Category Archives: Rare recording

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 →

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 →

  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 →

  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.

Here’s another tune from the 1976 KERA TV show.  My friend, Mark Taylor, did this composition while we were both students at North Texas. He is a fantastic writer, and was also writing for the Stan Kenton Orchestra while at … Continue reading →

This was my first tune of my first concert with the One O’Clock Lab Band.  It was around October 8th in the lab band hall.  There must have been 200 people there–it was standing room only and they lined the … Continue reading →

This was a tune arranged by our percussionist, Gene Glover, called “St.Thomas”.  It was a fun piece to play, and really shows the power of our lead trumpet player, Chuck Schmidt.  This tune was played in May of 1976 during … Continue reading →

Another tune from our KERA TV show in May of 1976.  Many of the students in this band went on to become the top players and teachers in the world today.  However, the trumpet player on the end closest to … Continue reading →