This is one of my favorite piano solos of all time. Mays was in the zone. Hell, I WAS THERE at North Texas State in those days. He was the reason they were the first college band to ever be nominated for a Grammy.
This is one of my favorite albums of all time, and it's a total blast listening to this tune again... I'm just now getting to the end of that solo, and yeah, he was in the zone for sure. And one of the amazing things to me is that then and for decades since he always seems to get there so easily..... No doubt Chick Corea loved this arrangement of his tune (the only song on the album that Mays didn't write).
NTSU needs to post jazz music conducted under Leon Breeden to TH-cam so people understand the magnificence of the jazz program at that school. The One O’Clock Lab Band gained its notoriety under him and no one else, and the music students should understand that heritage.
Read the news of Lyle Mays' passing today. My first exposure to his genius and talent was the NTSU '75 album while in a junior high jazz band. This has been my favorite album ever since! Glad he blessed us with such gems.
The inside joke of this cover, if I remember correctly, was that a "lizard" in jazz slang referred to a poor solo - and of course, that no-one in this classy group could ever play a stinker. There was a reference on the '76 record cover, a lizard watching the flute-playing demon. At times it sounds like pianist Lyle Mays was leading his own outing. Terrific!
Yes Carol st george designed the lab 75 cover with the "Lizard" and Sue Ellen Brown designed the lab 76 cover with the "Monster" on the cover. A "Lizard" was a lame musician and a "Monster" was a great musician. The 2 great designers were roommates and this was a running joke with the two of them. Sue Ellen played the flute and it might of been a self portrait. She was something of a demon herself. Miss those very free times that are gone for good.
McCoy influenced!!...nice combinations : Corea, Tyner, Mays!!...doesn't get any better!!...not to mention is classical training and influences!!...pure genius!!...
Mays deeply explored Corea's idea of true integrity regarding change and recognition,which are so intrinsically linked to the piece's title and life as well!!
I thought that too but realized That was a play on the chord progressions. Tonic, supertonic and fifth. 2 or II is supertonic to the tonic. The melody is one, two, five of the scale.
One of my all time favorite albums. I believe this was selected Jazz album of the year by some outfit or other. Not bad for a college lab band! Hearing this tune again is pure delight. Just f'in superb music. Thanks so much for posting it!
This may be the best album NTSU ever released. Lyle Mays made his mark there for sure. Today's NTSU charts seem somewhat "overarranged" but Lyle's stuff is original and doesn't overwhelm the big band with too much superfluous material. Please post any other Lyle Mays charts you have on recordings.
Anyone think this could totally be in Breath of the Wild? Like that part where it builds to the melody is when some random huge enemy is actually right around the corner. The part before is the Breath of the Wild ambiance that is in most places heh
This is one of my favorite piano solos of all time. Mays was in the zone. Hell, I WAS THERE at North Texas State in those days. He was the reason they were the first college band to ever be nominated for a Grammy.
I remember hearing this band at the Villager Club in Dallas. And it was a free gig! Those were good times my friends.
This is one of my favorite albums of all time, and it's a total blast listening to this tune again... I'm just now getting to the end of that solo, and yeah, he was in the zone for sure. And one of the amazing things to me is that then and for decades since he always seems to get there so easily..... No doubt Chick Corea loved this arrangement of his tune (the only song on the album that Mays didn't write).
NTSU needs to post jazz music conducted under Leon Breeden to TH-cam so people understand the magnificence of the jazz program at that school. The One O’Clock Lab Band gained its notoriety under him and no one else, and the music students should understand that heritage.
Read the news of Lyle Mays' passing today. My first exposure to his genius and talent was the NTSU '75 album while in a junior high jazz band. This has been my favorite album ever since! Glad he blessed us with such gems.
And the gems he penned with Pat Metheny....
The genius of Lyle Mays.
Truth....
This is the album that caused me to go to NTSU (now UNT).
Mays was on fire!!...good lord!...
I think it’s fair to say a young Lyle embodied the term “precocious,” just as an older Lyle embodied the term “god-like.”
The inside joke of this cover, if I remember correctly, was that a "lizard" in jazz slang referred to a poor solo - and of course, that no-one in this classy group could ever play a stinker. There was a reference on the '76 record cover, a lizard watching the flute-playing demon.
At times it sounds like pianist Lyle Mays was leading his own outing. Terrific!
Yes Carol st george designed the lab 75 cover with the "Lizard" and Sue Ellen Brown designed the lab 76 cover with the "Monster" on the cover. A "Lizard" was a lame musician and a "Monster" was a great musician. The 2 great designers were roommates and this was a running joke with the two of them. Sue Ellen played the flute and it might of been a self portrait. She was something of a demon herself. Miss those very free times that are gone for good.
McCoy influenced!!...nice combinations : Corea, Tyner, Mays!!...doesn't get any better!!...not to mention is classical training and influences!!...pure genius!!...
Mays deeply explored Corea's idea of true integrity regarding change and recognition,which are so intrinsically linked to the piece's title and life as well!!
Lyle Mays wrote and arranged this whole album…fabulous
He took over the entire band! I can't imagine that as a former member myself.
*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.....
'bout time this showed up on the 'net. Thanks, Michael.
+Thomas Power I have two more off that album, I will be posting today
was there a supertonic movement 3 and 4, or just 1,2 and 5?
I thought that too but realized That was a play on the chord progressions. Tonic, supertonic and fifth. 2 or II is supertonic to the tonic. The melody is one, two, five of the scale.
An outstanding composition...
One of my all time favorite albums. I believe this was selected Jazz album of the year by some outfit or other. Not bad for a college lab band! Hearing this tune again is pure delight. Just f'in superb music. Thanks so much for posting it!
It was nominated for a Grammy--the first college recording to be nominated.
This may be the best album NTSU ever released. Lyle Mays made his mark there for sure. Today's NTSU charts seem somewhat "overarranged" but Lyle's stuff is original and doesn't overwhelm the big band with too much superfluous material. Please post any other Lyle Mays charts you have on recordings.
Agreed. I was in the band in the 90's and did not enjoy that style so much.
fantastic
Fantastic...thanks for sharing!
Anyone think this could totally be in Breath of the Wild? Like that part where it builds to the melody is when some random huge enemy is actually right around the corner. The part before is the Breath of the Wild ambiance that is in most places heh
do any of u have the chart? there was a video of lab 76 doing this song with a different pianist but it's no longer available
Do you have any recordings of the previous year Lab '74? Interested in lyle mays composition Fash Fash Fash and warp factor
I have them.