Alan Baylock
Alan Baylock is an American composer, arranger, educator, bandleader, clinician, instrumentalist, and the former leader of the Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra. He was also the Jazz Composer-in-Residence at Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, Virginia, from 2011 until 2016 and served as the Chief Arranger for The Airmen of Note jazz ensemble in Washington, D.C., for 20 years before moving to his current position as the Director of the One O'Clock Lab Band at the University of North Texas.
Biography
Alan Baylock graduated from Bishop Carroll High School in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, in 1985. He received a Bachelor of Music Education 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 of Music 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.In 1996, Baylock enlisted in the United States Air Force, serving as the Chief Arranger for the Airmen of Note—the premier jazz band of the Air Force—for 20 years. He also founded and led the Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra, a Washington D.C.-based professional jazz ensemble that performed across the U.S. for 15 years, during which time they recorded three studio albums. In 2011, Baylock returned to Shenandoah University to serve as the Jazz Composer-in-Residence, where he also taught jazz arranging and jazz pedagogy and co-directed the conservatory jazz ensemble.
In April 2015, Baylock was announced as the new Director of the One O’Clock Lab Band at the University of North Texas and began full-time in the Fall of 2016.
Baylock still travels extensively as a guest conductor and clinician for groups and conferences across the United States. For ten years, he was a recurring faculty member at the National Jazz Workshop and previously directed the NJW All-Stars Big Band. He is an active member of the Jazz Education Network where he mentors recipients of the annual Young Composers Award and serves as a guest clinician for the JENerations jazz festival and is the current Texas State Chapter President.
In 2016, Baylock became an honorary member of Phi Mu Alpha through the Nu Psi chapter at Shenandoah University, and in 2017 he was inducted as an honorary brother into Kappa Kappa Psi by Shenandoah's Kappa Epsilon chapter.
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 three critically acclaimed albums with his own group, the Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra.
Alan Baylock's music is published by and .
Published works
Compositions
- A Lift of the Foot
- Blues for Stew's Shoes
- Chiaroscuro
- El Abrazo
- Em Uma Semana
- Hickory & Twine
- Hullabaloo
- Intensities In Ten Cities
- Late w/ Kate
- Livin' Larger Than Life
- The Phrygian Five
- Quotient
- Sea Changes
- Spin Cycle
- Stole Back My Soul
- Syncopation: Universal Groove
- Torque
- Two Seconds to Midnight
- Unparliamentary Language
- Without A Doubt
Arrangements
- Along Came Betty
- Barebones
- The Beat Goes On
- Big Swing Face
- Bridge Over Troubled Waters
- Buds
- Caravan
- Chameleon
- Cold Duck Time
- The Gates of Madrid
- Give It One
- Go Tell It On the Mountain
- Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
- Isfahan
- It's All Right With Me
- Jive Samba
- Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
- Love For Sale
- Midnight Voyage
- Moment's Notice
- One Mint Julep
- Our Country's Flag
- Over the Rainbow
- Round Midnight
- See the Pyramid
- Shanghigh
- Song for Bilbao
- Struttin' With Some Barbecue
- Take the "A" Train
- Tell Me a Bedtime Story
- Things Ain't What They Used to Be
- Up On the Housetop
- We Three Kings
- What a Wonderful World
- When I Fall in Love
- Winter Wonderland
Discography
As composer
- 1992 – University of North Texas One O' Clock Lab Band – Lab '92
- 1993 – University of North Texas One O' Clock Lab Band- Live in Portugal
- 1993 – University of North Texas One O' Clock Lab Band – Lab '93
- 1994 – University of North Texas One O' Clock Lab Band – Lab '94
- 1995 – University of North Texas One O' Clock Lab Band – Lab '95
- 1996 – Maynard Ferguson & Big Bop Nouveau – One More Trip to Birdland
- 2004 – University of Kentucky – Self-Contained
- 2005 – Shenandoah University Jazz Ensemble – SU Jazz 2005
- 2006 – Maynard Ferguson – MF Horn VI: Live at Ronnie's
- 2006 – Army Jazz Knights – Commissions 2006
- 2006 – Shenandoah Conservatory Jazz Ensemble – Through the Years
- 2006 – West Chester University of Pennsylvania – Writer’s Cramp
- 2007 – University of North Texas One O’ Clock Lab Band – Live at Blues Alley
- 2007 – Howard University Jazz Ensemble – HUJE 2006
- 2008 – Airmen of Note – Airmen of Note Live!
- 2008 – Lovesome Thing – Adoraba
- 2008 – Indiana University of Pennsylvania – Back at It
- 2008 – DiMartino/Osland Jazz Orchestra – Quotient
- 2008 – University of North Texas – Live at Blues Alley
- 2011 – Mt. Hood Jazz Band – Ganbei
- 2012 – Airmen of Note – Compositions
- 2016 – Airmen of Note – Baylock/Crotty/Nestico/Cray
As arranger
- 1994 – University of North Texas One O' Clock Lab Band – One O' Clock Standard Time
- 1998 – Airmen of Note – Christmas Time is Here –
- 1999 – Airmen of Note – 50th Anniversary
- 2000 – Capitol Quartet – Anything Goes
- 2001 – Cathy Jean – Marshall Road Apocalypse
- 2002 – University of Miami Concert Jazz Band – Jazzmiami
- 2002 – San Diego State University Jazz Ensemble – Where's My Hasenpfeffer?
- 2002 – Indianapolis Jazz Orchestra – The Test of Time
- 2003 – Pete BarenBregge-Frank Russo Group – Point of Grace
- 2004 – David Liebman – Beyond the Line
- 2004 – Howard University – HUJE 2003
- 2004 – University of Kentucky Jazz Ensemble – Self-Contained
- 2004 – MHCC Jazz Band – I'm New Here
- 2005 – OmniTone Sampler – Odyssey 2005
- 2005 – University of North Texas One O' Clock Lab Band – Lab 2005
- 2006 – Howard University Jazz Ensemble – HUJE 2005
- 2006 – University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Jazz Ensemble I – Jazz in Clear Water: Lockbox
- 2006 – Ronan Tynan – Dawning of the Day
- 2007 – Pattie Cossentino – Invitation
- 2007 – Mt. Hood Jazz Band – I'm Still Here
- 2009 – Texas Christian University Jazz Ensemble – Just Friends
- 2009 – Mt. Hood Jazz Band – Second Time Around
- 2010 – Airmen of Note – 60th Anniversary
- 2010 – Shenandoah Conservatory Jazz Ensemble – Lullaby of the Leaves
- 2011 – Crossroads Big Band – Christmastime is Here
- 2011 – Crescent Super Band – What It Is
- 2012 – Texas Christian University – Midnight Voyage
- 2012 – University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire – Funk in Deep Freeze
- 2013 – Jim Widner – And the Beat Goes On
- 2013 – Ira B. Liss Big Band Machine – It's About Time
As producer/assistant producer
- 2004 – Ben Patterson Sextet – The Prowl
- 2004 – Airmen of Note – Tiempo Latino
- 2005 – Airmen of Note – A Holiday Note From Home
- 2005 – Christina Crerar – Little Jazz Bird
- 2006 – Airmen of Note – Out in Front
As leader
- 2003 – Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra – Two Seconds to Midnight
- 2008 – Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra – Eastern Standard Time
- 2014 – Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra – Prime Time
- 2017 – University of North Texas One O' Clock Lab Band – Lab 2017
As author of liner notes
- 2008 – University of North Texas – Lab 2008
- 2012 – University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire – Funk in Deep Freeze