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Live Recording of Doc Playing “Take The A Train”
http://youtu.be/Uha-M8B1ox0 This is a recording of Doc jamming with a rhythm section in 1966 at the National Championship stage band contest in Pampa, TX. Doc had not yet taken over the conducting job at NBC in the Tonight Show band, … Continue reading
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Doc Severinsen’s 1966 Getzen Trumpet
In 1966 the Paschal High School stage band went to the National Championship contest in Pampa, Tx. where Doc Severinsen was one of the judges. Doc was so impressed with the playing of lead trumpet, 15 year old John … Continue reading
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Rodney Booth
There’s a great trumpet player in the Dallas area named Rodney Booth. He played in the UNT One O’Clock Lab Band a year, or two after me, and had led a band around town for many years. We have worked … Continue reading
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Dr. Gene Hall & Leon Breeden Interview at Intermission KERA TV 1976
A rare interview with the founder of the Jazz Studies program at UNT in 1947, Dr. Gene Hall, and Leon Breeden who followed him in 1959. These were the first two directors of the program, which was the first in … Continue reading
Big Band Medley KERA TV 1976 One O’Clock Lab Band
Leon Breeden always knew how to play tunes for the crowd, and since they were going to Russia the next month he chose this big band medley. This is the type of composition that Mr. Breeden would have us sight … Continue reading
Rachel Lebon sings with the One O’Clock Lab Band–1976
Rachel sings “A Day In The Life of A Fool”. We rehearsed a couple of hours that afternoon, and probably read through her charts once. She is now Dr. Lebon and teaches vocal jazz at the University of Miami.
One O’Clock Lab Band 1976 KERA TV Opening Number
This was our opening tune on May 15, 1975 at KERA TV in Dallas, TX. It is a Thad Jones composition called “61st & Rich It”. Flugelhorn solo is by Clay Jenkins who is now the jazz instructor at the … Continue reading
“Threshold” One O’Clock in Ft. Worth Dec. 1975
http://youtu.be/S_j4bEspZ2I This is probably my favorite piece we did while I was in the One O’Clock Lab Band. Pat Williams did the composition and is one of my favorite writers. Mike Davis is on the trumpet solo, and Pete Brewer … Continue reading
“A Good Time Was Had By All” 1976 One O’Clock
This was our final number of the night. We had a two hour rehearsal in the afternoon, then a two hour concert ending with this tune with three encores. It was outside, hot, and it had been a long … Continue reading
Rachel Lebon & The One O’Clock Lab Band 1976
This was our singer that year, who also went on the Russian trip the following month. She is now Dr. Lebon and teaches at the University of Miami in the jazz vocal department.