Lab Band is what's left of that whacky idea. The band's present director, Alan Baylock claims the 2018 edition to be the best Lab Band ever and says his opinion was shared ...