Two UNT jazz alumni are part of Grammy-nominated Brooklyn Babylon

Brooklyn Babylon by Darcy James Argue's Secret Society has been nominated for the 56th Annual Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Recording. Rob Wilkerson and John Guari are two UNT Jazz Alumni who contributed to the project.

Rob has been a long-time member of Secret Society's woodwind section and his playing can be heard on this recording as well as the ensemble's first album, Infernal Machines. John Guari served as Associate Producer for the tracking sessions at Avatar Studios in Manhattan.

JazzJaus selected for entrepreneurship workshop

Carolina Araoz Medanic conducting the JazzJaus big band

JazzJaus, the dynamic, socially-engaged jazz school in Lima, Peru, whose presidenta is our alumna Carolina Araoz Medanic, is one of 6 organizations out of 180 in Peru to win a spot in an entrepreneurship workshop that is run by the Fundación BBVA (a large bank's foundation) and the Entrepreneurship Center of the Universidad Católica.

Jon Deitemyer plays on three new CDs

Photo credit: Elise Botiveau

Drummer Jon Deitemyer, a 2004 UNT jazz bachelor's graduate, has played on three CDs in the past year: Smash: Patricia Barber on Concord Records; Wake an Echo: Matt Ulery's Loom on Greenleaf Records; and Essential Elements: Ben Paterson on MaxJazz.

Robocop

In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used by the military for years – and it’s meant billions for OmniCorp’s bottom line. Now OmniCorp wants to bring their controversial technology to the home front, and they see a golden opportunity to do it. When Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman) – a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit – is critically injured in the line of duty, OmniCorp sees their chance for a part-man, part-robot police officer. OmniCorp envisions a RoboCop in every city and even more billions for their shareholders, but they never counted on one thing: there is still a man inside the machine pursuing justice.
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The Monuments Men

In a race against time, a crew of art historians and museum curators unite to recover renown works of art stolen by Nazis before Hitler destroys it.
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Oculus

A woman tries to exonerate her brother, who was convicted of murder, by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.
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Jupiter Ascending

In a universe where humans are near the bottom of the evolutionary ladder, a young destitute human woman is targeted for assassination by the Queen of the Universe because her very existence threatens to end the Queen's reign.
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Winter's Tale

A fantasy story set in 19th Century and present-day Manhattan and revolves around a thief, a dying girl, and a flying white horse.
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