In my April 4 Week in Review posting (“Best Music Week Ever”) I talked about how much I had enjoyed my visit to Jazz at Lincoln Center to watch Steve Miller.
During my visit I read about the upcoming “Essentially Ellington” contest. This is a competition featuring the best High School jazz bands playing Duke Ellington music. Wynton Marsalis (Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center) participates and presents the awards.
This took me back to my days participating in High School brass band competitions and I enjoyed watching some of the performances here:
http://livestream.com/jazz/FinalConcertAwardsCeremony/?utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EEfundraisingemail&utm_content=version_A