The Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Program 2023

Saturday, February 18th, 2023 Whitney M Young Magnet High School, 221 S La in St., Chicago, IL 60607

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Co-sponsored by Jazz at Lincoln Center

WELCOME FROM JAZZ INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HEATHER IRELAND ROBINSON Gree ngs Students, Bandleaders Adjudicators and Guests, Many thanks to each and every one of you for your role in keep jazz music alive and thriving!

Whether you are learning and growing on your instrument and with your bandmates and peers, celebra ng recent accomplishments and reaching new goals, expertly developing lesson plans and curricula to inspire our next genera on of crea ves, or using your exper se to ne tune the work of the world’s young musicians, we are honored to have you here in the name of jazz!

In 2020, this important event was held just before the world changed forever. Li le did we know on that bright and cold Saturday that this would be the last me in a long me that we would hear live music and connect this way. For the JIC sta , looking back on that day gave us all hope and joy in the quiet and isola ng months that followed.

In the spring of 2022, it was a thrill to gather again - to see and hear students, teachers, musicians, bandleaders, and more all come together from all over the city to learn and play together again. Watching our musical youth chat and reconnect was truly the highlight of the day as we watched our community con nue to develop and grow.

As a proud Chicago Public School (Turner Drew Language Academy and Whitney Young) graduate, I am commi ed to the experiences that we can create in-partnership on school grounds and create an environment for students to thrive.

Thank you for being here and congrats to you all!

Heather Ireland Robinson Execu ve Director Jazz Ins tute of Chicago

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WELCOME FROM JAZZ INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION DARIUS HAMPTON Hello and welcome to all Jazz in the Chi par cipants!

Last year Jazz in the Chi returned in limited form and facing signi cant adversity, but we knew it was worth the trouble. This year we’ve been able to move it back to its proper season and add back most of the things that make it as full and special as it should be.

Jazz in the Chi Regional Essen ally Ellington Jazz Band Fes val is an educa onal, non-compe ve event for youth jazz ensembles from the Chicago region and beyond! It represents a partnership between the Jazz Ins tute of Chicago, Jazz at Lincoln Center and Chicago Public Schools. We know many music programs are s ll recovering from the massive disrup on we all experienced. This is the place to get be er and feel encouraged! Kudos to you for all your hard work, nding music to play, planning, prac cing, rehearsing and ge ng here!

So, we hope par cipants perform to the best of their abili es and then learn how to take it to the next level from our fantas c adjudicators and clinicians. We also hope you enjoy yourselves and make the most of the day! Check out the other performances, join in a jam session, take in a master class, network with peers and visit the vendors! Of course, directors, make sure you a end the Band Directors’ Luncheon hosted by the Essen ally Ellington clinicians. Everyone else, make sure you don’t miss the Midday Concert with Northwestern University Jazz Orchestra!

Thanks, congratula ons, and keep swinging!

Darius Hampton Director of Educa on and Ar st Development Jazz Ins tute of Chicago

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The Essen ally Ellington High School Jazz Band Program (EE) is unique among educa onal resources for high school jazz bands. Each year, Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) transcribes, publishes, and distributes charts by Duke Ellington and other seminal big band composers and arrangers, along with addi onal educa onal materials to bands in the U.S., Canada and American schools abroad. Beyond providing these charts, EE also supports its members throughout the school year with a variety of ini a ves including teaching guides, the Essen ally Ellington website, newsle ers, a student composi on contest, and professional feedback of student performances of the charts. Schools that join the program are eligible for par cipa on in noncompe ve regional fes vals and also have the op on to submit recordings for the na onal Essen ally Ellington High School Jazz Band Compe on & Fes val held annually in New York City at Frederick P. Rose Hall, the home of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Fi een bands are selected as nalists and, to prepare, each nalist band receives an in-school workshop in their community led by a JALC clinician. The Compe on & Fes val culminates in a three-day fes val in May for the nalist bands, including workshops, rehearsals, jam sessions, and performances. The three top-placing bands perform an evening concert with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.

Since 1995, over 846,000 students have par cipated in Essen ally Ellington. To date, more than 280,000 copies of 150 previously unavailable scores have been distributed to more than 5,300 schools interna onally. In 2006, Essen ally Ellington piloted noncompe ve, educa on-focused Regional fes vals in an e ort to reach more bands and provide the opportunity to perform Ellington's music and receive professional feedback from JALC clinicians and other jazz professionals in their own backyard.

Founding leadership support for Essen ally Ellington is provided by The Jack and Susan Rudin Educa onal and Scholarship Fund. Major support is provided by Jessica and Natan Bibliowicz, Alfred and Gail Engelberg, Casey Lipscomb, Dr. J. Douglas White and the King-White Family Founda on, Augus ne Founda on, Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Founda on, Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Founda on, and the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, Bloomberg, Con Edison, Entergy, and United Airlines.

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ADJUDICATORS Christopher Dorsey, Bijon Watson, Sco Hall, Jarrard Harris, Ca e Hickey, Roxanne Stevenson and Clif Wallace PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS Chicago High School for the Arts

Lincoln Park High School

Downers Grove South High School

Midwest Young Artists

Edwin G. Foreman College and Career Academy

New Trier High School

William Jones College Preparatory High School

Oswego High School

Kenwood Academy High School

Thornwood High School

Albert G. Lane Technical High School

Whitney M. Young Magnet High School

VENDORS Chicago Jazz Philharmonic

PM Music Center

Chicago State University

Roosevelt University

Live the Spirit

University of Illinois Chicago

Midwest Young Ar sts

Jazz Ins tute of Chicago

Northwestern University

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Founded in 1969, the Jazz Ins tute of Chicago promotes and nurtures jazz in Chicago. We do this by providing jazz educa on to youth and adults, developing and suppor ng musicians through live performance opportuni es, building audiences by making jazz accessible through free concerts and fes vals and fostering a thriving Chicago jazz scene.

We understand that engagement in the arts encourages a lifelong applica on of crea ve thinking. The Jazz Ins tutes’ Jazz Links educa on and ar st development program empower an ever-growing community of teachers and students through collabora on, experien al learning, professional development and direct connec ons to Chicago’s rich jazz legacy.

The Chicago Public Schools Department of Arts Educa on (DAE) champions high-quality arts educa on by providing arts learning opportuni es for students, strengthening teacher and administrator capacity, and promo ng policies that expand equitable access to the arts for all students. The Jazz Ins tute and DAE have worked together to present the Jazz Fes val for CPS students for a number of years and are pleased to con nue this partnership.

SPECIAL THANKS TO Whitney M Young Magnet High School: Rickey Harris - Principal and James Barbick - Director of Bands; Jazz at Lincoln Center: Todd Stoll Vice President of Educa on and Oliver Beardsley - Manager of Student and Family Programs; Chicago Public Schools Department of Arts Educa on: Krista Wortendyke - Manager of Student Programs and Kendall Hill - Student Programs Coordinator; and all volunteers!

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JAZZ INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO STAFF Heather Ireland Robinson Executive Director

Jon Nadel Manager of Membership and Development

Darius Hampton Director of Education and Artist Development

Maggy Fouché Grants Management Consultant

John Foster Managing Director of Program & Education Initiatives

Mashaune Hardy Social Media Manager

Scott Anderson Marketing Manager

Raymond A. Thomas Creative Director

JAZZ INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO BOARD OF DIRECTORS Board President David Helverson

Directors Zenobia Johnson-Black Miguel de la Cerna Ka e Ernst Rajiv Halim Jarrard Harris Chiquita Jones Greg Kelley Bill King Bethany Pickens Mike Reed Judith E. Stein Neil Tesser

Vice Presidents David Bloomberg Warren Chapman William Norris Keyonn Pope Kent Richmond D.V. Williams Darryl Wilson Treasurer Brian Myerholtz Secretary Howard Mandel

Emeritus Directors Joseph B. Glossberg Ted Oppenheimer

The Jazz Ins tute of Chicago is supported by: the Alphawood Founda on, The Benjamin Rosenthal Founda on, a CityArts grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural A airs and Special Events, Crown Family Philanthropies, Cultural Treasures, The Darling Family Founda on, The Ella Fitzgerald Founda on, the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelly Founda on, The Illinois Arts Council, a state agency, The MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture at Prince, The Polk Bros. Founda on, The Oppenheimer Family Founda on, and The Vang Family.

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Jazz in the Chi Regional Essentia

Saturday, Febr

SCHEDULE O Time

Big Bands (Whitney Young Theatre)

Combos (The Bridge)

9:00 AM

Jones College Prep Jazz Ensemble

ChiArts Combo A

9:30 AM

Kenwood Academy Jazz Band

ChiArts Combo B

10:00 AM

Downers Grove South Jazz Ensemble

Oswego High School Jazz Combo

10:30 AM

ChiArts Big Band

Jones College Prep Jazz Combo A

11:00 AM

Oswego High School Jazz Ensemble 1

Jones College Prep Jazz Combo B Jones College Prep Jazz Combo C

11:30 AM

12:30 PM

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MIDDAY CONCERT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY JAZZ ORCHESTRA (Whitney Young Theatre)

2:00 PM

Lincoln Park High School Jazz Band

Whitney Young High School Combo 1

2:30 PM

New Trier High School Jazz Ensemble 1

Whitney Young High School Combo 2

3:00 PM

Foreman Jazz Ensemble

Freddy Hubbard Jazz Combo

3:30 PM

Thornwood HIgh School Jazz Ensemble

Lincoln Park High School Combo

4:00 PM

Whitney Young High School Jazz Ensemble

Lane Tech Jazz Combo

ally Ellington Jazz Band Festival

ruary 18, 2023

OF EVENTS Breakout Sessions

Lobby

Time 9:00 AM 9:30 AM 10:00 AM

Jam Session with Jazz Institute of Chicago Alumni House Band (Room 198 - Band Room)

ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON BAND DIRECTORS' LUNCHEON (Room 197) Ernie Adams Reprise of “A Masterclass on Modern Hiphop, Soul and R&B Production from a Professional Jazz Musician’s Perspective” (Room 198 - Band Room) Jam Session with Jazz Institute of Chicago Alumni House Band (Room 198 - Band Room)

Vendor Fair - Colleges & Universities, Arts Organizations and Music Merchants

Ernie Adams “A Masterclass on Modern Hiphop, Soul and R&B Production from a Professional Jazz Musician’s Perspective” (Room 198 - Band Room)

10:30 AM 11:00 AM 11:30 AM

12:30 PM

2:00 PM 2:30 PM 3:00 PM 3:30 PM 4:00 PM

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ADJUDICATORS Christopher Dorsey received his Bachelor of Music Educa on from Jackson State University (1983) and his M. S. of Educa on – Instrumental Music, from the University of Florida (1986).

Christopher has taught for more than 36 years at various schools in Miami-Dade and Broward Coun es. His intent is to give students the opportunity to compete with other high school programs on a State and Na onal level and provide opportuni es for students to pursue careers in music. His main mission is to teach life skills through the music.

For over 34 years, Mr. Dorsey’s bands have consistently received superior ra ngs on the District and State levels. Students in all of Mr. Dorsey’s programs, past and present, have been accepted to the nest colleges, universi es, and conservatories in the US, o en with generous scholarships.

Since 2004, Christopher Dorsey, Director of Jazz and Contemporary Music Studies, has developed the Jazz Program at Dillard Center for the Arts into one of the premier high school jazz programs in the country.

Over the years, the program has developed from one to three jazz bands and they have reached a level of skill, style and swing that has earned the program a strong na onal presence.

Mr. Dorsey is an accomplished musician and has performed with jazz greats such as Nat Adderley, Al Grey, Slide Hampton, Lionel Hampton and the Roland Burnes Quintet. As a featured trombonist, Chris toured extensively through Europe with the o -Broadway produc on of “Ain’t Misbehavin” and worked with Dionne Warwick and Melton Mustafa.

In 2017, Chris was nominated and won Arts Teacher of the Year – ArtsEd Forever! The Arts Teacher of the Year Award was created by the Broward County Cultural Division and Council in 1985 to recognize and honor a signi cant arts teacher in the Broward County Public Schools. Chris received an award for the 2017 Outstanding School Arts Educa on Professional from the Florida Alliance for Arts Educa on and Teacher of the year – Dillard Center for the Arts – October 2016.

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Bijon Watson’s career as a musician and educator spans more than 25 years and has taken him around the globe to perform for audiences worldwide. Born in Boston, Massachuse s, Bijon began playing the trumpet at the age of 8. He a ended the New England Conservatory of Music Preparatory School, and the University of Southern California, and was a member of the 1994 Disney All-American College Band and 1995 Disney/Grammy All-American College Jazz Band.

Bijon’s recording and/or live performance and touring credits are vast and the short list includes iconic ar sts such as Natalie Cole, Michael Bublé, Jus n Timberlake, Harry Connick, Jr., Diana Krall, Michael Jackson, Arturo Sandoval, Lady Gaga, Mariah Carey, Joe Williams, Queen La fah, Earth, Wind & Fire, Stevie Wonder, Nicholas Payton, Rosemary Clooney, Steve Tyrell, Eric Benét, Jamiroquai, Prince, Barbara Morrison, Dianne Reeves, Nancy Wilson, Alicia Keys, Chaka Khan, Luis Miguel, The Tempta ons, and Gladys Knight.

Bijon’s love for big band and la n jazz inspired him to become a student of the great bands of the past and present and he has become a sought a er and in-demand lead trumpet player. Bijon is the lead trumpet for the Grammy-nominated Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, the Grammynominated John Daversa Progressive Big Band, the Grammy-nominated John Beasley’s Monkestra, José Rizo’s Jazz on the La n Side All-Stars, the late Gerald Wilson Jazz Orchestra, and many other jazz, salsa, and pop bands throughout the United States. Interna onally, Bijon has recorded and performed live as lead trumpet with the Frankfurt Radio Big Band.

On television, Bijon has performed on episodes of “American Idol”, as well as “The Tonight Show”, Grammy Awards shows, The BET Music Awards, and “Dancing With The Stars”. Bijon’s lm appearances include appearing in the award-winning lm “La La Land” and recording on several soundtracks with studios such as Paramount, Fox, and Disney, including most recently “Despicable Me 2”, and “The Secret Life of Pets”.

As a classically trained musician, Bijon has had the opportunity to perform as a guest with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, the Los Angeles Opera, the Cincinna Pops Orchestra, the San Diego Symphony, and the San Francisco Symphony.

A dedicated educator, Bijon is an in-demand clinician that has given master classes and clinics to colleges, conservatories, secondary schools, high schools, and middle schools throughout the United States, and Europe, as well as maintaining a private lesson studio.

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Sco Hall began his associa on with Ramsey Lewis in 2007 arranging Lewis’ composi ons for Ravinia Fes val collabora ons such as the Jo rey Ballet, Turtle Island Quartet, and the Abraham Lincoln celebra on “Proclama on of Hope”. He has conducted at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C., Teatro Manzini in Milan, Ravinia Fes val, Chicago Theatre, Jazz Showcase, Peoria Civic Center, and the Conservatory Luisa D’Annunzio in Pescara, Italy. His recent premier of the Concerto for Jazz Trio and Orchestra at the Ravinia Fes val featured his work as arranger and conductor for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with the Ramsey Lewis Trio. His contemporary arrangements for symphony orchestra have been commissioned and performed by the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Peoria Symphony Orchestra.

A classically trained trumpeter, he works predominantly as a jazz conductor, performer, arranger, producer, and educator. He has conducted important Duke Ellington works for jazz orchestra such as “Black, Brown, and Beige”, “A Concert of Sacred Music”, “New Orleans Suite”, as well as Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s “Far East Suite”.

While Assistant Conductor to Bill Russo of the Chicago Jazz Ensemble, he conducted the ensemble in concert with the late Buddy DeFranco in Milan, Italy for the reenactment of Benny Goodman’s 1938 Carnegie Hall concert. Mr. Hall is currently Professor of Instruc on and Coordinator of Contemporary Musicianship and Jazz at Columbia College Chicago.

He has performed at Symphony Center, Chicago Jazz Fes val, Ravinia Fes val, Harris Theatre, Humani es Fes val, Chicago Theatre, and the Jazz Showcase. His interna onal appearances have been at the Beijing Dance Fes val, Montreal Jazz Fes val, Conservatory of Puerto Rico, Pescara Jazz Fes val, Vicenza Jazz Fes val, and throughout Italy.

Mr. Hall is currently Senior Lecturer and Director of Jazz Studies at Columbia College Chicago. As an invited clinician and teaching ar st he has mentored for the Sant’Anna Arresi Jazz Fes val, Arcevia Jazz Fes val, Pescara Jazz Fes val, Illinois Music Educators Associa on, and the Straight Ahead Jazz Camp with the Jazz Ins tute of Chicago.

As producer for Hallway Records, he has recorded and released albums for some of Chicago’s nest jazz ar sts. His debut album Sco Hall Quartet “Strength In Numbers” received cri cal acclaim from Down Beat magazine and media play in the United States and Europe.

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Jarrard Harris, saxophonist and educator a ended the University of Cincinna College Conservatory of Music to pursue a degree in jazz studies. At CCM he studied with Rick VanMatre, Pat Harbison, and Marc Fields. Upon Gradua on from CCM Harris moved to Chicago in 1998 to a end DePaul University where under the tutelage of Bob Lark, Tim Co man, and Marc Colby he earned his master’s degree in jazz studies.

He currently serves on the music faculty at Purdue University in West Lafaye e, Indiana and was formerly a faculty member at Northwestern University and Columbia College Chicago. He also served as the director of jazz studies with the Chicago Public Schools Advanced Arts Educa on Program at Gallery 37. He maintains an ac ve private teaching studio in addi on to serving as a director, clinician, guest ar st and adjudicator at college and high school fes vals, and state band fes vals. He has performed in the United States and abroad at numerous jazz fes vals and performed with jazz ar sts Jon Faddis Big Band, Barry Harris, Joe Magnarelli, Nicholas Payton, Joe Lovano, Claudia Acuna, Jimmy Heath, Brian Lynch, Antonio Hart, Bobby Watson, Benny Green, Eric Reed, Stefon Harris, The Chicago Jazz Ensemble, the Chicago Sinfonie a, Sean Jones, Sharel Cassity, Eric Alexander, and Johnny Gri n to name a few.

He has performed at the Goodman and Court Theater in the musicals “Ain’t Misbehavin’ and “Five Guys Named Moe. Jarrard was a founding board member of the Jazz Educa on Network and serves as a current board member for the Jazz Ins tute of Chicago. Jarrard plays Vandoren saxophone Reeds and mouthpieces and is currently a Vandoren Performing Ar st.

Ca e Hickey is a trombonist, educator and arts advocate based in Chicago. Commi ed to expanding the role of the 21st century musician, she co-founded the Taller de Trombones Panama in 2014. Ms. Hickey is a frequent guest of Trombonanza, Urubrass and many other brass workshops in La n America. She teaches at Loyola University-Chicago and the Francis Parker School. A former touring member of the Foothills Brass Quintet, she performs with groups ranging from New to the Joe Clark Big Band. Commi ed to improving access to music educa on in Chicago, Ca e also serves on the board of directors of Chicago Arts and Music Project.

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Roxanne Stevenson is Ac ng Department of Music Chair, Professor of Music Educa on, Director of Bands, Music Ed and Gospel Music Coordinator and Woodwind Instructor at Chicago State University. She earned a B.S. from Bethune-Cookman University and the M.S. degree from The University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana both in music educa on. She has performed with Bernie Mac, Vickie Winans, Jean Carnes, Cherelle, the Chi-Lites and many others. Professor Stevenson is the Jazz Coordinator for the Historically Black Colleges and Universi esNa onal Band Director’s Consor um, Interim Vice-President of the African American Jazz Caucus, Vice-President Elect of the Women Band Directors Interna onal and member of the Diversity Commi ee, Illinois Music Educa on Associa on, Jazz Educa on Network and the Jazz Educa on Network’s Sisters in Jazz Commi ee. She serves as adjudicator, panelist and guest director for numerous marching, concert and jazz fes vals and compe ons and has worked as band/choral director and a classroom/music teacher in Indiana and Illinois public and private elementary and high schools. Professor Stevenson is a contributor to the textbook Teaching Music Through Performance in Jazz Volume I and Volume II, and the books Rehearsing the Jazz Band and The Horizon Leans Forward. She is the author of the ar cle “Novel to Normal: Seeing Women in Music” published in the Illinois Music Educator Journal and the Connec cut Music Educator Journal. She is a member of the Na onal Associa on for Music Educa on, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Phi Beta Mu Interna onal and sponsor/honorary member and sponsor of Tau Beta Sigma and Kappa Kappa Psi Honorary Band Sorority and Fraternity. Professor Stevenson received the African American Arts Alliance of Chicago’s Black Excellence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music – Jazz. The Absolute Winds of Change, a Tribute to Chicago’s African-American Women in Jazz, recognized her as a saxophonist/educator and she received a Chris an Girls Rock award. She was a quarter- nalist for the 2nd Annual Grammy Music Educator Award, JEN’s AAJC Jazz Griot Award; and the CSU Black Heritage Ball’s Ntesie/Mate Masie Outstanding Administrator Award.

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Clif Wallace began serious studies in Jazz at North Carolina Central University where he received both a Bachelor of Arts in Music and a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance. In College, Clif gained broad experience in playing in many di erent musical se ngs playing with any one from blues guitarist Roy Roberts to Jazz Great Branford Marsalis.

Ul mately earning the drum seat in the African American Jazz Caucus’s Historically Black College and University (HBCU) All-Star Big Band for three years. With the HBCU Band, he had the opportunity to perform with Jimmy Heath, Joe Chambers, Gerald Wilson, and Jimmy Cobb. Just a er college, he joined the judging panel for the 2008 Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Fes val along the likes of Marvin Stamm, Gene Bertoncini, Jim McNeely, Larry Ridley, and Jamey Abersold. In 2009, Clif Wallace took the opportunity to par cipate in Be y Carter’s Jazz Ahead Ar st Residency Program in Washington, DC, as well as the Ravinia/ Steans Ins tute Ar st Residency Program led by Dr. David Baker, James Moody, Dr. Nathan Davis, and Rufus Reid in Chicago, Illinois. He was also chosen to be the drummer for the Chicago Jazz Ins tute’s annual Young Lions performance in 2010. Recently, Clif Wallace has heard and seen playing with Saxophone and Clarine st Victor Goines, and Vocalist Tammy McCann. As well as a host of other great ar sts such as Bobby Broom, Pharez Whi ed, The Chicago Jazz Orchestra, Rodney Whitaker, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Diego Rivera, Robert Irving, III, Marquis Hill, Dan Trudell, John Brown and Orbert Davis. More notably, Clif also leads his own Quintet and other groups as a band leader and producer. Residing in Chicago, Illinois, Clif has become one of the city’s most in demand drummers for a many music pla orms.

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