Jazz at Lincoln Center announced this morning the 15 finalist bands and one winning community band for its prestigious 17th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival. Among the finalists were three bands from Washington State.
3 Washington schools among finalists for Essentially Ellington Competition
![Competitors at the Essentially Ellington event.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/69d0b82/2147483647/strip/true/crop/700x466+0+0/resize/880x586!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkplu%2Ffiles%2F201202%2Fessencially_Ellington.jpg)