About this episode

The episode features an interview with Dr. Nathan Irby discussing the success of Seattle high school jazz bands.

We had the chance to talk with Dr. Nathan Irby, whose dissertation was focused on one of the more interesting-to-Washington-music-educators topics: “What exactly is in the water up in Seattle?,” unpacking the long-term success of Seattle and Seattle-area high school jazz band programs at the “Super Bowl of Jazz Band Competitions,” the Essentially Ellington Conpetition that Jazz @ Lincoln Center hosts yearly in NYC. Simply FASCINATING! And at times slightly uncomfortable. You know you want to listen!

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