Two O'Clock Lab Band

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The Two O'Clock Lab Band is the second highest level of nine big bands (see One O'Clock Lab Band ) of the Jazz Studies Division at the University of North Texas College of Music , a comprehensive music school with the largest enrollment of any music institution accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, [1] and oldest (and first) in the world offering a degree in jazz studies.

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History

While the One O'Clock is the highest level of the nine Lab Bands; the Two O'Clock has, for several decades, held acclaim as a "destination band" at the University. The Two O'Clock produces professionally engineered albums and, on concert tours, is well received. The Band has a long list of successful alumni musicians who never played with the One O'Clock, some of whom are listed below. "Making" the One O'Clock often is a matter of timing. If, for example, several talented musicians are vying for a certain chair in the One O'Clock, and that chair is held by someone for two years, then a qualified student might likely complete his or her studies playing in another Lab Band.

Awards and honors

Discography

Directed by Jim Riggs

  • The Transparent Two (Oct 4, 1994) Seafair Bolo OCLC   31772581
  • Two O'Clock Jazz Band I (1997) Klavier KD 77019 OCLC   37524078
  • A Salute to Benny Carter (1999) CD Klavier (K 77028) OCLC   44714474
  • Two O'Clock Jazz Band II (recorded May 1997, released March 1999) CD Klavier (K 77023) OCLC   41230616
  • The Translucent Two (2001) CD Klavier OCLC   50079074
  • The Manne We Love: Gershwin Revisited, with the Steve Houghton Quintet (2002) CD TNC Jazz OCLC   58838861
  • The Two O'Clock Jazz Band "Live"
  • Avenue "C" Jazz, North Texas Jazz, 06032 JR (released 2009; but recorded by the 2005-06 band) OCLC   826866780
  • The Best of the Big O (2005) CD OCLC   74146713
  • Bruce Hall Jazz Music (2009) OCLC   826865973
  • Denton Texas Jazz Giant, North Texas Jazz, 07052 JR OCLC   826865974

Directed Jay Saunders

Directors

Notable Two O'Clock Alumni (who never played in the One O'Clock)

See also

References

  1. ↑ HEADS Data – Special Report, 2009-10, National Association of Schools of Music
    Note: For more than 20 years, North Texas Music enrollment has tracked closely to that of Indiana. Institutions that include Berklee, Juilliard, Manhattan School of Music are not among the 627 NASM members. One non-NASM music school has a student enrollment larger than North Texas – Berklee.
    YearNorth Texas Indiana
    2006-071,6491,638
    2007-081,6591,633
    2008-091,6081,554
    2009-101,6351,557
  2. ↑ "33rd Annual Student Music Awards," Down Beat, June 2010, pg. 80
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