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Agoura High Jazz I at Essentially Ellington 2025

Liam Lecuona4 months ago3 months ago04 mins

They did it again! Agoura High School’s Jazz I will be attending the Essentially Ellington competition in New York for the third year in a row, this year led by director Bob Hackett. For a quick recap of the competition, fifteen bands are picked from the United States to travel to New York City and…

What it takes to be Agoura High School’s Jazz band

Liam Lecuona7 months ago6 months ago06 mins

What is Jazz? Though you may have heard John Coltrane blazing through the chord changes of Giant Steps or Miles Davis swinging through the melody of Summertime, Jazz is much more than just a genre of music. During the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s to the 1930s, many Black Americans used Jazz as a way…