Grammy Recognition for College Jazz - Day by Day with Bret Primack - 10/5/11

In today's edition of his daily video blog, Bret Primack wonders why the Grammys have yet to recognize College Big Bands, most notably the One O'Clock Lab Band from the University of North Texas.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Grammy
• Big Band
• University of North Texas
• One O'Clock Lab Band
• College
• awards
• jazz
• Steve
• Weist

[lawrencevelogirl]

@JazzVideoGuy I've been a jazz trombonist since high school. I'm not actively playing at this time, but I played in college, grad school, and was even in a salsa band in Kansas City for a time. Did a little combo playing in high school as well. Recently I've been more focused on the academic side of my education, but I can "walk the walk." :)

[JazzVideoGuy]

@lawrencevelogirl In a few decades, at least half of all Jazz musicians will be women.

[lawrencevelogirl]

@JazzVideoGuy Jenny IS terrific. UNT is very fortunate to have her. I attended the University of Idaho with her, where believe it or not there is quite the kicking jazz program.

[JazzVideoGuy]

@lawrencevelogirl Do you play?

[lawrencevelogirl]

@JazzVideoGuy My friend is Jenny Kellogg, she's the trombonist who can be seen warming up in the background at the beginning of the video and I believe she's the solo chair in the One O'Clock.

I am in the first year of my Ph.D. in musicology; I wrote my Master's thesis on Duke Ellington and how his work impacted racial and social change while he was alive. I study jazz as a "moral compass" and the role it played leading up to the civil rights movement, bebop as coded language, etc.

[JazzVideoGuy]

@lawrencevelogirl Your friend Jenny isa fabulous trombonist, and a lovely person, as well. Look for more Jenny video coming soon. Your work sounds important, putting Jazz in a more social context.

[123must]

thanks !

[ianhendersonjazz]

Thanks for a great video like this that raises awareness of the great things happening in Denton and all over the nation at the collegiate jazz level. I'm currently a freshman saxophonist at North Texas and I get the privilege of hearing One O' Clock on a regular basis, and those guys definitely deserve a Grammy.

[WoodAreSick]

Thanks Bret!