Roosevelt Jazz year-end concerts Wednesday and Friday nights

Roosevelt High School performs with Wynton Marsalis at Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival. Photo credit Frank Stewart for Jazz at Lincoln Center

This is the week to catch some truly amazing Jazz groups from Roosevelt High School performing their final concerts of the year.

Eckstein and Roosevelt win awards at Reno Jazz Festival

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Eckstein Middle School and Roosevelt High School both took home awards from the Reno Jazz Festival, held this past weekend at the University of Nevada.

April 15: Roosevelt Jazz to perform at ‘Hot Java, Cool Jazz’

Starbucks Hot Java Cool Jazz live at the Paramount, April 15.

Roosevelt High School’s award-winning Jazz Band will perform at the 16th Annual Starbucks Hot Java, Cool Jazz concert at the Paramount Theater on April 15, 2011 at 7:00 P.M. This event is part of Starbucks’ ongoing commitment to supporting the local youth arts community, and as such, all proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the [...]

Roosevelt High School’s Jazz Band moves on to “Essentially Ellington” finals

Congratulations to Roosevelt High School’s Jazz Band! They’ve been selected as one of 15 finalists for the Essentially Ellington competition, which takes place May 12-14, 2011 at Lincoln Center’s House of Swing in New York City.