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Two O'Clock Lab Band

{{Short description|Jazz band at the University of North Texas}}

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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, and oldest (and first) in the world offering a degree in jazz studies.

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

  • 1992, 1993, 1994, 2005, 2006 — Down Beat Magazine poll selected the UNT Two O'Clock Lab Band as "Winner" of the Annual Student Music Awards (James Riggs, director). The band has toured and performed at Walt Disney World. National jazz radio programs, including Pandora, includes recordings from the Two O'Clock Lab Band as well as the One O'Clock.
  • 2005 — The Two O'Clock Lab Band was named Down Beat Magazine's best college band for 2005
  • 2010 — 33rd Downbeat Annual Student Music Awards: Large Jazz Ensemble, Graduate College Winner (Jay Saunders, Director)

Discography

=Directed by Jim Riggs=

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  • The Transparent Two (Oct 4, 1994) [http://www.bolorecords.com/ Seafair Bolo] {{OCLC|31772581}}
  • Two O'Clock Jazz Band I (1997) [http://www.klavier-records.com/ Klavier KD 77019] {{OCLC|37524078}}
  • A Salute to Benny Carter (1999) CD [http://www.klavier-records.com/ Klavier (K 77028)] {{OCLC|44714474}}
  • Two O'Clock Jazz Band II (recorded May 1997, released March 1999) CD [http://www.klavier-records.com/ Klavier (K 77023)] {{OCLC|41230616}}
  • The Translucent Two (2001) CD [http://www.klavier-records.com/ Klavier] {{OCLC|50079074}}
  • The Manne We Love: Gershwin Revisited, with the Steve Houghton Quintet (2002) CD [http://www.tncmusic.net/ 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}}

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=Directed Jay Saunders=

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  • Too Two (2009) CD {{OCLC|501844351}}
  • Under The Radar (2010) CD {{OCLC|826299225}}
  • Two Twos (2011-2012) 2 CDS
  • Kind of Two (2013) CD

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Directors

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

See also

References

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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.

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Year

! North Texas

! Indiana

2006-07

|1,649

|1,638

2007-08

|1,659

|1,633

2008-09

| 1,608

| 1,554

2009-10

| 1,635

| 1,557

"33rd Annual Student Music Awards," Down Beat, June 2010, pg. 80

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External links

  • [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=17622 Best of the Big O review by Jack Bowers, allaboutjazz.com]
  • [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=34897 Bruce Hall Jazz Music review by Jack Bowers, allaboutjazz.com]

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