Alan Baylock


Alan Michael Baylock is a 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 1994, 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, Jimmy Heath, Michael Brecker, Maynard Ferguson, Doc Severinsen, Joe Lovano, Paquito D’Rivera, Phil Woods, Arturo Sandoval, Slide Hampton, David Liebman, Rufus Reid, Melissa Aldana, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Kenny Werner, Joshua Redman, Nicholas Payton, Sean Jones, 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

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
  • 2006 – Maynard Ferguson – MF Horn VI: Live at Ronnie's
  • 2006 – Army Jazz Knights – Commissions 2006
  • 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 – DiMartino/Osland Jazz Orchestra – Quotient
  • 2008 – University of North Texas One O' Clock Lab Band – Live at Blues Alley
  • 2012 – Airmen of Note – Compositions
  • 2016 – Airmen of Note – Baylock/Crotty/Nestico/Cray
  • 2020 – Pete Ellman Big Band – ''For Pete's Ache''

    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
  • 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
  • 2010 – Airmen of Note – 60th Anniversary
  • 2011 – Crossroads Big Band – Christmastime is Here
  • 2011 – Crescent Super Band – What It Is
  • 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
  • 2021 – Matt Niess and the Capitol Bones – ''The Beat Goes On''

    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
  • 2018 – University of North Texas One O' Clock Lab Band – Lab 2018
  • 2019 – University of North Texas One O' Clock Lab Band – Lab 2019
  • 2020 – University of North Texas One O' Clock Lab Band – ''Lab 2020''

    As author of liner notes

  • 2008 – University of North Texas – Lab 2008
  • 2012 – University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire – ''Funk in Deep Freeze''