Just days after the raise-the-roof “Soul Jambalaya” musical celebration/benefit (WSB video coverage here) for Denny International Middle School, across the street at Chief Sealth International High School, both schools are represented at a big event out of state, the annual Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival at the University of Idaho. Leading them is Marcus Pimpleton, music director for Denny and band director for Sealth, and last night he sent word that the Denny jazz musicians had been honored “as an outstanding young ensemble … This is our first time winning on this level. Very exciting.” (You can see the Denny Jazz Band in action here.) The Sealth musicians compete tomorrow. Congratulations to all – and thanks also to the half-dozen-plus WSB’ers who forwarded the news to be sure we’d seen it!