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Free app · with Jazz at Lincoln Center

Essentially Ellington

Play inside the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Zoom in on any player, solo or mute any part, and switch camera angles while the band plays this year's charts.

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2027 edition · iPhone · iPad · Mac with Apple silicon · Apple Vision Pro

Need the 2026 edition?
Essentially Ellington 2027 on iPad: every member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra on one screen, each with solo and mute controls
Essentially Ellington 2027 on iPad: the whole orchestra, every part under your control.

Choose your edition

One app per program year, each with that year's charts. Both are free.

Essentially Ellington 2027 app icon

This season

Essentially Ellington 2027

Free

This season's Essentially Ellington charts, performed by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.

Free on the App StoreDownload 2027
QR code for Essentially Ellington 2027 on the App Store
Scan with your iPhone or iPad
Essentially Ellington 2026 app icon

Last season

Essentially Ellington 2026

Free

Last season's charts, still free for students and directors working through the 2026 program.

Free on the App StoreDownload 2026
QR code for Essentially Ellington 2026 on the App Store
Scan with your iPhone or iPad

Inside the app

A rehearsal with the orchestra that you control, for students practicing their part and directors teaching the chart.

See the whole band: Essentially Ellington app screenshot

See the whole band

Every member of the orchestra on one screen. Tap a player to bring them up full size.

Solo or mute any part: Essentially Ellington app screenshot

Solo or mute any part

Hear one player alone, take your own part out and play it yourself, or combine whole sections.

Change the camera: Essentially Ellington app screenshot

Change the camera

Multiple angles on every chart: the hands on the keys, the bell of the horn, the view from behind the kit.

Bring the orchestra into your rehearsal room.

Free on iPhone, iPad, Mac with Apple silicon, Apple Vision Pro. Made by Myxstem with Jazz at Lincoln Center's Essentially Ellington program.