Jeffry Hugh Eckels, Denton, was a doctoral student at UNT from 2002 to 2012 and a teaching fellow. He was a double bass musician who had performed around the world in chamber orchestras and jazz groups, recorded albums and was a regular musician on the NPR quiz show Whad’Ya Know? He previously taught at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Universidad San Francisco in Quito, Ecuador, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. While at UNT, he played with the One O’Clock Lab Band and directed the Five O'Clock Lab Band in 2009.
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Jeffry Hugh Eckels, Denton, was a doctoral student at UNT from 2002 to 2012 and a teaching fellow. He was a double bass musician who had performed around the world in chamber orchestras and jazz groups, recorded albums and was a regular musician on the NPR quiz show Whad’Ya Know? He previously taught at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Universidad San Francisco in Quito, Ecuador, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. While at UNT, he played with the One O’Clock Lab Band and directed the Five O'Clock Lab Band in 2009.
