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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.
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.
The College of Music is a comprehensive institution of international rank. [3] [4] Its heritage dates back one hundred and thirty-four years, when North Texas was founded.. The college has one of the largest enrollment of any music institution accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, [5] of which it has been a member for 85 years
As a University of North Texas student (1969–72) Riggs performed with the University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band. Riggs performed regularly with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the Ft. Worth Symphony Orchestra. Riggs also appeared as a jazz soloist with the United States Navy Commodores in Washington, D.C.
Morris Eugene Hall a.k.a. M.E. "Gene" Hall (1913–1993) was an American jazz educator at the University of North Texas.. Hall was the founding director of the One O'Clock Lab Band, [2] and responsible for the first university curriculum for the study of Jazz (called "Dance Music" at the time) in the United States.
Dennis Irwin in October 1979, Umeå Jazz Festival, Sweden. Dennis Irwin (November 28, 1951 in Birmingham, Alabama - March 10, 2008) was an American jazz double bassist.He toured and recorded with John Scofield and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra among others, and played on over 500 albums.
Raymond Harry "Ray" Brown (born November 7, 1946) is an American composer, arranger, trumpet player, and jazz educator. [1] He has performed as trumpet player and arranged music for Stan Kenton (early 1970s), Bill Watrous, Bill Berry, Frank Capp – Nat Pierce (Juggernaut Big Band), and the Full Faith and Credit Big Band.
John Bernard Riley (born June 11, 1954) is an American jazz drummer and educator. He has performed with Woody Herman, Stan Getz, Milt Jackson, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, John Scofield, Bob Mintzer, Gary Peacock, Mike Stern, Joe Lovano, Franck Amsallem, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, John Patitucci, and Bob Berg.