Ensembles

ALAN BAYLOCK, Director

THE ONE O’CLOCK LAB BAND®

is the premier performing ensemble of the jazz studies program. With seven Grammy Award® nominations (one or more per decade and under every director since the 70s: Lab ‘75, Lab ‘76, Lab ‘89, Lab ‘91, Lab 2009, Lab 2015) from the library of over eighty critically acclaimed recordings to date, the One O’Clock Lab Band is noted for exceptional individual musicianship and tight ensemble performance. Concerts feature the wealth of compositions and arrangements from the UNT jazz library written by current and former North Texas students, by director Alan Baylock, by Grammynominated composers Neil Slater, Steve Wiest, and Rich DeRosa (jazz composition faculty).

The One O’Clock Lab Band® has toured internationally, performing in Russia, Mexico, Switzerland, England, France, The Netherlands, Australia, Portugal, Finland, Norway, Canada, Italy, Germany, Japan, Hong Kong, Poland, Ireland and Thailand, where the band performed for the King of Thailand and His Majesty chose to “sit in” with the band. The band has toured the major jazz festivals including Monterey, Cork/Guinness, Montreux (first college band to do so), Vienne, North Sea, Spoleto, Pori and Umbria. The One O’Clock Lab Band® has performed by Presidential invitation at the White House, joined on stage by Duke Ellington and Stan Getz. The band frequently appears at major jazz venues such as Birdland in New York City, Blues Alley in Washington, DC, Catalina’s in Los Angeles, California, and as the headliner at jazz festivals, music conferences, and concerts hosted by numerous fine arts series, colleges and high schools across the United States and around the world.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

Born and raised in a small town in Southwestern Pennsylvania, Alan Baylock has composed music that is performed throughout the world. One of the most respected and sought-after jazz composers and educators in the industry today, he is the director of the Grammy-nominated One O’Clock Lab Band at the University of North Texas, and previously served 20 years as Chief Arranger for the USAF Airmen of Note in Washington, D.C. The Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra recorded three critically-acclaimed CDs and performed throughout the United States for 15 years. Baylock graduated from Shenandoah University (BME 1990), where he later became Jazz Composer-in-Residence, and the University of North Texas (MM 1994).

Baylock travels extensively as guest conductor and clinician, and has been featured with close to 100 professional, collegiate, high school (All-State and regional) and middle school jazz ensembles. Alan is on faculty at the National Jazz

SAXOPHONES Ian Weidmann (lead) San Antonio, TX Carly Stock (alto) Los Angeles, CA Daniel Henson (tenor) Fairfax, VA Andrew Larsen (tenor) Portland, OR Jack Lanhardt (baritone) Corona, CA

TRUMPETS William Ward (lead) Tacoma, WA Reneé McGee (split lead) Stafford, VA Craig Schroeder Dallas, TX David Vest Lexington, KY Pete Clagett Dallas, TX

TROMBONES

DJ Rice (lead) Jack Courtright Jackson Churchill Kenny Ross (bass) Ian Calhoun (bass)

Rowlett, TX Burnsville, MN Duluth, MN Sherwood, OR Red Wing, MN

RHYTHM Will Peters-Seymour (guitar) Lexington, KY June Lee (piano) Bloomington, IN Guillermo Lopéz (bass) El Paso, TX Colman Burks (drumset) Plano, TX

Workshop (NJW) and directed the NJW All-Star Big Band in performances on the East and West Coast. Thanks to the Nu Psi Chapter, Alan became an honorary member of Phi Mu Alpha in 2016, and became an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi (Kappa Epsilon Chapter) in 2017. He is an active member of the Jazz Education Network.

Alan’s music has been performed and/or recorded by jazz greats Freddie Hubbard, Jimmy Heath, Michael Brecker, Maynard Ferguson, Doc Severinsen, Joe Lovano, Paquito D’Rivera, Melissa Aldana, Phil Woods, Arturo Sandoval, David Liebman, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Kenny Werner, Joshua Redman, Stefon Harris, Jerry Bergonzi, Nicholas Payton, Sean Jones, Tierney Sutton, Kurt Elling and many more. His eclectic talents have also led him to writing music for Roy Clark, Lee Greenwood, Wynonna, Al Jarreau, Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle, Spyro Gyra, Ronan Tynan, and symphony orchestras throughout the United States and abroad. His music is published by Alfred Music and ProJazzCharts.com.

Baylock lives in Denton, Texas with his wife, cellist Maria Baylock. In his spare time, Alan enjoys playing table tennis and golfing with his UNT Jazz colleagues.

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JENNIFER BARNES, Director

JAZZ SINGERS

The University of North Texas Jazz Singers is the premier vocal jazz ensemble within the Division of Jazz Studies in the College of Music. Under the direction of Jennifer Barnes, Jazz Singers consists of ten vocalists and a rhythm section, who perform a challenging and varied repertoire of jazz and jazz-influenced music, emphasizing close vocal harmonies, cutting-edge repertoire and improvisation. The ensemble was the Graduate College Vocal Jazz Choir Winner in the 2020, 2019 and 2016 DownBeat Student Music Awards and received Outstanding Performance in 2021, 2017, 2015, 2013 & 2012. Jazz Singers has performed at state, national and international music conferences and festivals, including those for the Jazz Education Network, International Association for Jazz Education, the American Choral Directors Association and the Texas Music Educators Association.

The UNT Vocal Jazz area has been a thriving part of the Jazz Division within the College of Music for over 35 years. It is comprised of 23 students pursuing Bachelor’s, Masters, and Doctoral level degrees in jazz voice. Serving on the UNT Jazz Voice Faculty are highly acclaimed vocal jazz educators Jennifer Barnes and Rosana Eckert, as well as four graduate teaching assistants. Jazz Studies voice majors study and experience both traditional and modern practices of solo jazz singing, songwriting, vocal pedagogy, improvisation, jazz aural and keyboard skills, jazz theory, arranging, and jazz history. In addition, they sing in small combos, seven lab bands, and other ensembles like the Latin Jazz Lab Band and Brazilian and Afro-Cuban ensembles. Over the years, UNT vocal jazz students have received numerous Downbeat Magazine Student Music Awards in categories of solo singing, ensemble performance, arranging, and composition. Alumni of the program have gone on to win or receive nominations for Grammy Awards, Independent Music Awards and CASA awards, and are enjoying successful careers as recording artists, studio musicians, college professors, composers, producers, arrangers, independent artists, and worship leaders. Continuing the trajectory of founding director Paris Rutherford, the UNT Vocal Jazz area continues to be a leader in vocal jazz education.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

Jennifer Barnes is the Director of Vocal Jazz at UNT, in addition to being a highly soughtafter vocalist, educator, clinician and arranger throughout the U.S. and Canada. She has directed award-winning Vocal Jazz Ensembles at eight universities, won a “Jazz Education Achievement Award” from DownBeat magazine, has served as a guest conductor for District and All-State Music Festivals in 17 states, and her vocal arrangements are published by Sheet Music Plus, Anchor Music, and UNC Jazz Press. In addition to her teaching activities, Jennifer is an active performing and studio vocalist, including her roles as alto vocalist, composer and arranger for the professional vocal ensemble Vertical Voices. She earned the Master of Music degree in Studio Music and Jazz Performance from the University of Miami (FL) and the Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from Western Michigan University.

For more information, visit jazz.unt.edu and “UNTVocalJazz” on Facebook and Instagram.

SOPRANOS

Lindsay Day *Savannah Koenig Katelyn Robinson

Denver, CO Fargo, ND Los Angeles, CA

ALTOS

Tori Gilchrist

Dallas, TX

Kira Goidel

Mohegan Lake, NY

Daniëlla Hart Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Dakota Anderson Michael Martin TENORS

Fairfield, IA Kerrville, TX

Jasper Fearon Tyler Thomas BASSES

Ithaca, NY Dundee, NY

RHYTHM *Will St. Peter (guitar) Bucksport, ME Jake Nalangan (piano) Sacramento, CA Josh Newburry (bass) St. Louis, MO Will O’Rourke (drumset) San Antonio, TX Aramis Fernandez (percussion) Miami, FL *Section leader

JEN SETLIST

Brake Check

Brandon Moore

What will you see when you turn the next corner?

Miho Hazama

PERFORMING WITH

ONE O’CLOCK LAB BAND®

Mambo Inn

Mario Bauza, Arr. Hilario Duran

You Are My Sunshine

Jimmie Davis/Charles Mitchell Arr. Gene Puerling

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Donald Brown/Sandra Allyson Arr. Geoffrey Keezer/Jennifer Barnes

I Wish You Love

Leo Chauliac/Charles Trenet Arr. Gene Puerling

Love You Madly

Duke Ellington Arr. Darmon Meader & Alan Baylock

Upside Down

Laila Biali Arr. Jennifer Barnes & Alan Baylock

JOSÉ M. APONTE, Director

LATIN JAZZ LAB

Latin Jazz Lab ventures into the musical realm between rich legacies of Latin American rhythms and the tradition of Jazz improvisational forms. Among the many Afro Latin rhythmical expressions in the Americas, the Afro Cuban and the Brazilian that had significant impact in the origins and development of Jazz in the United States.

This group offers students an experimental platform for firsthand creative musical experiences allowing them a clear perspective on Latin American musical traditions that continue to influence how Jazz is composed, practiced and perceived. Performances share the stage with guest such as Michael Spiro, Ignacio Berroa, Luis Conte, Manuel Valera, Duduka da Fonseca and Danílo Pérez. The group has released four CDs, “En Clave” (2006), “Dancing Small” (2010), “Late Night Mambo” (2012), and “Little d Town” (2016).

The ensemble is the recipient of Downbeat Magazine’s 36th Annual Student Music Awards, Best Latin Group, (2013), the Jazz Education Network Conference, Outstanding Performance (2014) and Downbeat Magazine’s 39th Annual Student Music Awards, Latin Group Outstanding College Performance (2016).

The UNT Latin Jazz Lab has been invited to perform at art venues and festivals such as Denton Arts and Jazz Festival, Alma y Fuego Latino Festival, Dallas Latino Cultural Center, Denton Hispanic Heritage Festival, Dallas International Festival and the 5th Annual Jazz Education Network Conference.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

José is principal lecturer in the Division of Jazz Studies and the College of Music percussion area, where he teaches drum set and Latin percussion. In addition to his private lesson studio work, José is the director of UNT’s Afro-Cuban Ensemble, Brazilian Ensemble, and Latin Jazz Lab Band.

He is native to Carolina, Puerto Rico, earned the Bachelor of Music degree from the Conservatorio de Musica de Puerto Rico, Artist Diploma from Musicians Institute of Technology in Los Angeles, California and the Master of Music degree from the University of North Texas Jazz Studies Program. José has performed with such artists as Giovanni Hidalgo, Emil Richards, Carlos Guedes, Poncho Sanchez, Batacumbele, Gino Vanelli, Brian Bromberg, Lyle Mays, Andy Narell, David Rudder, Relator, Fred Hamilton, Dan Haerle, Tracy Thornton, Lian Teague, Airto Moreira, Michael Spiro, Manuel Valera and, Nestor Torres. As an artist and clinician, José has performed nationally and internationally at Bumbershoot Fest in Seattle, WA; The Crescent Jazz Festival in Utah; The San Juan Jazz Festival in Puerto Rico; The Festival de Jazz in Lima, Perú; The Costa Rica International Jazz Festival in San Jose, Costa Rica, Festival Internacional de percusión Tamborimba in Cali, Colombia, The Jazz Melbourne Festival in Melbourne, Australia, and the Taipei International Percussion Summer Camp in Taiwan China.

Aponte is an active member of the Dallas/Fort Worth musical scene as a freelance performer

and studio musician with groups such as The Justin Cash Jazz Fusion trio; The Hip Van Winkles; Carabali Salsa Band; El Nuevo Mi Son Cuban Big Band; Daniel Pardo Latin Jazz Group; Carlos Averhoff Jr’ iQba Quartet, Tito Charneco’s “Diaspora” Jazz group as well as his groups: José Aponte and Caribe Club Latin Jazz Quintet; Batuque Brazilian jazz trio and Brasuka Brazilian Jazz group.

José is an artist/clinician for Yamaha drums, MEINL Percussion, Evans drumheads, Pro-Mark sticks, and Sabian cymbals.

Capricho do Pacífico (2020) Odd Metter Samba/Samba Reggae/Jazz

Simeon Davis (b.1997)

Star Eyes (1943) Rumba Guaguancó/Mambo Jazz

Gene de Paul (b. 1919-1988), Don Raye (b.1909-1985), arr. Simeon Davis

JEN SETLIST

They Call Me Mister Mambo (2016) Cha-Cha-Chá/Mambo Jazz

Scott Lavender (b.1953)

Confundido (2019) Cha Cha Cha/Bembé/Jazz

José M. Aponte (b.1967), arr. David Pierce

My One and only Love (1952) Bolero Jazz

Guy Wood (1911-2001), Robert Mellin (1902-1994) arr. Braden Brown

SAXOPHONES

Chase Scelsi Javier Vasquez Anthony Bolden Gabriel Nieves Rylan Villarreal

Austin, TX Austin, TX Salem, OR Palos Verdes, CA Keller, TX

TRUMPETS

Jeffrey Ray Garret De Rudder Alex Billingsley Barent Foley Joshua Jennings

Princeton, TX Wylie, TX Asheville, NC Fruita,CO New York, NY

Luke Stilwell TROMBONES

Jackson Churchill Sam Shapiro Nick Mailes Connor Fallon

Algonquin, IL Duluth, MN Sterling, VA Joplin, MO Fort Worth, TX

RHYTHM SECTION Aramís Fernández

Hialeah, FL

Isaac LaVigne Jeffrey Chaidez Joshua Parker

Chicago, IL Houston, TX Aberdeen, SD

Carter Elliott

Brandon, MI Ulysses Deleon Edinburg, TX Natalia San Lee Salazar Cartago, Costa Rica

Seven Come Wednesday (2019) Baion/South Africa Jazz)

Simeon Davis (b.1997)

Shaky Boy “The Return”(2019) Merengue/Jazz

Rob Rose (b.1967)

Salmontology (2021) Timba Jazz

Agustín Alonso (b. 1994)

Herbs & Roots (1995) Rumba Guaguancó/Baion/Jazz

Joshua Redman (b.1969), arr. Simeon Davis

ROB PARTON, Director

TWO O’CLOCK LAB BAND

is among the premier collegiate big bands in the United States. It maintains a tradition of national and state recognitions, including twenty invited headline performances at the Wichita Jazz Festival, first place at the Longhorn Jazz Festival in Austin, Texas, invited performances at the Texas Music Educators Association state convention, the International Association of Jazz Education Conference, Jazz Education Network, and The Midwest Clinic. With a recording catalog of 20 critically acclaimed albums, the band has earned multiple DownBeat Student Award recognitions across four decades as the Best Graduate Level Jazz Ensemble in addition to innumerable individual student recognitions.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

Rob Parton is Associate Professor of Jazz Trumpet and Chair of the Jazz Studies Division at the University of North Texas where he also directs the Two O’Clock Lab Band. Prior to joining the faculty at UNT, he held positions at Capital University, Roosevelt University, and Chicago State University. A dedicated jazz educator, he has directed All-State Jazz Ensembles in twelve states as well as serving as a clinician at universities and high schools throughout the United States.

A versatile and in-demand trumpet player, Parton has been called on to perform or record the music

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of diverse composers from Karel Husa to Leonard Bernstein to Duke Ellington. He has performed with many of America’s major orchestras including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and Detroit Symphony Orchestra, to name a few. He has also performed as lead trumpet on numerous Broadway shows in the Midwest and with Grammy, Tony, and Academy Award-winning artists from Faith Hill to Natalie Cole to Tony Bennett. As a recording artist, he has performed on hundreds of recordings for national commercials and with various artists on Concord, Verity, Mark Records, Sea Breeze and Sony record labels. While comfortable in various musical settings, be it jazz trio or brass quintet or as a soloist with larger ensembles, leading a professional big band is the area in which he has enjoyed the most acclaim. Founded in 1984, the Rob Parton Big Band has released eleven recordings, received three preliminary Grammy nominations, performed at the Midwest Clinic three times, at the International Trumpet Guild Conference, and at numerous jazz festivals featuring guest artists such as Lew Soloff, Conte Candoli, and Joe Williams. Dozens of the Band’s recordings and live videos can be found on YouTube.

SAXOPHONES Chase Scelsi (lead)

Austin, TX Gabriel Burns Long Beach, CA Trevor English Rancho Santa Margarita, CA Gabriel Nieves Rolling Hills, CA Caden Milligan Bellflower, CA

TRUMPETS Miles Roth (lead) Colorado Springs, CO Chris Lyman (split lead) Grapevine, TX Benjamin Carroll Jupiter, FL Joshua Zeitlin Rancho Palos Verdes, CA Caleb Pitman Greenville, SC

TROMBONES Tylar Bullion (lead) Luke Stilwell

Morristown, TN Chicago, IL

Joseph Garza

San Antonio, TX Collin Ewing (bass) Frisco, TX Teddy Van Winkle (bass) Muscatine, IA

RHYTHM Katelyn Robinson (voice) Los Angeles, CA Noah Myers (guitar) Buena Park, CA Ethan Nguyen (piano) Boynton Beach, FL August Bish (bass) Camp Hill, PA Austin Crawford (drumset) Tampa, FL

JEN SETLIST

In the Tradition (1983)

Steve Owen

The Count is In! (1993)

Jim Martin

F.M. (1975)

Lyle Mays

Something to Live for (1939)

Strayhorn and Ellington, arr. Thomas Matta

Out of This World (1944) God Bless the Child (1939)

Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr., arr. Richard DeRosa

Rocks In My Bed (1941)

Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn

The Touch of Your Lips (1936)

Ray Noble, arr. Michael Abene

A Shade of Jade (1966)

Joe Henderson, arr. Alan Baylock

La Luz En Ti (The Light Within You) (2021)

Michele Fernandez, Hal Leonard Publishing

Long Way on A Blues (1987)