RICHARDSON, Texas (August 30, 2001) - The University of North Texas’ internationally renowned One O’Clock Lab Band will perform at The University of Texas at Dallas Conference Center at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22. Admission will be free with a UTD ID card, or $15 without a card.

Now in its 53^rd year, the One O’Clock Lab Band is the premiere-performing ensemble of UNT’s world famous jazz program. In addition to four Grammy Nominations, the band has received awards from National Public Radio, VISA International, The International Association of Jazz Educators and the Dallas Observer Reader’s Poll. It has performed at the White House and with such artists as Tony Bennett and Ella Fitzgerald.

Directed by Neil Slater, who received his own Grammy nomination for best arrangement on Lab 91, the ensemble is regarded as unsurpassed among university jazz bands. The ensemble has toured Europe, Mexico, Australia, Japan and Russia and past members have gone on to play in bands led by Branford Marsalis, Doc Severinsen, Harry Connick, Jr., Count Basie, David Lee Roth, Woody Herman and the late Bill Evans.