Congratulations to Scott Brown and the musicians of Roosevelt Jazz Band I, selected as finalists for the 2018 Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival. They’ll be in some mighty fine company in NYC come May, including neighbors Ballard and Mountlake Terrace High Schools. For more information and a list of all the finalists, hop over to the Essentially Ellington website.
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RHS Jazz wins multiple awards at Essentially Ellington!
Congratulations to RHS Jazz Band 1 for receiving multiple awards at EE!
- Outstanding Sax Section
- Jesse Beckett-Herbert: Outstanding clarinet
- Elliot Halpern: Outstanding Tenor Sax
- Porter Jones: Outstanding Trombone & Outstanding Soloist
- Ravi Sharma: Outstanding Guitarist
- Santosh Sharma: Outstanding Bass Clarinet & Honorable Mention Tenor Sax
Well done!!!
Related: Seattle Times article
JB1 Headed to Essentially Ellington
Jazz at Lincoln Center has just announced the 15 finalist bands to compete in 21st annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival. Congratulations and great job to Jazz Band I and Mr. Brown–they are New York bound again this year! Congratulations also to our friends at Garfield and Mount Si, who were also selected as finalists.
Jazz Band Returning to Essentially Ellington
The Roosevelt Jazz Band was named as one of the finalists in the prestigious Essentially Ellington Festival, held May 7-8 in New York. This will be the 16th time in 17 years that Roosevelt has received this honor.
Two other schools from our region, Mount Si and Garfield will also be competing this year (the same lineup as last year).
Essentially Ellington is presented by Jazz at Lincoln Center, the jazz nonprofit headed by Wynton Marsalis.
Roosevelt Jazz Band Returns to Essentially Ellington!
The Roosevelt Jazz Band was named as one of the finalists in the prestigious Essentially Ellington Festival, held May 7-8 in New York. This will be the 16th time in 17 years that Roosevelt has received this honor.
Two other schools from our region, Mount Si and Garfield will also be competing this year (the same lineup as last year).
Essentially Ellington is presented by Jazz at Lincoln Center, the jazz nonprofit headed by Wynton Marsalis.
Check out the Seattle Times coverage of the news!