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"Serious talk with Margie", 1984 March 3

Description: Recording of Leon Breeden speaking with family friend "Margie" about her current living situation.
Access: Restricted to the UNT Community Members at a UNT Libraries Location.
Date: March 3, 1984
Duration: 39 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Master: G.P. High School - Ecker, Breeden, Hawkins, Bruton, 1958 May 1

Description: Recording of Leon Breeden, clarinet; Jim Ecker, piano; John Hawkins, bass; and Sumter Brutin, drums performing at the Grand Prairie High School Auditorium on May 1, 1958. This performance was originally recorded by the Grand Prairie Radio Station for a school fundraiser. The recording heard here is a re-recording to cassette by Breeden.
Date: May 1, 1951
Duration: 16 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Grand Prairie Auditorium, 1958 May 1; Merriman, Gustafeste, Gwin, Breeden [Dallas], 1958 February 21

Description: Recording of Leon Breeden playing with two different jazz chamber groups. The first recording is from a Grand Prairie High School fundraiser and recorded by the Grand Prairie Radio Station in the Grand Prairie High School auditorium. The performers on the first recording are Jim Ecker, piano; John Hawkins, bass; Sumter Brutin, drum set; and Leon Breeden, clarinet. The first recording is a re-recording from the original vinyl. The second recording is from a performance in Dallas by Leon Breeden,… more
Date: {1958-02-21,1958-05-01}
Duration: 31 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Partner: UNT Music Library
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"Tape I made," 1966 January and 1981 July 18

Description: Recordings of personal recordings Leon Breeden made of moments in his life. The first recording from January 1966 features Breeden, his friend Mark, and a small child discussing a piece of technology, possibly a typewriter. The second recording is Leon Breeden recording a message to be played after his death to be able to say "goodbye" to his family.
Date: {1966-01,1981-07-18}
Duration: 29 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Michael Aldous, South Africa, 1972 May 10

Description: Recording of Michael Aldous discussing the One O'Clock Lab Band's South Africa tour. This recording acted as an audio correspondence between Aldous and Leon Breeden.
Date: May 10, 1972
Duration: 59 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Aldous, Michael
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Michael Aldous, South Africa, undated, 1

Description: Recording of Michael Aldous discussing the One O'Clock Lab Band's South Africa tour. This recording acted as an audio correspondence between Aldous and Leon Breeden. In this recording, Aldous is recording on a train.
Date: unknown
Duration: 57 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Aldous, Michael
Partner: UNT Music Library
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"Michael Aldous cancelling the South Africa tour," undated

Description: Recording of Michael Aldous cancelling the One O'Clock Lab Band's South Africa tour due to political issues in South Africa. This recording acted as an audio correspondence between Aldous and Leon Breeden and seems to be a voicemail.
Date: unknown
Duration: 5 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Aldous, Michael
Partner: UNT Music Library
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"The Only Answer to the Ultimate Question" - sermon by Tom Nelson, Denton Bible Church, 1995 May 28

Description: Recording of Denton Bible Church pastor Tommy Nelson discussing the Book of Ecclesiastes and the idea of "The Only Answer to the Ultimate Question." This was a tape distributed by Denton Bible Church in Denton, Texas as part of their tape ministry program.
Date: May 29, 1995
Duration: 50 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Louise Hucko's luncheon for Peanuts, Radisson Hotel, 1995 November 5

Description: Recording of Louise Tobin (wife of Peanuts Hucko) hosting a luncheon for her husband. Peanuts Hucko is in attendance. Leon Breeden speaks about Peanuts Hucko, and then everyone goes around the room reading letters written to Peanuts.
Date: November 5, 1995
Duration: 39 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Misc. old friends at Jo-Jo's in Dallas, 1996 October 17

Description: Recording of Leon Breeden and his friends talking at Jo-Jo's in Dallas, Texas on October 17, 1996. The friends talk about music and life.
Date: October 17, 1996
Duration: 20 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Clarinetfest - Texas Tech University - Master, 1997 July 7 - with Al Gallodoro and Peanuts Hucko

Description: Recording of clarinetist Peanuts Hucko and alto saxophonist/clarinetist Al Gallodoro performing with a big band at Clarinetfest at Texas Tech University on July 7, 1997. Leon Breeden speaks briefly, introducing Hucko. Breeden, Hucko, and Gallodoro perform together on "Just Friends," and Breeden, Hucko, Gallodoro, and Robert (Bob) Walzel play a clarinet quartet arrangement of "Stealin' Apples."
Date: July 7, 1997
Duration: 50 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Master: McKinney High School - Dallas Jazz Orchestra, 1997 September 13

Description: Recording of the Dallas Jazz Orchestra performing at McKinney High School in McKinney, Texas on September 13, 1997. Leon Breeden speaks and plays clarinet with the group on "Sweet Georgia Brown" and "The World is Waiting for the Sunrise." This recording only contains a portion of the full performance.
Date: September 13, 1997
Duration: 16 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Backgrounds, 1997

Description: Recording of a unknown jazz combo (piano, bass, and drum set) playing several tunes.
Date: 1997
Duration: 33 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Partner: UNT Music Library
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"Come As You Are to the Feet of Jesus" - sermon by Jill Briscoe, Denton Bible Church, Women's Retreat, 1998 March 6 [Tape 1]

Description: Recording of a sermon by Jill Briscoe titled "Come As You Are to the Feet of Jesus." This recording was part of the "Tape Ministry" series from the Denton Bible Church, in Denton Texas. This sermon was given at the Women's Retreat, March 6, 1998.
Date: March 6, 1998
Duration: 48 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Partner: UNT Music Library
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"Come As You Are to the Feet of Jesus" - sermon by Jill Briscoe, Denton Bible Church, Women's Retreat, 1998 March 6 [Tape 2]

Description: Recording of a sermon by Jill Briscoe titled "Come As You Are to the Feet of Jesus." This sermon was given as part of the Women's Retreat at the Denton Bible Church in Denton, Texas. This tape is a continuation of a 2-tape sermon.
Date: March 6, 1998
Duration: 59 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Cowtown, USA - 1998 October 12

Description: 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… more
Date: {1948,1998-10-12}
Duration: 9 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Partner: UNT Music Library
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