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2008/09 Competition Performances

The following live competition performances were recorded at the 16th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival held at Rose Theater in New York City, May 13-14, 2011. The tracks are listed below in order of competition performance in MP3 streaming format, playable using a Flash player. You must have Flash installed to listen to these. You can get the free Flash plugin here if you have trouble listening to these.

In February 2011, these 15 finalist bands and winning community ensemble were selected from 110 bands across North America who submitted a recording for the Essentially Ellington competition. In April 2011, each of these finalist bands received an in-school workshop with a Jazz at Lincoln Center clinician before traveling to New York. These competition performances are the culmination of a school year spent studying and performing the music of Duke Ellington and Count Basie.

For more information on the 16th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival, including the results of the competition and outstanding soloist awards, please see the press release.

Pacific Crest Jazz Orchestra
Harlem Speaks (5:26)
Tippin' on the Q.T. (3:17)
Every Day (I Have the Blues)
(6:06)

Sun Prairie High School
Tippin' on the Q.T. (3:10)
Prelude to a Kiss (4:49)
Swingin' the Blues
(3:56)

Wellesley High School
Tippin' on the Q.T.(4:05)
Latin American Sunshine (6:54)
Swingin' the Blues
(6:00)

East St. Louis High School
Tippin' on the Q.T. (2:44)
Prelude to a Kiss (4:54)
Perdido
(4:13)

River East Collegiate
Jump for Joy (3:41)
Prelude to a Kiss (4:42)
Harlem Speaks
(4:39)

William H. Hall High School
Every Day (I Have the Blues) (5:19)
I've Just Seen Her (5:02)
Swingin' the Blues
(4:39)

St. Charles North High School
Tippin' the Q.T. (3:18)
Concerto For Cootie (4:01)
Every Day (I Have the Blues)
(7:30)

Roosevelt High School
Tippin' on the Q.T. (3:56)
Prelude to a Kiss (6:35)
Every Day (I Have the Blues) (6:03)

New World School of the Arts
Tippin' on the Q.T. (5:48)
Prelude to a Kiss (6:06)
Swingin' the Blues (6:41)

Valley High School
Feet Bone (8:07)
Tippin' the Q.T. (5:12)
Harlem Speaks (3:12)

Foxboro High School
Happy Go Lucky Local (6:26)
Prelude to a Kiss (4:50)
Tippin' on the Q.T. (6:09)

Mountlake Terrace high School
Kinda Dukish/Rockin' In Rhythm (6:06)
Prelude to a Kiss (4:32)
Swingin' the Blues (5:36)

Downers Grove South High School
Tippin' on the Q.T. (4:50)
Prelude to a Kiss (4:41)
Every Day (I Have the Blues) (6:23)

Dillard Center of the Arts
Tippin' on the Q.T. (5:27)
Prelude to a Kiss (5:15)
Harlem Speaks (3:46)

Agoura High School
Anitra's Dance (2:56)
Prelude to a Kiss (4:23)
Swingin' the Blues (3:30)

Temple High School
Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue (8:26)
Harlem Speaks (3:26
Every Day (I Have the Blues) (5:29)