Once in a Blue Moon is an album by the University of Texas Jazz Orchestra that was released in 2000. It features Gary Foster on saxophone.
This group that comprising the University of Texas Jazz Orchestra (during this time) is noted as one of the top collegiate jazz orchestras in the country having been invited to play at the 1997 International Association for Jazz Education Convention in Chicago. The group also played with James Moody, Manny Albam, Michael Brecker, Bobby Shew, and Jim McNeely in various concerts in this three-year period. Several members of the group have moved into teaching positions at major universities around the country and others are now established jazz artists.
Writing for All About Jazz, Jack Bowers said of the album that "...Ensemble work is bright and secure, soloists spry and resourceful, choice of material â much of it composed and / or arranged by UT students or alumni â uncommon but for the most part admirable..."