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Foxborough High School

Jump for Joy

By Foxborough High School

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2006
Track listing: Harlem Air Shaft; Caravan; Jack the Bear; Isfahan; Jump for Joy; Happy Go Lucky Local; Portrait of Louis Armstrong; Sugar Rum Cherry; Bli-Blip; Purple Gazelle; Cottontail; VIP

The Foxborough High School Jazz Ensembles 2003-2005: Jump for Joy

by Jack Bowers
December 28, 2006

This splendid album represents three years of preparation by the Jazz Ensembles at Foxborough, Massachusetts, High School for entry into the annual Essentially Ellington competition sponsored by Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York. The FHS Jazz Ensembles are the only ones to make the finals nine years in a row, and the 2004 ensemble, directed ...

Rockin' in Rhythm: The Music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn

By Foxborough High School

Label: FHS
Released: 1999

The Foxborough High School Jazz Ensembles 1997-99: Rockin' in Rhythm: The Music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn

by Jack Bowers
October 1, 1999

Another picturesque homage to Duke Ellington (high–school division) performed by the conspicuously talented Foxborough High School Jazz Ensembles (1997–99) under Stephen Massey’s baton. Massey must be doing something right, as his students’ grasp of the subtlety, dynamics and color of Ellington’s music is truly remarkable, especially for musicians who haven’t yet earned their high–school diplomas. Section ...