The Khabele School Jazz Band

The Khabele School started in October of 2001 as a progressive private school with 18 students. In 2003, Marshall Escamilla was hired as a math teacher, but began teaching music classes to the students there. Since then, the program and school have blossomed, growing to more than ten times their original size. The jazz students at Khabele have won numerous state competitions and performed for schools in New Orleans and Chicago since their inception.