The One O'Clock Lab Band Plays Yesterdays
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The One O’Clock Lab Band for 70 years has been the premier ensemble of the Jazz Studies Division at the University of North Texas College of Music in Denton. The band has performed and toured in Australia, Canada, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Switzerland, Thailand, and The Netherlands. Since the 1970s, the band’s albums have received seven Grammy nominations, including two for Lab 2009. Steve Wiest, a three-time Grammy-nominated composer-arranger-director and Associate Professor of Music, directed the O'Clock Lab Band from 2008 through the summer of 2014. Jay Saunders, a veteran of the Stan Kenton Orchestra, has been interim director since 2014. The One O’Clock is the highest of nine peer lab bands at the college, each named for its hour of rehearsal and each a standard 19-piece big band instrumentation - five saxophones, five trombones, five trumpets, piano, guitar, bass, and drums.[3] The One O'Clock evolved from an extracurricular stage band founded in 1927 into a curricular laboratory dance band in 1947, when North Texas launched the first jazz degree program in the world. For the next 20 years - until 1967 - North Texas was the only US university that offered a degree in jazz studies.
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The sax player's tone is sublime. Wow
GREAT tenor tone!
40 years ago that would have been my dad ( Aurele Bleau ) pushin' it like this young guy. Amazing.....
Summary of the comment section:
“Wow. Nice tenor solo!”
“Wow. Nice banana!”
Absolutely indescribable how talented these guys are. Well done!
Great playing! Video production was also excellent.
Richard Durbin and huffing
Awesome. Takes you to the tears in your eyes zone. Goose pimples stuff.
perfect
Beginning: thats an odd way to start off... oh!
Just tried to like for a second time :)
Made the right move trolling. Discovered Jazz Video Guy and N T C C OF Music. I'm in!
@jazzbuckeye The composition?
This saxophonist is Brian Clancy. Can someone tell me which mouthpiece he is using in this gig?
Nice rendition of the Kenton "standards" chart. Does the band still play at the UB every Thursday at 1?
1927 to 2022 is 95 years
1947 to 2022 is 75 years
thanks for setting the record straight
He's almost as good as Randy Lee in the 1970 European tour band.
If you play drums in the 1 o'clock lab band at NTU, it means you are the top banana of the drummer guys there....so, in this sense, the banana is symbolic.
jazzfan707 ha!
:)
The entire band are top bananas.
I agree Jon...no argument here! It was just a banana joke!...:)
Got em good
This ranks right up there with the very best tenor sax solos that I have ever heard. The artist is Brian Clancy, a truly gifted musician.
Thanks so much Jon, I was wondering about his name. What a full, powerful sound and phrasing this cat has! :)
Most definitely one of the best! His technique is so fluid, you hardly realize when he's playing something that's difficult. Beautiful sound through the whole range. Tasteful, classy and entertaining.
Listen to Channel One Suite
Captivating to say the least!
JON D. ELDER and what makes him even better is that he works in the Disneyland band!
The banana makes this unique
What?
@@mazimadu on the drummers music stand
@@trashymans9537 Now I am hungry
That sax solo was amazing. Not only was it technically brilliant, it was also sensible and intelligible. I love the tonal inflections used in it.
I went to NTSU in the later 50's early 60's seeking a degree in Journalism. However I kept cutting my classes in order to catch the Lab Band under the direction of Leon Breeden. At the time many of the participants went on to Stan Kenton's orchestra and other great bands.... what a thrill to hear the present band... they haven't lost a thing. I went on to get into Broadcasting and this last year was voted into the Radio Broadcasting Hall of fame... so as it turns out I didn't waste my time at North Texas.
Paul Menard Congrats on the Hall of Fame nod, Paul. There's a tradition of quality at North Texas that is decades old.
Fantastic arrangement. Thanks for sharing. I grew up going to see big jazz bands with my dad. These guys brought a tear to my eyes.
He sounds like Michael brecker. Great tone and techniqe.
rip
Saw that tenor kid at Jazz camp when I was gonna be a senior in high school. He’s a beast. I gave up and became a dentist instead.
Well, it's a more secure income, that's for sure.
Hats off to the soloist, but also to the lead trumpet and the drummer. AWESOME band :)
Brian Clancy just brings the house down
Oh god, the banana on the drummers music stand! XXXDDDD im dying
the trumpets kill this and make it sound so easy
Trumpets kill most everything hehe
the banana just puts the icing on the cake
Or it's the banana on the top
I'm sorry, what is the name of the lead tenor player? Wow, this guy is great !!! I sense a little Brecker expression in his playing ! Gorgeous.
Brian Clancy
I sense some Dexter Gordon influences as well
Years after Mike Brecker passed away, and now listening to Brian Clancy's solo: Such a relief.
@gsco82 Brian Clancy is a great tenor player
Brian Clancy is incredible. His solo is among the best I’ve ever heard.
Brian went to my high school :')
I have been revisiting this video for probably 7 or 8 years now. Such a treat to listen to!
same
Same
Nice tenor playing young man!
If I could like a video more than once I would have liked this video a thousand times
wow. that is the best tenor sax sound i've heard in quite a while... beautiful.
Brian Clancy on the Tenor sax. I met him at the Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach and eventually hired him and Ausin Byrd to come to my house and play a concert. They were augmented by Curtis Parry on guitar and they were beautiful. Brian is a major jazz talent.
The tone was the first thing I noticed. Simply amazing
I've been listening to this recording since I was in high school over 6 years ago now lol- Brian is such an absolute monster, and if I'm not mistaken, that's Adam H on alto, another massive influence on me!
That banana...
I have listened to this video of Brian's gorgeous interpretation of this sentimental and seductive ballad a hundred times, and I can't get away from it's haunting allure. This is timeless...I don't know how it could ever be better than this !
It feels like just yesterday he was here. Now he’s gone
life passes quickly, please make every moment meaningful
What a tenor solo!
Somethings you just can't put into words........Just tremendous!!!!!!
my band director showed me this in highschool 6 years ago. truly immaculate
Making us UNT folks proud! Beautiful all around!
Absolutely!!
As a UNT '78 grad, you guys make us all proud...BRAVO!!!!
BTW, Brian, "Blue Lou" would be proud, too!
AWESOME!!!! Amazing tenor guy. Great sound! There's always time for a banana! :P
Fantastic tenor sound and great arrangement! I greatly enjoyed this tune. Keep up the good work.
Wow, Brian is killer..phrasing is insane
I go to UNT && I always go watch the O'clock bands play :3
Great tenor solo, great band and great arrangement. I do have one thing that stood out which I didn't get. Your lead , and excellent, trumpet player, is he really in college?
the mouthpiece he is using is a Vandoren V16 metal. you can tell from the blue writing on it. and also a Vandoren Optium Ligature
Josh Hu is that a small chamber or large chamber model?
@@battlestupid I believe its a big chamber
Marvelous tenor player! Beautiful Bill Holman chart for the Kenton Band.
1:32 Nice reference to "laura", fantastic playing!
this sounds like the arrangement Kenton did in London in '72
A very tight big band who played Yesterdays with passion and precision.
If you like the tenor part, learn it by ear and transcribe it. I think the arrangement is available for purchase through Bob Curnow's Sierra Music.
These guys make an old UNT Grad ('78) proud!
I'm gonna cry myself to sleep, why can't I have such a great jazzy tone like that Tenor player? Oh well... longtones here I come.
a bill holman arrangement ? that says it all . one of the best ever arrangers from the old KENTON days along with rugalo and russo ..
i was there in fall of 1982 ,1983, 1984,and 1986
@jackscruffy The global Jazz education movement!
Best sax solo/sound I've heard in many years.
He's been doing this since we were in high school. My ears have gotten better but this solo still sounds just as good! smh BRIAN
You went to Carroll?
No, it's Bill Holman's arrangement for the Kenton band. Bob Curnow (who is an awesome guy and fun hang btw) has it available on his site: Sierra Music.
This takes my breath away every time I hear it
Really, there are incredible performances of this standard, but no other take of Yesterdays is so good as this one! The magnificent solo of Bryan Clancy sets this standard as the standard! Seen this video for years now, keep revisiting it and simply adore it.
Couldn't agree more!
This was fabulous! The tenor Sax was fabulous and really smooth! Each note clear and lovely! Bravo!
Makes me want to cry , brings me back to when I was that age, what memories (77 year old trombonist)...
I wanna contact that tenor guy so I can be friends with him before he's famous. I love his sound more than anything I've ever heard. I wanna get to know this guy. Maybe he can give me a lesson when I go here someday.
Why is Brian better than I'll ever be at anything
I am listening to this all day. Oh my goodness, this is good.
My introduction to live jazz was as a 15 year old 9th grader attending the Saturday night stage shows in the North Texas State College ad building in the spring of 1953. Best 25 cents you could spend on Saturday night..
One of Holman's classic charts for the Kenton band in the 50's! Great performance of it here! Thanks guys!
que hermozo suena ese tenor,mis felicitaciones,tengo una inquietud de saber cual es la boquilla utilizada,si ustedes me podrian decir ,estare agradecido
Yes, beautiful tenor work. Nice sound & choice of notes
beautiful... grande tenor sax....greetings from Denmark...thanks jazzVideoGuy ...for deling..
Beautifully colourful tone from the tenor. A variety across all dynamics. And his own style.
@laTotomate Brian Clancy
nice playing.......u all are doing good job
Who knows Chad the 2nd trumpet player? I worked on a Holland America ship with him in 2004 and lost his email
Prospecting class of 2017 jazz drummer here, and I would love to go to UNT. Thanks for the video, awesome playing
All the lab bands there are fantastic!! the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and the 9 o'clock band !
wonderful instituion, UNT
Beautiful! I attended a rehersal of this band 50 years ago when my friend Marv Stamm trumpet was one of the soloists. In those days I think a college Jazz band was unusual. Musicians for the most part got their education on the band stand. Today the trend seems very much to be the young guys studying Jazz in schools.
oh yes.
he plays with passion. i like wat i heard :)
Bill Holman arrangement…
Every band I've heard play this arrangement always rushes the part when the band comes back in at 2:56. It's a little sneaky.
holy shit i had to comment this guy on the tenor is amazing. great stuff. this is real music
yup
Snuck in to listen occasionally back in the day.
What years were you at UNT?
I attended NTSU in early 70's as a music composition major. I can't fathom how many lunch breaks I took at the practice hall listening to the 1 O'clock rehearse. It would send chills up you spine to hear the level of talent these guys have. Hell, even the 3 or 4 O'clock players are better than almost any of the top studio players.
That first tenor has a beautiful sound
Great work by the tenor player, and a really nice arrangement. Thanks for posting this.
Very nice performance. I love it
Fantastic perfomance
1:35 laura~~
the drummer adds such flavor and color to the whole piece its outstanding!!
A brilliant Bill Holman arrangement, brilliantly played.
North Texas the best jazz School in the world.
Ese saxo tenor es maravillos, un pedazo de buen músico si señor.
absolutely amazing tenor guy and band! what a delight
3:25 O_o