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Category Archives: Leon Breeden
“Clams Anyone?” from Lab’67 at NTSU
https://youtu.be/JWz088slXd0 This is a song from the very first annual lab band record at North Texas, Lab’67. The band sight read an an original composition in the studio. Leon Breeden felt that music students were harmed by playing only a … Continue reading
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
Rachael Lebon sings “The Way We Were” with the North Texas Lab One O’Clock Lab Band
One things that always impressed me about this band as how well the woodwind players doubled on flute, clarinet, and sax. I know that the lead alto player, Roger Dismore, started out as a clarinet player in junior high school … Continue reading
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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.
“Love Beams” 1976 One O’Clock Lab Band
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
“Groove Blues” Fall 1975 Informal Concert
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