One O'Clock Lab Band - Lab 2024 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Lab 2025 is the latest from the Grammy-nominated One O'Clock Lab Band, carrying forward a celebrated tradition of groundbreaking annual recordings. Known worldwide for setting the standard in big band jazz, this installment features all-original compositions and arrangements by the brilliant students and faculty of the University of North Texas jazz program.From inventive harmonies to dynamic improvisations, Lab 2025 captures the next generation of jazz artistry at it's finest. With performances by some of the most accomplished young jazz musicians in the world, the album is a bold statement of innovation and a tribute to the enduring power of the large jazz ensemble.Whether you're a jazz aficionado, educator, or collector, Lab 2025 is a must-have addition to your library-an inspired blend of tradition and forward-thinking creativity that reaffirms why the One O'Clock Lab Band remains one of the most respected names in jazz.

Over the course of four years, James Jackson Toth and long-time collaborator Jarvis Taveniere paired newly written songs with ones drawn from decades ago and brought together musicians from across the various eras of his time recording as Wooden Wand-in the end creating an accidental self-imposed This Is Your Life. InchI was bringing people together from my history and writing songs that reckon with my past.Inch The resulting album, James & the Giants picks at the seams of the memories borne of that experience and finds new footing in reframing memory.Whether reassessing his origin story as a child on Staten Island during InchIslanderInch or detailing the complex and nuanced nature of even the closest relationships on the horn-laden InchFriends ForeverInch, James & the Giants trades in the imagery and sounds of Americana, but subtly and thoughtfully tilts the frame until a new, mature perspective emerges. Nothing is as simple as it seems, he seems to say, but the complications are part of the beauty.A1. I Wanna Go Down To The Basement A2. Hall Of MirrorsA3. Don't Let Love Make A Liar Out Of You A4. Dead of Night A5. All Time GirlB1. Dilated Eyes B2. On The Vine B3. Friends Forever B4. IslanderB5. Bless This Mess

The University of North Texas Two OíClock Lab Band proudly presents Born Two Swing - a vibrant, electrifying snapshot of one of the nation's premier collegiate jazz ensembles. Under the direction of Professor Rob Parton, this recording brings together the outstanding musicianship of two dynamic student ensembles from Spring 2023 and Spring 2024.