Roosevelt Jazz at Essentially Ellington 2019

[@genez429]

That band leader must have had a tear in his eye when they all graduated....

[@tromboneman4517]

Well, seeing as they’ve made it after this, I doubt those tears lasted for too long.

[@Worldindecline690]

They are good repeatedly year after year

[@williamreynolds4109]

Those trumpet shakes have me melting

[@shaggy2922]

Not only is the band incredibly clean and together in all the soli sections, they do it all without music. Wow

[@SuperMaDBrothers]

Shaggy a testament to how tryhard they are

[@SeanLeonDrumz]

All bands in the competition are required to not play with sheet music. Nonetheless these kids swing!

[@cheryvids2487]

Almost all bands do that. It’s not even that hard

[@mvdaluz]

They have been practicing things to come for like 10 months

[@quentinjackson7470]

@@mvdaluz Actually, they had only had the chart for about 3 months during this performance.

[@sherwinlee4350]

One of the best HS jazz band performances ever.

[@giulianac8155]

One of the coolest drummers ever

[@remy7647]

ikr

[@PumilateVFX]

yep

[@brianhammerstein]

Henry Mohr. He went on to study drums at University of Miami.

[@gabriel_almond4622]

The drummer is absolutely astounding! Bravo to him and to the whole band!

[@AustinCasey]

The whole band... but especially those saxes.

[@roosterslime9430]

*Director: Scott Brown* *Solos:* *Solid Old Man (**1:48**)* Piano: Aaron Korver (1:48)* Trombone: Elise Toney (2:56)** Bari Sax: Nick Altemeier (3:19)** Trumpet: Will Knight (4:05)** Soprano Sax: Eli Sullivan (5:36)** Trombone: Nick Mesler (6:25) *Little Karin (**8:52**)* Vibraphone: Nate Mesler (8:52)* Tenor Sax: George Fulton (10:07, 12:30)** *Things to Come (**13:10**)* Drums: Henry Mohr (13:13, 18:04)* Trumpet: Carter Eng (13:48, 14:36, 18:11)** Trumpet: Will Knight (14:14, 14:36, 18:24)** Vibraphone: Nate Mesler (15:21)* Tenor Sax: George Fulton (16:05)** Alto Sax: Eli Sullivan (16:54)** Bass Trombone: Toby Jay (18:17) *Interview (**21:56**)* Scott Brown (Director) Carter Eng (Trumpet)** Elise Toney (Trombone)** * = 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, Alexis Kim, Toby Jay (Bass) *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), Alexis Kim (Trombone), Toby Jay (Bass Trombone), Will Knight (Lead Trumpet)** , Colin Brace (Trumpet), Carter Eng (Trumpet)** , Rei Ichikawa (Trumpet) *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) *Highlights: **2:56**, **4:05**, **10:08**, **18:17*

[@roosterslime9430]

@@jazzkatz285 unfortunately, which I think is disrespect. He was killing!!!

[@evanlinares2966]

Thank you

[@jazzkatz285]

Bone player @ 6:25 sounds like Lawrence Brown himself! wow! great work done by these incredible musicians!

[@bobgriffith1810]

As an old guy who plays, it's refreshing to hear young continue to carry the banner with outstanding poise and and rhythm. Congratulations,,

[@genez429]

Man! That drummer is GOOD! All of them are. Its amazing to see such young people playing like they have been playing for years!

[@brianhammerstein]

Henry Mohr went on to study drums at University of Miami. I hope we will see him on the pro scene.

[@daletiger35]

Probably one of the best high school performances I’ve ever heard👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@gian849]

Great job George

[@IamDemo555]

That bass player was on fire.. and of course that tenor solo on Little Karen. I will definitely quote his lines LOL.

[@untilted5216]

Bass was amazing during Things to Come

[@wolfgangsuehrer5405]

Bravo to all these wonderful young Jazz musicians! Is it not absolutely amazing that they have no sheet music in front of them? All by HEART! That's great and congratulations to their leader as well.

[@lizardtrainer2953]

I’m so glad I could be a part of this music department

[@islandmikes-sailingandtrad8473]

as an old baritone and tenor player from Queen Anne high school, this is just outstanding. Very proud!!! Roosevelt rules baby.

[@michaelrobertiv2804]

Way to go Roosevelt High School !!! Bravo !!!!!!! You guys should put on a concert at Greenlake!!! Spectacular!!!

[@joshcharlat850]

That Baritone sax player really captured what I call the Harry Carney Bounce. And his body bounced, too. A great piece.

[@FilmsterStudios]

8:30 little Karin swings sooo hard

[@Genie._]

That drummer said 👹

[@LoserONxbox]

oh yeah yeah

[@fideliusconcrete4871]

No matter how much they write about jazz - the main ingredient is fun. And those kids have a lot of that, that's why they are so good and swing so hard.

[@SamanthaMonday5]

Absolutely stunning trombone section

[@tobyjay8774]

true

[@THATREALBREW]

Now that's the Roosevelt Jazz I remember!

[@ericcodebot4762]

Smokin vibe solo @15:21 !

[@bsfifagaming275]

Holy shit these guys are amazing

[@cathyscott6086]

Congratulations to all of you from the Netherlands!

[@jinlee2709]

the vibes player quoted bebop by coltrane

[@jamespettis2380]

Fun times

[@markistador5491]

The finally came when someone played things to come better than Tuscon 2015

[@bradenmeyer5244]

No

[@cheryvids2487]

Yuval Agam shit was ass

[@willieberg6078]

@@bradenmeyer5244 salty?

[@mchenrymaney262]

Chery Vids15 are we hearing things differently? It definitely wasn’t ass, whether or not it was better than Tuscon is subjective. But that’s down right dude to insult these kid’s hard and amazing work.

[@SamanthaMonday5]

if there is a better EE performance than this one, please tell me! this was absolutely insane!

[@josharnold75]

Absolutely phenomenal. One of the most swingingest performances I’ve seen! Goosebumps

[@DevanDara]

You guys are the best go Raiders! I can’tBelieve how talented your students are Mr. Brown! Your jazz band students! Huge congratulations and keep the music swing in! So much awesome swing in this video! Thank you so much! For posting this!

[@PorkchopSandviches]

*riders

[@Korean_Jesu5]

3:04 the reaction of the Foxborough's (I think) director to the bone solo is priceless

[@PumilateVFX]

Yes

[@wolfgangsuehrer5405]

A very professional and most enjoyable performance. Congratulations to you all!

[@justinlumpkin1874]

Congrats from Triangle Youth!

[@emretekmen1602]

lets gooo

[@davidklein7103]

Chills! So so great - excellent work :)

[@arnaudmilette6636]

brass section is insane

[@ryo_s_17]

credit to that bass player

[@DevanDara]

Amazing job Roosevelt high school

[@quimquim61]

Impresionantes musicos, un placer escuchar esta musica.. gracias por existir

[@teddytube6752]

The saxes at 11:25

[@albiondi4078]

THESE ARE ALL SUPER TALENTED KIDS BUT SCOTT BROWN MADE THEM EVEN GREATER ! HATS OFF TO SCOTT!

[@skittles1947]

WOW! Knocked by socks off.

[@pixarwatchout7137]

Congrats from JAMS!

[@RankinBro]

Wholy what the!!!😎😎They’re awesome

[@elnauta9525]

Outstanding band, the director is a very special mentor.

[@emilyko2712]

206 represent

[@albiondi4078]

FEEL THE GREAT ENERGY! IT'S MAGIC!

[@thereelscottyp]

Spectacular!

[@BOBO-wt7yi]

Those are the tightest shakes i have ever heard!

[@KleinkMusic]

George's sound reminds me of Coltrane.

[@lucasrestivo4301]

i wonder if the two meslers just jam together in their free time

[@nategilbreath469]

Lucas Restivo i think they do

[@jamespettis2380]

Yeah they do pretty much every chance they get

[@tahlklainman4886]

Madddddd respect yungins!!

[@albiondi4078]

14 jealous schmucks gave a thumbs down! are you serious????? these kids are super talented!

[@jefferyneu3915]

AMAZING!

[@Ndo01]

These guys know how to swing

[@TonyAguirreJazz]

No sheet music! Awesome

[@IanBenedict]

spinach

[@roosterslime9430]

actually, it's weed (jk)

[@gingerstover3257]

Someone messed with the playback speed 😂

[@johnodonnell55]

Wow..incredible talent..

[@johnspelic9861]

Rio Americano HS 1997 represent.

[@santiago3142]

how tf are these all high schoolers i'm so jealous

[@julienvalley28]

Nick Altemeier was amazing on baritone! I wish I could hit notes that low!

[@Simon-ud2tf]

Eli Sullivan absolutely shreds.

[@sumabatman]

206! 206! 206!

[@natalylukonin9065]

Crispy!

[@glass5710]

that tenor sax is such a god

[@droidean]

Why is there a bag of spring mix lettuce on the piano?

[@JimmyEng]

Bag of spinach; it's explained in the post concert interview.

[@alejandrocintron3722]

Wow

[@RW-ob4en]

Carter…clean! 🎉

[@allanbergano1982]

burn it up...pure smoke...RHS rules!!! class of '71

[@YienLiu]

How do they memorize all of this 💀😭

[@guillhermoso]

My man Andrew Callaghan on the keys

[@roosterslime9430]

HARRY POTTER CAN PLAY!!!!!

[@1ukas]

u mean the tenor right

[@roosterslime9430]

@@1ukas yep

[@islandmikes-sailingandtrad8473]

peach fuzz

[@sequoyahcisneros8719]

His glasses and the way he holds the horn actually remind me a lot of Benny Golson

[@RambunctiousVA]

oooooooooooooh what's that chord at 2:14?

[@snaildude3228]

GallonHat Pat I think it’s C# 6/9

[@elisullivan3939]

Snail Dude yeah that’s what he was doing

[@connorfirth857]

Maybe a type of G# chord?

[@milliuhn]

Bassbone am I right?

[@tobyjay8774]

i like that part

[@santialvarez9485]

that female trombonist got some nice style 👍

[@nataliatothemoon]

Improper use of a vegetal :) but I fully endorse

[@nomoname6447]

10 !

[@mathewfang5073]

Ohhhhhhhhh !

[@springersound1844]

Holy smoke.

[@romehatsushiba1029]

Must be nice to be that bag of greens on the piano.

[@peterwhitlock3681]

What’s the deal with the spinach on the piano

[@JimmyEng]

It's explained in the post concert interview (starts at 21:55).

[@NathanielLapointe]

Probably cancelled this year sadly

[@elliebean368]

Props to all the musicians, but is that a bag of _spinach_ on the piano??

[@JimmyEng]

Yes, it's a reference to Popeye which comes up in the interview discussion at 24:10.

[@elijahperry1424]

why isnt the Buena Show Band here???

[@parzival9639]

Why is there baby spinach on the piano?

[@JimmyEng]

That's explained in the post-concert interview; there's a reference to Popeye the Sailor.

[@samliu9696]

mario kart lick 13:48

[@Steveiegaming]

One o clock band better watch out lol