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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 Sun Prairie High School Wellesley High School East St. Louis High School River East Collegiate William H. Hall High School St. Charles North High School Roosevelt High School New World School of the Arts Valley High School Foxboro High School Mountlake Terrace high School Downers Grove South High School Dillard Center of the Arts Agoura High School Temple High School
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