Duke Ellington Here We Come
February 18, 2006
The Central Jazz Band is competing in a nationwide competition, Essentially Ellington, sponsored by Jazz At Lincoln Center, the jazz program run by Wynton Marsalis in New York. The top fifteen bands chosen nationwide get to go to New York to compete in the finals. The top three bands get to perform in a concert with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. Here's a short clip of the band playing Duke Ellington's, Pyramid. Jeremiah's solo on Bari Sax starts at about 1min. 15 Secs. Let's believe God they're going to New York.
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