Essentially Ellington 2019 FINAL CONCERT: Roosevelt High School - Things to Come

Live from the 2019 Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival, it's Roosevelt High School from Seattle, WA playing Duke Ellington's "Blues to be There."

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I never thought Tucson would be out things-to-come'd... I was wrong. Stellar performance Roosevelt, y'all deserved that first place spot 🙏 literally every soloist was absolutely outstanding

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*Director: Scott Brown*
*Solos:*

Drums: Henry Mohr (0:05, 4:59)*
Trumpet: Carter Eng (0:41, 1:29, 5:05)**
Trumpet: Will Knight (1:07, 1:29, 5:21)**
Vibraphone: Nate Mesler (2:15)*
Tenor Sax: George Fulton (2:59)**
Alto Sax: Eli Sullivan (3:48)**
Bass Trombone: Toby Jay (5:13)

* = Honorable Mention Award
** = Outstanding Award

***1st Place in Essentially Ellington Competition***

*Full Awards List*
*Sectional Awards:*
*Outstanding Trombone Section:* Elise Toney (Lead)**, Zach Sahlin, Nick Mesler, Toby Jay (Bass), Alexis Kim (Offstage)
*Outstanding Trumpet Section:* Will Knight (Lead)**, Colin Brace, Carter Eng**, Rei Ichikawa
*Outstanding Brass Section:* Elise Toney (Lead Trombone)**, Zach Sahlin (Trombone), Nick Mesler (Trombone), Toby Jay (Bass Trombone), Will Knight (Lead Trumpet)**, Colin Brace (Trumpet), Rei Ichikawa (Trumpet), Carter Eng (Trumpet)**, Alexis Kim (Offstage)

*Honorable Mention Soloist Award:*
Aaron Korver (Piano)
Nate Mesler (Vibraphone)
Henry Mohr (Drums)

*Outstanding Soloist Award:*
George Fulton (Tenor Sax)
Nick Altemeier (Baritone Sax)
Elise Toney (Trombone)
Will Knight (Trumpet)
Carter Eng (Trumpet)
Eli Sullivan (Doubler: Soprano Sax, Alto Sax)

*Highlight: **5:13*

[sinethembayantolo]

This is aggressively nice ... 🔥 The solos the arrangements, everything is just superb 🔥🔥

[maurycykujawski]

Sounds even better than "Things to Come" from last year :O

[ramonestrada]

Such an amazing performance, outstanding 👌🏼

[brickblock]

Wow, the trumpeters and the alto saxophonist are so good... :O

[adrianguev]

Lead alto sounds like Bird with a little of Paquito D' Rivera in it👌🏼😋😋

[TheEvertonDias]

where this young teenager learned this?

[ryr.j]

Lmao LOVED that bass trombone solo at the end 3 notes can really go a long way 😂

[hughjayns]

Why is the highlight of the bass trombone guy. No offense, but it’s obviously the two trumpeters going back and forth