Ice-Nine by Steve Wiest from Lab 2009 by the UNT One O'Clock Lab Band

Ice-Nine, composed and arranged by Steve Wiest. From the CD Lab 2009 by the University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band, directed by Steve Wiest. www.theoneoclock.com, www.jazz.unt.edu

[@agseahawk]

The second alto player cracks me up every time I watch this, the fact that he's barefoot, and also his reaction to what the tenor soloist does at 2:20. Fantastic.

[@kengibson402]

Collin Hauser

[@KarmaTH30RY]

that bass player is absolutely insane. i like it. i like it a lot.

[@anthonysnyder1769]

man this brings me back. I remember me and my band friends all geeking out about these videos when we were in hs... how time flies

[@ChristopherGittings]

5:55 - When played backwards, a voice says "Ice Nine, 48.5 degrees Celsius, my name is [couldn't quite hear], have a nice day."

[@derek7762]

Correction- Ice Nine, 45.8 degrees Celsius. Solid. [unintelligble], have a nice day. Bye

[@kevinslover100]

First exposure to this. Mind blown. Ridiculousity.

[@marcusflippen27]

This band meant EVERYTHING to me in High school. I hope everyone involved is happy & successful.

[@gavinmcnabb9125]

marcusflippen I agree with you my friend, for I’m a junior in high school and this is favorite chart from them by FAR.

[@CincoDrums]

East? I thought you said Wiest!

[@UCABearBone]

I had the fortunate opportunity to see this band live, nothing in this world like it, and I am not using that as a figure of speech, there is literally, absolutely nothing like it.

[@jmswtsn]

This tune sold me on the lab 2009 cd. Great arrangement, monster bass bone, great lead trumpet sound, all around greatness. Damn.

[@ernien41]

As a former trombonist and jazz player, love the arrangement and the complexity of the music. I miss the emotion and interacting with talented musicians.

[@northtexasjazz]

@MrPovedajr From Steve Wiest: Thanks! (I blush) I wrote this as a jaw-dropping "I can't believe they just payed that" style closer. It is based on my musical impressions of the Ice-Nine crystal from Kurt Voneggut's "Cat's Cradle" A must-read for relaxing bedtime fare:) Thanks, and so glad you dig the chart.

[@jazzsaxmaniac]

oh man...can't get over how awesome the bass bone and the bari sound....

[@Tatman1212]

That trombone solo was unbelievable

[@northtexasjazz]

TromboneMasterMan wrote: "who's the one [person] that had the audacity to dislike this amazing recording?

[@grahamm3139]

The intensity and accuracy of this is wild. What a chart! Bone solo is off the wall!

[@austinbrooker8634]

heard this song for the first time 4 years ago and it still gives me chill every time i hear it i swear

[@guitarfan01]

Wow, this really reminds me of several Cowboy Bebop soundtrack songs. Very nice.

[@АняТюленьчик]

Lol yes

[@АняТюленьчик]

One of the Best anime titles for me

[@andyjustharmonica]

Slammin' composition of Ice 9 by the Unt One O'Clock Lab band! I'm the harmonica player that plays with Robben Ford, and you guys kicked-it. Great work! Cheers, Andy Just

[@steven2361]

I love this song!!! Steve Weist is a beast, not to mention all the members of the 1 o clock band! Yaaaa!

[@williefour]

We just got this chart for our Jazz band here at the University of Dayton. Wow... what a piece!

[@stonerthoosie]

Mad I didn’t get to try lol

[@simplehuman1798]

Holy Christ!!!!!!!! Can we get some of these guys to achieve everlasting peace in the world?????? My GOD, these guys have such SAVVY!!!

[@rmoraespinto]

Great to watch every band member having fun and hailing the solos.

[@northtexasjazz]

That's Ryan Hagler on bass. I don't know what his amp was for this. I suggest you contact him via social media and ask him directly. --John Murphy (unfortunately I lack the time to contact each player in response to the frequent questions we get about their equipment)

[@stuartdryer4089]

Insanely cool. Like an extended Lalo Schifrin 70s theme song for a show about a really badass robot detective.

[@TboneWertman]

Yea man luke is killin. i take lessons with the same guy he did in high school and i like lukes approach and ideas and most of all his articulation . sick stuff, im gunna transcribe it

[@heyheyluno]

my favorite part was during the tenor solo. the alto player definitely got into it, awesome.

[@Hehdipus]

*brain melts* g....gooooaaa..... отличная музыка парни

[@luiludwig]

Wowwwww i am speechless!

[@northtexasjazz]

@Playapusdude From Lab 2009 until the present, all North Texas projects have utilized the highly regarded Neumann KM 84. This is a vintage microphone no longer available for sale by Neumann. It was replaced by the KM 184. Our engineer, Phil Bulla really likes the warm sound the original Neumanns got, and I agree! Thanks for your question! Are you into sound engineering?

[@Groovebone]

Great composition Steve, and great playing by everyone!

[@joksal9108]

Cookin’!!!

[@bimmerfun]

Wow! This is even better than the Blue note recording...if that's possible! WOW!

[@guitaristxcore]

AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME!!!!!!!! Truely exciting to listen to!

[@posaunist5]

Congratulations. Great playing,writing.. everything

[@tyzerro]

i am 13 years too late but i'd have voted for ya's guys!

[@simplehuman1798]

Quite simply, BADASS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bravo, fellas!

[@williamdowling5833]

this is my warm up

[@stuartdryer1352]

Awesome.

[@ainsleyveeran4299]

Wow!!! and the drumming....next level

[@Trombone590]

I went to one of their concerts. Sounds of spring.

[@art_goat1834]

Awesome!!!

[@Strahdfl]

wicked good, wicked fun, bad ass musicians man... great arrangements!

[@DanTheMandrummer]

Thanks. He plays really well.

[@jawaka]

This is all kinds of awesome.

[@HerrFoobert]

Steve Wiest is not the soloist... Steve Wiest is the director in this recording.

[@randomclam898889]

I just picked up the chart for this song a few days ago. I'm on lead trombone in high school. It's quite challenging to say the least... It's definitely been stretching my range. Not to mention my double tounging!

[@rdavidson2000]

This is pure FIRE!

[@onegreenghost3351]

What a song! Dunno what the first tenor was doing during his solo half the time. This song is still great though.

[@in-inteligencianatural6216]

Coisa linda meu Deus 😍

[@Raikoninja11]

ahhh i love this song!! you guys played it great, but i loved this song more when you guys played it live!! absolutely amazing

[@northtexasjazz]

That's true. It's by mail order. We're working on online ordering for the near future but we're not quite there yet. --John Murphy, UNT Jazz Studies

[@northtexasjazz]

Translation of Gabeih's comment for the non-Portuguese speakers by J. Murphy: omg veeery good

[@sleughbyron]

this is amazing!!

[@JulianJayme]

This is amazing! Holy crap; the Trombone lines at the beginning are SO FAST. I can't believe we get to be conducted by Steve in BCMEA.

[@dmtgallardo]

This is really really excellent music. Loved the arrangement and the different colors and timbres used. Excellent performance, astounding soloing, the direction over dynamics. Pretty much everything is just right here on 6 minutes. Bravo!! Props to Steve and the whole band from a young listener from Chile.

[@erikgmez]

freaking beast!!!!

[@kevinarthurjr4006]

Happy to see at least a little representation with the brother on sax

[@northtexasjazz]

@jeffbearpig: Thanks my friend! So glad you enjoyed those pieces. They were customized for the virtuosity of the One O'Clock bands I've had the pleasure of working with, so they are super-difficult. Good work on "Spirals", I wrote that for Neil's band on Lab 2008. - Steve Wiest

[@bassguy2112]

I don't believe it's physically possible for a high school band to play this chart, most college bands couldn't play this.

[@andrewwegner1591]

Tell that to Jesse Woolery and the Denton High School Lab Band 1

[@Andrew_drums9500]

mwebbBass13 I am going to play this song at my high school

[@Doormin]

I'm actually here cuz I saw a high school band play this at a festival and fucking rock it some bands are just insanely talented man

[@mpettymusic]

Some programs are nuts and play this stuff in high school bands, some programs are more like marylands, where we have 7 kids in a club thats called a jazz band 😅

[@northtexasjazz]

@claustraphobix From Steve Wiest: We had the fun idea of including something "Beatle-esque" at the end of this one. Since we already had the low-piano triad ringing forever (ala "A Day in The Life") we took Sylvester's (tenor solo) voice, played it backwards and put it in the background ala George Martin. If you play what we recorded backwards, you will decode the message. It doesn't say "Paul is dead"...but that's the idea. During that time BTW Sylvester's nickname was "Slyclops" FYI.

[@allen7043]

i really need to learn this on bass

[@leinadeserf]

I just love the trombone solo.

[@alfamud]

Wish they sell this on Vinyl, It would be right next to my Giant Steps by John Coltrane.

[@jamesmyers65]

Very Nice bit Mr West. Never forget these are very much students. Havn't checked in on the 1 in a while, things are well in hand. I lived in Bruce hall in '83, the players I've watched mature, go crazy, get sane, take & give back over the yrs bring me joy and amazement. Where will these guys be in 30 yrs? (Sad, btw, no chicks nor enough color in the 1 here, not an ez thing to remedy)

[@davidaubuchon7309]

The best players are selected. Let the chips fall where they may. Music is not a place to be politically correct.

[@northtexasjazz]

Do you mean around the 3 minute mark? The trombone soloist is Luke Brimhall.

[@northtexasjazz]

@Pocket121993: You Sir are too kind:) I'm glad you had a good time, it is always my great pleasure to perform with talented musicians such as yourself. Keep swingin'! - Steve Wiest

[@JohanNorbergDK]

We need a full personnel list for this (unless there are privacy concerns of course!)

[@BeastyBillly]

My high school is playing it too..

[@northtexasjazz]

@ernien41: so glad you enjoy this music my friend. Your support is greatly appreciated. I hope to see you at a concert sometime soon! - Steve Wiest

[@EricSeaholm]

Nice - very! That trombone player, wow!

[@northtexasjazz]

@DanTheMandrummer The drummer is Michael DeAngelo.

[@user-qf3dn6sz6e]

Holy shit

[@sselfless]

Holy shit!

[@northtexasjazz]

@James Myers: Thanks James. These students are amazing, every single semester! It is an honor and a treat to have the opportunity to work with them. Each semester we have auditions, and the best auditionees get the gig. Such a deal! Over the years since I have been here, I have had the good fortune to work with a very diverse bunch. Check out the band over the years on our website at theoneoclock (dot com) and you will see great things. Thanks! - Steve Wiest

[@FriendlyScienceguy]

Reminds me of Lingus by snarky puppy. Dont know why

[@satchm05]

As of now, I believe it's all by mail. Check out the website though(it's in the video's description).

[@brisbrg5179]

Guitarist is so tight

[@discobassgroove]

This is fantastic! Love the title, Vonnegut rules!

[@SoaringTrumpet]

Fucking amazing.

[@MrPovedajr]

What an arrangement! .... Steve is a genius!

[@hxcliekomg]

@BanaNananoMi Sam Reid is the lead alto

[@guitaristxcore]

@Bah3932 Ive seen this video a dozen times and I had not noticed that until I read your comment.

[@wash93af]

Holy crap

[@Justino08]

What is the deep mumbling at the end of the recording? Creeeepy!

[@patrickpeters1554]

Does anybody know if the sightreading audition material for UNT from years passed is stored anywhere online? I would very much like to see what these musicians audition on!!

[@thomaskane9464]

Steve said he would audition trombone players with THIS chart. Whether or not that’s true or he likes telling legends after these years is hard to say.

[@clix089]

Sylvester Onyejiaka is such a fucking badass.

[@sebastiangonzalez8422]

i love the tone that bass player is getting. What amp is he using?

[@hxcliekomg]

damn Sly killer solo!

[@northtexasjazz]

You can order Lab 2010 at the website for Pender's Music in Denton. You can order Lab 2009 and Lab 2010 by calling the UNT Jazz Studies office at [phone] or by visiting the UNT Jazz Studies website and using the mail-in order form. We are working towards having an online store. Links not included because the comment form wouldn't work when I included them.

[@northtexasjazz]

@Sebastian Gonzalez: That is Ryan Hagler on bass. I suggest that you hook up with him on Facebook and talk gear. He is teaching down in Ecuador now FYI.

[@northtexasjazz]

The lead alto player is Sam Reid.

[@brookelyn7714]

Steve Wiest (the trombone soloist) is in a separate room, because that setup allows him to better hear the improve before he plays it w/o the background interference of the other band members. It also allows him to solo from a more pure and uninhibited tone.

[@cliffthiel1666]

Nice

[@raptordudeJCR]

grooviest part- 1:30. SO ILL. DAMN.

[@brassheavy]

who is the trombone solist? amazing piece.

[@junkyman2]

I actually clicked on this to see if this was the same Steve that played w/Maynard and wanted to hear lick some fancy trombone stuff--regardless I'm in amazement--how many times do you guys get to rehearse this before you can make it sound like this??

[@tbonesfa]

Better than human.

[@ShadzYT]

What key is this piece in? It’s hurting my brain how awesome it is

[@DannOfSteel]

I'm surprised there's no clarinet part, given the source material for the title...

[@joshualewis8077]

Sounds like a Zildijan live video