bigeyezzzzzzz's video: EVEN THOUGH NGJO 2019 Seattle WA

Featuring songstress/composer, Zion Dyson, the 2019 Next Generation Jazz Orchestra (NGJO) performs "EVEN THOUGH" (comp. by Zion Dyson, arr. by Kyle Myers) at Dimitriou's Jazz Alley in Seattle, WA on July 1, 2019. This illustrious national honor jazz band, sponsored by the Monterey Jazz Festival and normally directed by the amazing Paul Contos, was directed by the incredible George Stone due to a scheduling conflict. The alto saxophone soloist is Veronica Leahy. WOODWINDS Veronica Leahy, alto / Charlotte Latin School, Charlotte, N.C. Ian Munoz, alto** / New World School of the Arts, Miami, Fla. Daiki Nakajima, tenor / Prospect High School, Saratoga, Calif. (MJF62) Makoto Yorihiro, tenor / Century Academy High School, Thousand Oaks, Calif. Dylan McHann, tenor / Gibbs High School, St. Petersburg, Fla. (Summer tour) Jason Arkins, baritone** / Carmel High School, Carmel Hamlet, N.Y. TRUMPETS Summer Camargo, split lead / Dillard High School, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Grady Flamm, split lead / Rio Americano High School, Sacramento, Calif. Ethan Pires / Northgate High School, Walnut Creek, Calif. Kellin Hanas / Wheaton North High School, Wheaton, Ill. Ethan Avery** / Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences, Santa Monica, Calif. TROMBONES Ilai Macaggi / Green Valley High School, Henderson, Nev. Leo Markel*** / Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, Fla. Benjamin Conn** / Agoura High School, Agoura Hills, Calif. Sam Keedy** / Denver School of the Arts, Denver, Colo. Joe Turgeon** (bass) / Jesuit High School, Sacramento, Calif. RHYTHM Esteban Castro, piano / Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, N.J. Serena Geroe, guitar / Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, Calif. Jayla Chee, bass / Carlmont High School, Belmont, Calif. Peter Glynn, drums** / Columbia High School, Maplewood, N.J. Zion Dyson, vocal / The Bishop's School, San Diego, Calif. ** 2-year NGJO Member *** 3-year NGJO Member