This album was recorded during the band’s 2010 tour of Italy. While already available for download, Live in Umbria is now available as a physical CD in the Sales section of our website along with many other fine Roosevelt Jazz Band recordings.
Chris McCarthy Wins the Monterey Jazz Festival’s 2012 Big Band Composition Competition and Gerald Wilson Award
Chris McCarthy, pianist in the 2011-2012 Roosevelt Jazz Band, has won the 2012 Monterey Jazz Festival Big Band Composition Competition. He will have the honor of having his winning composition, “Something Small,” performed by the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra at the Monterey Jazz Festival’s Jimmy Lyons Stage in the Arena this coming September. He will also receive the Gerald Wilson Award and a cash prize.
For more information, see the Monterey Jazz Festival website.
Roosevelt Jazz Band Wins 2nd Place in the 2012 Essentially Ellington Festival
Roosevelt Jazz Band students returned from the May 4-6 Ellington competition with a host of recognitions for outstanding players. Kudos also to our Seattle-area fellow finalists, Ballard and Mountlake High School Jazz Bands, who both played swinging sets.
For more information, go to Jazz at Lincoln Center’s website