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UNT One O’Clock Lab Band album nominated for two Grammys
By UNT News Service
Dec 4, 2009
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas’ world-renowned One O’Clock Lab Band and its director, Steve Wiest, have been nominated for Grammy awards.
Lab 2009, the band’s most recent album, earned a nomination for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album. Wiest earned a Best Instrumental Composition nomination for "Ice-Nine" on the same album.
“I am so thrilled the hard work of the talented students of the One O’Clock Lab Band has been recognized in this way,” Wiest said. “A double nomination is historic for the band and will send a clear message to the world as to the quality of our jazz program.”
The nominations for the 52nd annual Grammy awards were announced Wednesday night (Dec. 2). The band already has a tour planned for California in January and plans to attend the awards show Jan. 31 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Lab 2009 is available for purchase by calling the Jazz Studies office at 940-565-3743 or by using the mail-order information at www.jazz.unt.edu. Videos of selected tracks from Lab 2009 are available at www.youtube.com/northtexasjazz.
Previous nominations
The One O’Clock Lab Band has a history of Grammy nominations. In the 1970s, the band received Grammy nominations for performance on Lab ’75 and Lab ’76. Mike Bogle earned a nomination for his arrangement of “Got a Match” on the band’s Lab ’89 album. In the 1990s, former One O’Clock Lab Band Director Neil Slater’s piece “Values” from the band’s Lab ’91 album earned a nomination for composition.
This is Wiest’s second Grammy nomination. In December 2007, he clinched a nomination in the Best Instrumental Arrangement category for his arrangement of “Besame Mucho” from the CD The One and Only Maynard Ferguson.
About the One O’Clock Lab Band
The Grammy-nominated One O’Clock Lab Band, UNT’s premier jazz ensemble, has performed and toured throughout the world — including Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Switzerland, Thailand and The Netherlands. The band performs under the direction of Wiest, a Grammy-nominated composer/arranger and associate professor of music. The UNT jazz program — the first of its kind in the nation — is housed within the College of Music, one of the largest and most comprehensive music schools in the nation.
About Steve Wiest
Wiest joined the UNT College of Music faculty in Fall 2007 and began directing the world-renowned One O’Clock Lab Band in August 2008. Wiest is a former trombonist and arranger for the legendary Maynard Ferguson’s band and a former member of the Doc Severinsen Big Band. He has performed extensively in the United States, South America, Australia, Japan and Europe. Wiest has also served as assistant director of jazz studies at The University of Texas at Arlington and director of jazz studies and trombone at The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. He earned a master’s degree from UNT and a bachelor of music degree from the University of Southern Mississippi.
38 Texas acts receive a total of 57 GRAMMY nominations
For a list of all nominees, please visit: http://www.grammy.com/grammy_awards/52nd_show/list.aspx
The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences
52nd Annual GRAMMY® Awards
For recordings released during the Eligibility Year October 1, 2008 through August 31, 2009
Asleep At The Wheel
-Best Americana Album for Willie And The Wheel with Willie Nelson
Beyoncé
-Record Of The Year for Halo
-Album Of The Year for I Am... Sasha Fierce
-Song Of The Year for Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
-Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for Halo
-Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
-Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance for At Last
-Best R&B Song for Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
-Best Contemporary R&B Album for I Am... Sasha Fierce
-Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for Ego with Kanye West
-Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media for Once In A Lifetime
T Bone Burnett
-Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical for Moonalice by Moonalice and Secret, Profane & Sugarcane by Elvis Costello
Ciara
-Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals for Love Sex Magic (with Justin Timberlake)
Kelly Clarkson
-Best Pop Vocal Album for All I Ever Wanted
Shawn Colvin
-Best Contemporary Folk Album for Live
Conspirare
-Best Classical Crossover Album for A Company Of Voices: Conspirare In Concert, Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
Ronnie Dunn
-Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals for Cowgirls Don't Cry with Kix Brooks
Steve Earle
-Best Contemporary Folk Album for Townes
Ruthie Foster
-Best Contemporary Blues Album for The Truth According To Ruthie Foster
Jamie Foxx
-Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals for Blame It with T-Pain
-Best R&B Song for Blame It with T-Pain
-Best Contemporary R&B Album for Intuition
Robert Glasper
-Best Urban/Alternative Performance for All Matter with Bilal
Susan Graham
-Best Classical Vocal Performance for Un Frisson Français
The Greencards
-Best Country Instrumental Performance for The Crystal Merchant
Patty Griffin
-Best Country Collaboration With Vocals for Beautiful World with Dierks Bentley
El Güero Y Su Banda Centenario
-Best Banda Album for Se Nos Murio El Amor
Roy Hargrove
-Best Improvised Jazz Solo for Ms. Garvey, Ms. Garvey
David Holt
-Best Traditional Folk Album for Cutting Loose with Josh Goforth
Israel Houghton
-Best Gospel Song for Every Prayer with Mary Mary and Aaron Lindsey
-Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album for The Power Of One
Sarah Jarosz
- Best Country Instrumental Performance for Mansinneedof
Norah Jones
-Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals for Baby, It's Cold Outside with Willie Nelson
Tracy Lawrence
-Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album for The Rock
Leeland
- Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album for Love Is On The Move
Aaron Lindsey
- Best Gospel Song For for Every Prayer with Mary Mary and Israel Houghton
Los Rieleros Del Norte
-Best Norteño Album for Pese A Quien Le Pese
Los Texmaniacs
-Best Tejano Album for Borders Y Bailes
Los Tigres Del Norte
-Best Norteño Album for Tu Noche Con...Los Tigres Del Norte
Stefani Montiel
-Best Tejano Album for Divina
Willie Nelson
-Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals for Baby, It's Cold Outside with Norah Jones
-Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for American Classic
-Best Americana Album for Willie And The Wheel – with Asleep At The Wheel
Michael Martin Murphey
-Best Bluegrass Album for Buckaroo Blue Grass
Jay Perez
-Best Tejano Album for All The Way Live
Joe Posada
-Best Tejano Album for Point Of View
Kelly Rowland
-Best Dance Recording for When Love Takes Over with David Guetta
Sunny Sauceda Y Todo Eso
-Best Tejano Album for Radiación Musical
George Strait
-Best Male Country Vocal Performance for Living For The Night
-Best Country Collaboration With Vocals for Everything But Quits with Lee Ann Womack
-Best Country Album for Twang
University Of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band
-Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for Lab 2009
-Best Instrumental Composition for Ice-Nine Steve Wiest, composer
Lucinda Williams
-Best Americana Album for Little Honey
Lee Ann Womack
-Best Female Country Vocal Performance for Solitary Thinkin'
-Best Country Collaboration With Vocals for Everything But Quits with George Strait
-Best Country Album for Call Me Crazy
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Casey Monahan, Director
Texas Music Office, Governor’s Office
(512) 463-6666