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Neil Slater

Idit Shner: Infinite Possibilities

by Jane Kozhevnikova
August 2, 2022

Idit Shner, a saxophonist from Israel based in jny: Eugene, Oregon, has a wide range of musical influences in the projects she has recorded. Her albums have been published on OA2 Records and Origin Classical and have something to offer for any listener. Grounded in the jazz traditions, she has kept reinventing herself musically, so that ...

Legacy: Neil Slater at North Texas

By Neil Slater

Label: Unt Music
Released: 2017
Track listing: Disc One: The 1980s – Stuff; Keystone; Other Seasons; Partly Cloudy; Deuces; Signs; No Promises; Update; Common Ground; Sky Window. Disc Two: The 1990s – Values; Slow Heat; Threads; Hourglass; My Foolish Heart; Lead On, 0 King Eternal; Insider; Joker; Shadyside; Wink; NosePrints. Disc Three: The 2000s – Domain; Response; This; That; Look; Places; Both; Call Waiting; Side Effects; Separately Together. Disc Four: A New Era - Another Other; Time Sensitive; Not Yet; Special Interests; 3rd & 55th; Will or Would?; Neil.

Anniversary Package; Lab 2017

By Neil Slater

Label: Unt Jazz
Released: 2017
Track listing: Lab 2107 — My Shining Hour; Peacock’s Crown Blues; Old School; Myself When I am Mingus (Part 1: Schouflee Andantarino / Part 2: Adagio / Part 3: Vals Presto); Tomorrow Morning; 500 Miles High; Roundabout; I’m Beginning to See the Light; Relaxin’ in Monterey; Dizzyland.

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. ...

Neil Slater: Legacy: Neil Slater at North Texas

by Karl Ackermann
November 30, 2017

In 1942, a University of North Texas graduate music student, M. E. Hall, was asked to teach dance band arranging to two students, an activity that led to his thesis on a closely related topic. That thesis developed into the foundation of the school's jazz curriculum. Years later, Hall helped launch the jazz program which included ...