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Jazz at Lincoln Center’s National Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival Celebrates 30th Anniversary
Today, Jazz at Lincoln Center announced the top high school jazz bands selected to compete in the 30th annual Essentially Ellington_ High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival on May 7-11, 2025, at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Jazz at Lincoln Center is located at Broadway at 60th St., New York, NY. Keep reading »
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Q&A: Wynton Marsalis On Music Education, Duke Ellington And More
This past weekend (May 9 – 11), Jazz at Lincoln Center put the spotlight on the music of Duke Ellington as part of the Essentially Ellington program and to celebrate the 125 birthday of the man Wynton Marsalis, Managing and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, calls “The highest level of what has come out of the United States of America.” Keep reading »
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces 29th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival Winners 2024
Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) announced the three top-placing high school jazz bands in the nation plus more than 100 individual and section awards in the prestigious 29th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center and the hallmark program for the largest jazz education network in the world. Keep reading »
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Top 15 high school jazz bands in the U.S. commemorate Duke Ellington’s 125th birthday at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival 2024
No figure looms larger in the story of jazz than Duke Ellington whose artistic development and sustained achievement are among the most spectacular and influential in the history of music. Keep reading »
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces 28th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival Winners 2023
Jazz at Lincoln Center* today announced the three top-placing high school jazz bands in the nation and more than 35 other individual and section awards in the prestigious 28th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center and the hallmark program for the largest jazz education network in the world. Keep reading »
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15 Finalists to Compete in 28th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Festival 2023
Nation’s Premier Jazz Education Event to Feature 15 High School-Aged Bands from Across the Country in Performance and Competition at Jazz at Lincoln Center From May 11-13, 2023 Keep reading »
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Q&A: Wynton Marsalis on jazz, its value
Jazz musician and nine-time Grammy Award winner Wynton Marsalis, along with the famed Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, will perform at the Murchison Performing Arts Center on Friday, two weeks after the university’s jazz program hosted a 75th-anniversary celebration. Keep reading »
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces Winners of 27th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival 2022
Jazz at Lincoln Center today announced the three top-placing high school jazz bands in the nation and more than 35 other individual and section awards in the prestigious 27th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center and the hallmark program for the largest jazz education network in the world. Keep reading »
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces 2022 Jack Rudin Jazz Championship Winners
In an awards ceremony tonight, April 20, 2022 at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, Jazz at Lincoln Center Managing and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis announced the top three university and college jazz band finalists and section awards in the second annual Jack Rudin Jazz Championship. Keep reading »
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Jazz at Lincoln Center announces 2022 Jack Rudin Jazz Championship
Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) is proud to announce the second annual Jack Rudin Jazz Championship, a two-day invitational competition featuring ensembles from ten of the most well-regarded university jazz programs in the country. Keep reading »