The following live competition performances were recorded at the 15th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival held at Rose Theater in New York City, May 8-10, 2010. 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 2010, these 16 finalist bands were selected from 107 bands across North America who submitted a recording for the Essentially Ellington competition. In March and April 2010, 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 Benny Carter.

For more information on the 15th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival, including the results of the competition and outstanding soloist awards, please see the press release.

Albany High School, Albany, CA
Blue Ramble (3:59)
After All (4:17)
Feet Bone (6:14)

Carroll Senior High School, Southlake, TX
After All (3:31)
Feet Bone (5:14)
Dimenuendo and Crescendo (5:28)

Dillard Center for the Arts, Fort Lauderdale, FL
After All (3:49)
Feet Bone (6:50)
Oclupaca (5:29)

Eau Claire Memorial High School, Eau Claire, WI
After All (4:08)
The Flaming Sword (3:35)
Walkin and Swingin (5:15)

Edmonds-Woodway High School, Edmonds, WA
After All (3:51)
Harlem Air Shaft (6:08)
Walkin and Swingin (3:10)

F. H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, New York, NY
After All (4:33)
Lady Mac (4:34)
Never No Lament (4:48)

Foxboro High School, Foxboro, MA
Lady Mac (4:34)
New Musical Express (3:33)
Portrait of Louis Armstrong (3:40)

Garfield High School, Seattle, WA
After All (4:29)
Launching Pad (7:38)
New Musical Express (2:30)

King Philip Regional High School, Wrentham, MA
Feet Bone (5:59)
Lady Mac (3:44)
Walkin and Swingin (3:33)

The Lovett School, Atlanta, GA
New Musical Express (3:31)
The Peanut Vendor (4:50)
Walkin and Swingin (3:22)

New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL
After All (3:58)
New Musical Express (3:14)
Roll Em (5:28)

Plano Senior High School, Plano, TX
After All (3:34)
Feet Bone (5:22)
Roll Em (4:21)

Rio Americano High School, Sacramento, CA
New Musical Express (3:42)
Prelude to a Kiss (5:54)
Roll Em (5:41)

Roosevelt High School, Seattle, WA
After All (4:08)
Feet Bone (6:14)
New Musical Express (3:14)

Tucson Jazz Institute, Tucson, AZ
Feet Bone (7:31)
New Musical Express (4:24)
Roll Em (5:57)

Wauwatosa East High School, Wauwatosa, WI
Feet Bone (4:32)
I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good (4:06)
Roll Em (4:10)