I remember Lyle was an avid foosball player. While riding the bus to a gig with the 1:00 he very matter-of-factly said to me, "some people are under achievers, I'm an over achiever". I swear he was just writing parts with no score on some of this music. He knew exactly what it was going to sound like and what he wanted. Dig his solo on this one! FM = Funk Me
Hi Gerard. Petrilli here. In '75, pretty much my whole sketchbook requirement for life drawing 1&2 was fulfilled drawing the 1 & 2 o'clock bands at work, plus tagging along the gigs around DFW that Mike would play. I was in the room drawing during a lot of those rehearsals when you guys were working with Lyle on those arrangements. I also played foosball opposite Lyle at the Mug&Pitcher once. Even scored on him a couple times! This is sad news, but he leaves a lovely body of work to celebrate. Be well.
This Is one of my all time favorite albums.. I picked up, on a visit to NTSU, I so wanted to go there but left so damn intimidated. Country boy from small town in Southwestern Kansas.. Damn, what a sound and what a school..
That was an amazing band and fun working with Lyle. I have to say the music still stands up today. Leon Breeden basically turned over the band to Lyle to rehearse. We would sight read one new chart each rehearsal and then get into Lyle's music, all of which were originals except for "What Was" by C. Corea.
Wow, what a treat it must've been to be a part of that album. I heard it soon after it came out, and it's always been one of my all time favorites. Thanks for kicking ass on it!
I grew up in Lewisville, 15 mile south of Denton, graduating high school in 1976. Our idea of fun was skipping school, getting fast food, and going to One O'Clock rehearsal. Mostly practicing this music, of course, but I remember being so impressed by the sight reading. Just before COVID, I caught a One O'Clock concert on the NTSU campus with one of the guys who went with me to those rehearsals 45 years ago. The music still great.
I was there when this LP dropped and was schooled on Lyle Mays. This song stands the test of time indeed. Young guns lighting it up. RIP Lyle, You are missed,
Oh man! Brings back the memories! I was going to school there in '77 and this album was a hot number for sure. Blew my mind back then. A couple of years later saw Mays with Pat Metheny up there. I was listening to a 1998 song called "Lithuania" by a Norwegian jazz group called Jaga Jazzist and I kept hearing THIS song in it! Check it and them out! Album called "A Living Room Hush"
Oh man! Brings back the memories! I was going to school there in '75/'76 and this album was a hot number. Blew my mind . A couple of years later saw Mays with Pat Metheny and before that Spirogyra there. almost SAME as you Mark. I remember seeing the 1 o'clock in about '69 playing outside old UBuilding with Rudy Fox as drummer from same town as i grew up in out in Far West Tx. Permian Basin (his mom was my 1st grade Teacher). They were great and in '75/'76 when Lyle Mays was student director and writer of most of the grammy nominated songs they were playing one night at the Mug N Pitcher on campus and somebody came in and said it is Snowing , so the band and almost everybody in club went out for about a 20 minute free for all SnowBall fight, then they came back in and continued playing. They were great and many drunk, ha. Saw them while Lyle was there at Spring Concerts there , etc. Played in Rock/Blues band for a while with trombone player of one of the o'clock bands, he played bass with us. Great Music School. Saw 1 o'clock play Concert at TX A & M in about '82 at College Station too. I was a Science major but was around Bruce Hall and the concert halls and quads a lot. Many friends were in Music Programs. Went to all kinds of Faculty recitals, guest artist, etc. Concerts on Campus. - Micky Ray mrmrmr@mail.com
My old theory professor, the late Ray Ross, on trombone! Led the guitar program at Morehead State for many, many years. Great guy, incredible musician and dearly missed.
Just played this track for my combo class at UT Arlington--gassed them just as much as it did me back in '75 in Denton. Great memories!! I recognize some of my fellow comment -ers----hope everyone is doing well and still playing! Chris DeRose
So many great players in this band - I was there in grad school from Fall '74 through Spring '76. I studied Trombone with Bill Yeager - he taught me more in one semester than I learned in 4 years of undergrad; my wife tutored Ray Sasaki in Math - she was a grad assistant in Math and he was minoring in math. I played in 3:00 band under Mark Taylor and then under Rich Matteson - every day was an amazing experience. So many of these guys went straight into the major big bands that were still performing at the time, especially Woody's band. RIP Lyle - what a great composer - saw him in 1979 playing with Joni Mitchell, Pat Metheny, etc. at Red Rocks outside Denver. Hi, Gerard - I subbed for you once in the 2:00 band.
I graduated and left Denton in '73....I remember this recording and how it blew away all of the early Lab band repertory...you know , bluesy swing and the remnants of Nestico and Byers. It was the same era that I also found myself writing straight-1/8th music too, like Sun Catchers and Oregon....no more Moon River stuff...ha!
Great to hear this tune again. That whole album knocked me out then and still does. F'in brilliant music. Mays is such a stunningly gifted musician and must be a pretty amazing human to bring such consistently exquisite music into this world.
I graduated NTSU/UNT '78. My first semester was Spring '75, played with the Three O'Clock and got to sub with the One a number of times. Lyle was on fire when he was there, as was the One O'Clo ck. Well reflected in this recording, live at the Spring Lab Bands Concert FM got completely out of hand, so memorable. FWIW, the original title of this is "Funk Me" but Mr Breeden thought that too over the top so it was abreviated to "FM."
Really not a lot. I had to go back and listen to both movements to see if I remembered the work. However, again, that One O'Clock Band was maybe the best of the four years I spent at UNT. A lot of fine players who moved on, Marc Johnson, Pete Brewer, Ray Sasaki and of course Lyle Mays. Somewhere in my boxed up LPs I have a copy of this, may have to dig it out!
Gerald, was this just before Ashley Alexander took over as director? I'm trying to figure out the timeline here. I know that Linahon, Yeager, and Houghton had all worked with Ashley at NTSU, as they were members of his Alumni Band in the 80s.
@@tornadus111 Ashley Alexander was director at University of Northern Iowa for three years ending in the 74-75 year before moving out West. Linahon was at UNI.
Yeah, I saw them live at Civic Center Park and checked this scratchy record out from the Denton Public Library many times. None of those scratches were mine, as far as you know!
Richard Steffen is on lead trumpet, not Chuck Schmidt. Joe Rodriguez had played lead most of the semester, but went on the road suddenly, and Richard was called in to do the album.
Brings back memories of when I lived in Denton in the 70's.... Cheap rent, great food, good hangs, cheap tuition, no student loans, peace and love and good smokes. and a hope for the future....that is...well....you know the rest. Great to have been free for a time anyway. I think Marc went the furthest//played with Bill Evans and now with Elainie. I think Lyle quit playing due to frustration with the business. Lyle is very rich though. Funny...no one cared about $$ back then.
RAY SAZAKI FUGEL HORN SOLOIST ON " FM"....should've had a longer solo.....it's like he had private lessons with THAD JONES or FREDDIE HUBBARD.....CHIC COREA you're a MASTER but LYLE'S interpretation of your chart WHAT WAS ...and I say this reluctantly...maybe better than the original.
I remember Lyle was an avid foosball player. While riding the bus to a gig with the 1:00 he very matter-of-factly said to me, "some people are under achievers, I'm an over achiever". I swear he was just writing parts with no score on some of this music. He knew exactly what it was going to sound like and what he wanted. Dig his solo on this one! FM = Funk Me
Hi Gerard. Petrilli here. In '75, pretty much my whole sketchbook requirement for life drawing 1&2 was fulfilled drawing the 1 & 2 o'clock bands at work, plus tagging along the gigs around DFW that Mike would play. I was in the room drawing during a lot of those rehearsals when you guys were working with Lyle on those arrangements. I also played foosball opposite Lyle at the Mug&Pitcher once. Even scored on him a couple times! This is sad news, but he leaves a lovely body of work to celebrate. Be well.
This Is one of my all time favorite albums.. I picked up, on a visit to NTSU, I so wanted to go there but left so damn intimidated. Country boy from small town in Southwestern Kansas.. Damn, what a sound and what a school..
RIP Lyle Mays - Gone way too early.....truly a classic
That was an amazing band and fun working with Lyle. I have to say the music still stands up today. Leon Breeden basically turned over the band to Lyle to rehearse. We would sight read one new chart each rehearsal and then get into Lyle's music, all of which were originals except for "What Was" by C. Corea.
Wow, what a treat it must've been to be a part of that album. I heard it soon after it came out, and it's always been one of my all time favorites. Thanks for kicking ass on it!
I grew up in Lewisville, 15 mile south of Denton, graduating high school in 1976. Our idea of fun was skipping school, getting fast food, and going to One O'Clock rehearsal. Mostly practicing this music, of course, but I remember being so impressed by the sight reading. Just before COVID, I caught a One O'Clock concert on the NTSU campus with one of the guys who went with me to those rehearsals 45 years ago. The music still great.
I was there when this LP dropped and was schooled on Lyle Mays. This song stands the test of time indeed. Young guns lighting it up. RIP Lyle, You are missed,
We were young and hungry for jazz. These guys provided........
RIP Lyle Mays, composer and keyboard legend.
I'm so sorry to hear of Lyle's passing. He made us all real proud! I'm NTSU/UNT alumni 1974.
Oh man! Brings back the memories! I was going to school there in '77 and this album was a hot number for sure. Blew my mind back then. A couple of years later saw Mays with Pat Metheny up there.
I was listening to a 1998 song called "Lithuania" by a Norwegian jazz group called Jaga Jazzist and I kept hearing THIS song in it! Check it and them out! Album called "A Living Room Hush"
Amazed by this since I first heard it. I liken Lyle Mayes composition skill to something on the level of Zappa.
Oh man! Brings back the memories! I was going to school there in '75/'76 and this album was a hot number. Blew my mind . A couple of years later saw Mays with Pat Metheny and before that Spirogyra there. almost SAME as you Mark. I remember seeing the 1 o'clock in about '69 playing outside old UBuilding with Rudy Fox as drummer from same town as i grew up in out in Far West Tx. Permian Basin (his mom was my 1st grade Teacher). They were great and in '75/'76 when Lyle Mays was student director and writer of most of the grammy nominated songs they were playing one night at the Mug N Pitcher on campus and somebody came in and said it is Snowing , so the band and almost everybody in club went out for about a 20 minute free for all SnowBall fight, then they came back in and continued playing. They were great and many drunk, ha. Saw them while Lyle was there at Spring Concerts there , etc. Played in Rock/Blues band for a while with trombone player of one of the o'clock bands, he played bass with us. Great Music School. Saw 1 o'clock play Concert at TX A & M in about '82 at College Station too. I was a Science major but was around Bruce Hall and the concert halls and quads a lot. Many friends were in Music Programs. Went to all kinds of Faculty recitals, guest artist, etc. Concerts on Campus. - Micky Ray mrmrmr@mail.com
This album needs to go on iTunes!
My old theory professor, the late Ray Ross, on trombone! Led the guitar program at Morehead State for many, many years. Great guy, incredible musician and dearly missed.
Just played this track for my combo class at UT Arlington--gassed them just as much as it did me back in '75 in Denton. Great memories!! I recognize some of my fellow comment -ers----hope everyone is doing well and still playing!
Chris DeRose
this band is SERIOUSLY underrated
So many great players in this band - I was there in grad school from Fall '74 through Spring '76. I studied Trombone with Bill Yeager - he taught me more in one semester than I learned in 4 years of undergrad; my wife tutored Ray Sasaki in Math - she was a grad assistant in Math and he was minoring in math. I played in 3:00 band under Mark Taylor and then under Rich Matteson - every day was an amazing experience. So many of these guys went straight into the major big bands that were still performing at the time, especially Woody's band. RIP Lyle - what a great composer - saw him in 1979 playing with Joni Mitchell, Pat Metheny, etc. at Red Rocks outside Denver. Hi, Gerard - I subbed for you once in the 2:00 band.
I graduated and left Denton in '73....I remember this recording and how it blew away all of the early Lab band repertory...you know , bluesy swing and the remnants of Nestico and Byers. It was the same era that I also found myself writing straight-1/8th music too, like Sun Catchers and Oregon....no more Moon River stuff...ha!
RIP Lyle Mays, who arranged everything, composed most of it, and played his ass off on this album.
RIP.
Great to hear this tune again. That whole album knocked me out then and still does. F'in brilliant music. Mays is such a stunningly gifted musician and must be a pretty amazing human to bring such consistently exquisite music into this world.
Ah, I miss playing this tune. And that Rhodes electric piano sound.
Amen to the Rhodes!
I knew a couple of the guys in this band, the ultimate "lab bands" at NTSU in Denton Texas
Paying respects to Lyle.
RIP and Godspeed, Lyle
*So Thankful that you Posted this !!
- I wish i could have Thanked Lyle Mays in Person for Helping me Cope with Life for Most of my Existence.....
I graduated NTSU/UNT '78. My first semester was Spring '75, played with the Three O'Clock and got to sub with the One a number of times. Lyle was on fire when he was there, as was the One O'Clo
ck. Well reflected in this recording, live at the Spring Lab Bands Concert FM got completely out of hand, so memorable. FWIW, the original title of this is "Funk Me" but Mr Breeden thought that too over the top so it was abreviated to "FM."
Gerald McGeorge what can u tell me about the continuing adventures of supertonic
Really not a lot. I had to go back and listen to both movements to see if I remembered the work. However, again, that One O'Clock Band was maybe the best of the four years I spent at UNT. A lot of fine players who moved on, Marc Johnson, Pete Brewer, Ray Sasaki and of course Lyle Mays. Somewhere in my boxed up LPs I have a copy of this, may have to dig it out!
That was a great read. Thank you for your insight. Now I KNOW what FM stands for.
Gerald, was this just before Ashley Alexander took over as director? I'm trying to figure out the timeline here. I know that Linahon, Yeager, and Houghton had all worked with Ashley at NTSU, as they were members of his Alumni Band in the 80s.
@@tornadus111 Ashley Alexander was director at University of Northern Iowa for three years ending in the 74-75 year before moving out West. Linahon was at UNI.
Yeah, I saw them live at Civic Center Park and checked this scratchy record out from the Denton Public Library many times. None of those scratches were mine, as far as you know!
loce this fine record!
Loving this. Thanks.
Richard Steffen is on lead trumpet, not Chuck Schmidt. Joe Rodriguez had played lead most of the semester, but went on the road suddenly, and Richard was called in to do the album.
Brings back memories of when I lived in Denton in the 70's.... Cheap rent, great food, good hangs, cheap tuition, no student loans,
peace and love and good smokes. and a hope for the future....that is...well....you know the rest. Great to have been free for a time anyway. I think Marc went the furthest//played with Bill Evans and now with Elainie. I think Lyle quit playing due to frustration with the business. Lyle is very rich though. Funny...no one cared about $$ back then.
DIdn't know Lyle isn't playing out, that's a big loss to human ears.
I heard he is a software manager in LA. was disgusted with the biz and the millenial audiences.
Bill Guthrie and Mac McGrannahan on Bass Trombones....
Chuck Schmidt on lead trumpet!
I believe it's Richard (Rick) Steffen on lead on this album.
Where can you buy a copy of this amazing music?
Used on vinyl lp and one track is available on CD on the compilation "North Texas Jazz."
RAY SAZAKI FUGEL HORN SOLOIST ON " FM"....should've had a longer solo.....it's like he had private lessons with THAD JONES or FREDDIE HUBBARD.....CHIC COREA you're a MASTER but LYLE'S
interpretation of your
chart WHAT WAS ...and I say this reluctantly...maybe better than the original.
What a Loss... RIP Lyle Mays.
Do you have the lab '74 album. It's out of print and I'm tryna listen to it
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