Longtime UNT jazz professor. Reflections on growing up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. History of Seaton’s music education and early musical experiences as a bass player in Norman, Oklahoma, Cincinnati, Ohio, and New York City, including work with the Blue Wisp Big Band, Woody Herman, the Count Basie Orchestra, Tony Bennett, and George Shearing. Reflections on early teaching experience including the Jamey Aebersold summer jazz camps.