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One O'clock Lab Band at Winspear Hall, Murchison Performing Arts Center
Courtesy of UNT College of Music | Posted on January 16, 2014
Where
Winspear Hall, Murchison Performing Arts Center
2100 North I-35E
Denton, TX
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When
Thu, February 6, 2014
8:00 PM
At Door
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Musicians
Billy Harper
saxophoneThe Cookers
band / ensemble / orchestraOne O'Clock Lab Band
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One O'Clock Lab Band, Steve Wiest, director
with Guest Artist Billy Harper, tenor saxophone and
The Cookers
David Weiss, trumpet
George Cables, piano
Cecil McBee, bass
Billy Hart, drumset
Billy Harper's unique music creativity was first noted in Houston, Texas, where, at age 5, he was singing at sacred and secular functions and participating in choral and solo singing events. By age 14, he formed his first Billy Harper Quintet while a student at Evan E. Worthing High School. Graduating cum laude, he went on to study saxophone and music theory at North Texas State University and received his Bachelor of Music degree. He continued graduate studies at NTSU and became a member of their "big band." That year, 1965, the University's big band won first prize at the Kansas Jazz Festival....