The following live performances from the 2011 Final Concert were recorded at Avery Fisher Hall on May 14, 2011 for the 16th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival. The tracks are listed below in order of performance in MP3 streaming format, playable on Windows Media Player, iTunes, WinAmp, and most other standard media players.

In February 2011, 15 finalist bands and one 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 three winners were selected to perform in the Final Concert with Wynton Marsalis and other guest soloists from the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. These 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.

Roosevelt High School
Black and Tan Fantasy (8:51)
Every Day (I Have The Blues) (8:07)

Mountlake Terrace High School
Rockin’ In Rhythm (6:48)
Portrait of Louis Armstrong (4:58)

Dillard Center for The Arts
Tippin’ on the QT (6:20)
Concerto for Cootie (3:22)