Essentially Ellington 2023: Roosevelt High School

Watch Roosevelt High School from Seattle, WA perform at 2023's Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Festival.

[@theblackbasketball]

That tenor sax solo was absolutely nuts

[@broham917]

Taiyo is insane!!

[@pocketcampgyal1800]

Loved sultry sunset!! An amazing ballad and the sax/piano absolutely killed it on their solos 👏👏

[@paulsayan3177]

These Lucky Talented Lucky kids. Wow! Talented, and Great Director.

[@greghemlock6679]

I’m glad to see Jazz making it come back

[@roosterslime9430]

*Roosevelt High School Jazz Band I* *Director: Hannah Mowry* *Solos:* *Movin’ Uptown (**1:02**)* Drums: Yoshi Stroh (1:02, 5:51)** Trumpet: Simon Harrington (2:22) Alto Sax: Henry Kelly (2:53) Alto Sax: Teddy Goldman (3:23) Trumpet: Nick Chang (3:52) Tenor Sax: Taiyo Fuwa (4:20)** Piano: Nora Hakimian (5:22) *Sultry Sunset (**7:44**)* Piano: Nora Hakimian (7:44) Alto Sax: Charlee Dobson-Cohen (9:07, 11:07)* *Oyeme (**15:18**)* Trombone: Alex Phelps (16:12, 18:34, 20:22) Alto Sax: Teddy Goldman (17:01, 18:34, 20:22) Trumpet: Nico Garcia-Bompadre (17:49, 18:34, 20:22) Drums: Yoshi Stroh (18:46)** Timbales: Ripley Silas (18:46) *Inteview (**21:54**)* Hannah Mowry (Director) Teddy Goldman (Alto Sax) Nora Hakimian (Piano) * = Honorable Mention Award ** = Outstanding Award *Full Awards List:* *Section Awards:* *Outstanding Rhythm Section:* Nora Hakimian (Piano), Linus Skucas (Guitar), Cole Fung (Bass), Naomi Cole (Bass, Clave), Yoshi Stroh (Drums), Alexander Polyakovsky (Drums, Congas, Bongos), Ripley Silas (Cowbell, Timbales) *Honorable Mention Soloist Award:* Charlee Dobson-Cohen (Alto Sax) *Outstanding Soloist Award:* Yoshi Stroh (Drums) Taiyo Fuwa (Tenor Sax)

[@Andrew_Schaeffer.]

Holy the tenor solo was insane

[@aaasttraaa]

thank you so much, you literally post these on every video and its so helpful, i genuinely applaud you for going out of the way to help others. nice to see other jazz enjoyers

[@kyo4386]

Last piece is called Oyeme*

[@vintage9312]

5:08 That was a PERFECT zoom out and reaction!

[@landonkelly8953]

the solo section on oyeme was just absolutely insane

[@brucenewman6577]

Incredible cookin' band and director. great example of why big bands are fantastic entertainment. And, they are still growing into their art. fantastic!!

[@holgerpatomerizalde]

Wow! I'm impressed. Thanks for the old and good and new sound of jazz. Regards from Quito - Ecuador

[@solar8314]

That Tenor Sax solo was WICKED

[@sheilakelly9]

That was amazing. Thank you!

[@dsctunes]

The references in that first trumpet solo were insane (Rhythm-a-ning and Four)!

[@michaelhealy3829]

Simply outstanding.

[@solar8314]

OH. MY. GOD

[@craigellsworth3952]

The torched has been passed. And is in good hands.

[@joshuaradin5424]

4:32 Donna Lee quote

[@Shimuragun]

Nice mario kart lick there at 17:00

[@abnerzanotti5065]

👏👏👏👏👏🎼🎼🎺🎺🎷🎷🎷

[@dp4812]

2:34 Anyone know what song is that. I recognized it but can't remember. 😂

[@nisargshah3630]

four

[@Avstinato]

Hi Teddy

[@Andrew_Schaeffer.]

They are amazing but it will never be as good as last year 😔

[@hughjayn1s]

No offense, but none of the years compare to 2019s

[@MonologueMusicals]

@@hughjayn1s the kids lost years of group practice, this is Seattle after all. They weren't in the same room until last year.

[@theblackbasketball]

@@hughjayn1s Roosevelt 2019 might be my favorite Essentially Ellington band ever.

[@roosterslime9430]

At the end of the day, the music is for the students to learn to love and play. That's why even if the quality of the bands differ from year to year, it isn't about an award or even competing to win. What is most important is the band's display of hard work, teamwork, and enjoyment of this music.

[@theblackbasketball]

@@roosterslime9430 🙏

[@mtw2457]

Rather than branding the winner of this festival as "The Best High School Jazz Band in the United States," perhaps the label "The Best High School Jazz Band at Playing the Music of Duke Ellington" is more appropriate. I'm still waiting for an "Essentially [Don] Ellis" jazz festival. New and fresh each year. Innovation rather than preservation. In the words of Derek Smalls of Spinal Tap ... "A preserved Moose."

[@paulsayan3177]

Missed out on so much goling to Federal Way School District after 22 straight levy failures. I hope Seattle keeps music in mind as it makes their hard decisions about their neighborhood schools and horrible budget shortage.