The University of North Texas in Denton is celebrating 75 years of jazz studies with a concert series this week.
"Jazz initially was saloon music in the brothels, not the concert hall," UNT One O'Clock Lab Band Director Alan Blaylock said."So in academia, it was definitely frowned upon."
UNT, then called North Texas State University, started the first jazz studies program in the world. Seventy-five years later, it is also the oldest jazz studies program. "So Denton is referred to as Jazz Mecca," Blaylock said. The world-renowned One O'Clock Lab Band is the centerpiece of the Jazz Studies program."If you make the One O'Clock Lab Band, that means you've practiced a lot!"Download NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
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