Essentially Ellington 2017: Q&A with WYNTON MARSALIS

Essentially Ellington 2017 High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival
Q&A with WYNTON MARSALIS
Thursday, May 11, 2017

This year, the 22nd annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival once again brought top ensembles from all over the United States to perform at the House of Swing in New York City. Watch as Jazz at Lincoln Center's managing and artistic director Wynton Marsalis and other members of the JLCO field questions from the competing bands.

Jazz at Lincoln Center is committed to instilling a broader understanding of Duke Ellington’s music, which lies at the very heart of America’s 20th-century musical heritage and the core of the rich canon of jazz music. That’s why we created the Essentially Ellington program (EE) during the 1995–96 school year to make Ellington’s music accessible to as many high school musicians as possible and to support the development of their schools’ music programs.