OffBeat is pleased to offer this clip from Chops, a documentary by Bruce Broder that debuted at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. The movie follows high school jazz students as they prepare for the Jazz at Lincoln Center’s “Essentially Ellington” High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival. Chops will be screened this fall at schools and theaters around the country, and is being made available to organizations to do fundraising and to draw attention to the importance of arts education.

For more information, visit Chops‘ Web site.

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