On January 31-February 1, Jazz Outreach Initiative, in co-sponsorship with Jazz at Lincoln Center and UNLV School of Music, presented the 2019 Essentially Ellington Regional High School Jazz Band Festival hosted on the UNLV campus. The 2019 EE Festival featured 26 bands from California and Nevada and clinicians, Todd Stoll (Vice President of Education at Jazz at Lincoln Center), Vincent Gardner (trombonist with Jazz at Lincoln Center), and JOI President/Artistic Advisor and m