Alan Baylock

Alan Baylock
Background information
Born (1967-09-15) September 15, 1967
Ebensburg, Pennsylvania
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s) Composer, Arranger, Educator, Bandleader
Instruments Trumpet
Associated acts Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra, Airmen of Note, One O' Clock Lab Band
Website alanbaylock.com

Alan Baylock is an American composer, arranger, educator, bandleader, clinician, instrumentalist, and the leader of the Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra. He is also the Jazz Composer-in-Residence at Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester,VA and the Chief Arranger for the Airmen of Note jazz ensemble in Washington, D.C. .[1]

Biography

Alan Baylock graduated from Bishop Carroll High School in Ebensburg, PA in 1985. He received a bachelor's degree in 1990 from Shenandoah Conservatory at Shenandoah University, to which he later returned as an educator and Jazz Composer-in-Residence. He received his Master's in Jazz Studies from the University of North Texas in 1995, where his arrangements were featured on numerous recordings by the University of North Texas One O' Clock Lab Band.

He is currently the Chief Arranger for the Airmen of Note jazz ensemble, the premier jazz band of the United States Air Force. He is also the bandleader of the Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra, a professional jazz ensemble based in Washington, D.C. . Since 2012, Baylock has also been the Jazz Composer-in-Residence at Shenandoah University,[2] where he also teaches jazz arranging and jazz pedagogy and co-directs the conservatory jazz ensemble.

In April of 2015, Alan was announced as the new Director of the One O’Clock Lab Band at the University of North Texas. He’ll begin full-time in the Fall of 2016. [3]

Music

Baylock’s music has been performed and/or recorded by jazz greats Freddie Hubbard, Michael Brecker, Maynard Ferguson, Doc Severinsen, Joe Lovano, Paquito D’Rivera, Phil Woods, Arturo Sandoval, David Liebman, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Kenny Werner, Joshua Redman, Nicholas Payton, Nnenna Freelon, Tierney Sutton, Kurt Elling and many more. His eclectic talents have also led him to writing music for Roy Clark, Lee Greenwood, Wynonna, Al Jarreau, Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle, Spyro Gyra, Ronan Tynan, and symphony orchestras in the United States and abroad.

In addition to having his music recorded by others, Baylock has produced two critically acclaimed [4][5] albums with his own group, the Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra, with a third in production as of the summer of 2014.

Alan Baylock's music is published by Alfred Music Publications and Projazzcharts.com.

Published Works

Compositions

Arrangements

Discography

As Composer

As Arranger

As Producer/Assistant Producer

As Leader

As Author of Liner Notes

References

  1. ↑ "Bio". Alan Baylock. Retrieved 6/4/2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. ↑ "Alan Baylock Becomes Jazz Composer-in-Residence". Shenandoah University News. Retrieved 6/4/2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  3. ↑ "Alan Baylock is the New Director of the One O' Clock Lab Band". Jazz at UNT. Retrieved 4/20/15. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  4. ↑ Bowers, Jack. "The Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra: Two Seconds to Midnight". Allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
  5. ↑ Blanco, Edward. "The Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra: Eastern Standard Time (2009)". Allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved June 10, 2014.

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