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Essentially Ellington 14th Annual Competition & Festival, May 8-10, 2009

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Kingston High School arrives at Jazz at Lincoln Center

Foxboro High School arrives at Jazz at Lincoln Center

Cheer tunnel and arrival of Essentially Ellington finalists, May 8 2009

Wynton Marsalis and members of Garfield HS Jazz Band at Essentially Ellington. Photo credit Frank Stewart for Jazz at Lincoln Center

Essentially Ellington finalists are celebrated upon arrival in cheer tunnel, May 8, 2009

Roosevelt High School performs with Wynton Marsalis at Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival. Photo credit Frank Stewart for Jazz at Lincoln Center

Wynton Marsalis, Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center addresses students in One on One, May 8, 2009

Wynton Marsalis answers students' questions at the One on One, May 8 2009

Wynton Marsalis at One on One, May 8, 2009

Saxophone sectional with JLCO members Walter Blanding, Ted Nash, Victor Goines and Sherman Irby, May 8, 2009

Victor Goines instructs students during saxophone sectional

Saxophone sectional with JLCO members

JLCO member Vincent Gardner instructs student trombonists during sectional, May 8, 2009

JLCO member Vincent Gardner leads trombone sectional

JLCO member Ali Jackson leads rhythm sectional, May 8, 2009

JALC clinician Ronald Carter leads rehearsal

Ronald Carter jams with fellow saxophonist
JLCO member Chris Crenshaw leads rehearsal, May 8, 2009

JLCO member Sean Jones leads trumpet sectional, May 8, 2009

JLCO member Sherman Irby leads rehearsal

Eau Claire Memorial High School in rehearsal

Garfield High School rehearsal

JLCO member Victor Goines leads rehearsal

Josephina and Gerald Wilson, David Berger and Wynton Marsalis at dinner in The Allen Room, May 8, 2009

EE judges Wynton Marsalis and Gerald Wilson

Students enjoy dinner in The Allen Room, Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, May 8, 2009

EE students get tips from JLCO member Walter Blanding

JLCO member Dan Nimmer jams with EE finalist band members in The Allen Room

JLCO member Joe Temperley jams with EE finalist band trombonist

JLCO member Victor Goines jams with EE finalist band members in The Allen Room

Jam session in the Atrium, May 8, 2009

JLCO member Ryan Kisor jams with EE finalist band members in The Allen Room

Jam session in the Atrium, May 8 2009

JLCO member Marcus Printup with EE finalist band members

Ronald Carter jams with EE finalist band members

Wynton Marsalis addresses students during JLCO open rehearsal, May 9, 2009

Wynton Marsalis leads open JLCO rehearsal, May 9, 2009

JLCO trumpeters listen to EE finalist band trumpeter at open rehearsal, May 9, 2009

EE Judges David Berger, Wynton Marsalis and Reggie Thomas

Agoura High School competes in Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival, May 9, 2009

Agoura High School competes in Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival 2, May 9, 2009

North Scott HS prepares to go on stage

North Scott High School competes in Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival 2, May 9, 2009

North Scott High School competes in Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival, May 9, 2009

State College Area High School competes in Essentially Ellington Competi 2, May 9, 2009

State College Area High School competes in Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival, May 9, 2009

Kingston High School competes in Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival May 9, 2009

Kingston High School competes in Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival 2, May 9, 2009

Newport High School prepares to perform, May 9, 2009

Newport High School performs at Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival, May 9, 2009

Newport High School performs at Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival 2, May 9, 2009

Ariel Pocock and Eli Meisner perform with Newport High School, May 9, 2009

Foxboro High School performs at Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival, May 9, 2009

Foxboro High School performs at Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival 2, May 9, 2009

LA County High School for the Arts perform at Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival, May 9, 2009

LA County High School for the Arts perform at Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival 2, May 9, 2009

Calabasas High School prepares for performance

Calabasas High School performs at Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival, May 10, 2009

Calabasas High School performs at Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival 2, May 10, 2009

Calabasas High School's Matt Lewis performs

Badger Union High School performs at Essentially Ellington Competiton & Festival, May 10, 2009

Badger Union High School performs at Essentially Ellington Competiton & Festival 2, May 10, 2009

Band Director Greg Bunge from Badger Union High School with students

Garfield HS Jazz Band perform at Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival.jpg

Members of Garfield High School band perform at Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival

Eau Claire Memorial High School performs at Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival, May 10, 2009

Eau Claire Memorial High School performs at Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival, May 10, 2009

Members of Beloit Memorial High School band prepares to take the Rose Theater stage

Beloit Memorial High School performs at Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival, May 10, 2009

Beloit Memorial High School performs at Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival 2, May 10, 2009

Beloit Memorial High School pianist Pierre Charles solos

Wellesley High School performs at Essentially Ellington, May 10, 2009

Wellesley High School performs at Essentially Ellington 2, May 10, 2009

Wellesley High School band director Steven Scott and Roosevelt High School band director Scott Brown

Roosevelt High School perform at EE Competition in Rose Theater, May 10, 2009

Roosevelt High School performs at Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival, May 10, 2009

New World School of the Arts performs at Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival 2, May 10, 2009

New World School of the Arts performs at Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival, May 10, 2009

New World School of the Arts Band Director Jim Gasior

Director of Eau Claire Memorial High School, Bruce Hering, after top 3 band announcement

Roosevelt High School performs with Wynton Marsalis at Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival

Wynton Marsalis performs at EE Final Concert at Avery Fisher Hall, May 10, 2009

Roosevelt High School performs with Wynton Marsalis and Ryan Kisor at the Essentially Ellington Final Concert at Avery Fisher Hall

Eau Claire Memorial HS perform with Marcus Printup and Wynton Marsalis at Essentially Ellington Final Concert. Photo credit Frank Stewart for Jazz at Lincoln Center

Eau Claire Memorial High School performs with Wynton Marsalis at the Essentially Ellington Final Concert. Photo credit Frank Stewart for Jazz at Lincoln Center

Garfield High School Jazz Band Performs at Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival Final Concert. Photo credit Frank Stewart for Jazz at Lincoln Center.jpg