Cowtown, USA - 1998 October 12

One of 315 recordings in the series: Leon Breeden Personal Cassettes Tapes, circa 1950-2007 available on this site.
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Recording of Leon Breeden's "Cowtown, USA." This recording begins with a radio broadcast of the Texas Christian University Wind Symphony performing "Cowtown, USA" when Breeden was bandmaster of the Texas Christian University Wind Symphony. This first performance is assumed to be recorded from an older broadcast (1948) and potentially the premiere performance of "Cowtown, USA." The second performance is from October 12, 1998 and is the Texas Christian University Wind Symphony performing "Cowtown, USA."

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1 recording (9 min., 42 sec.)

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Breeden, Leon {1948,1998-10-12}.

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Recording of Leon Breeden's "Cowtown, USA." This recording begins with a radio broadcast of the Texas Christian University Wind Symphony performing "Cowtown, USA" when Breeden was bandmaster of the Texas Christian University Wind Symphony. This first performance is assumed to be recorded from an older broadcast (1948) and potentially the premiere performance of "Cowtown, USA." The second performance is from October 12, 1998 and is the Texas Christian University Wind Symphony performing "Cowtown, USA."

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Scrapbooks, video, and memorabilia from the collection of Leon Breeden, jazz educator and legendary director of the UNT jazz program.

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  • {1948,1998-10-12}

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  • May 8, 2024, 4:55 a.m.

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  • Sept. 10, 2024, 3:58 p.m.

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Breeden, Leon. Cowtown, USA - 1998 October 12, audio recording, {1948,1998-10-12}; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2323265/: accessed July 17, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Music Library.

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