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Jazz Appreciation Month Poster for 2010 Honors Dave Brubeck
Learn all about Jazz Appreciation Month in April 2010.

Jazz Appreciation Month at the Smithsonian Explores Jazz and Justice

In coordination with the National Museum of American History’s celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-Ins, Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) 2010 will explore how jazz has influenced social justice and freedom of expression in the U.S. and globally.

The Argus Fund, JAM’s new Lead Sponsor, has provided support to help fund a variety of events at the Smithsonian including concerts, talks, dance, and film screenings. The Argus Fund joins longtime JAM sponsors the Herb Alpert foundation, BMI, the Ella Fitzgerald Foundation and the National Park Service as well as JAM Partner organizations in advocating recognition and appreciation of jazz as America’s original music, a global cultural treasure.

 

exhibits

The Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service Jazz Exhibits
SITES is currently developing and has traveling Jazz exhibits.
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Education

Take our interactive Duke Ellington class (requires Flash). Or try our other jazz classes.



Discover Louis Armstrong and his contribution to the development of jazz! Download the Louis Armstrong Education Kit and listen to music clips online.

SJMO

Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra

Now in its nineteenth season, the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra was founded with a congressional appropriation in recognition of the importance of jazz in American culture. It serves as the jazz orchestra in residence at the National Museum of American History.

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This Day in Jazz History


March 20
Pianist Marian McPartland born 1918 in Windsor, England
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Trumpeter/composer Wynton Marsalis records In This House, On This Morning 1993
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Tenor saxophonist John Coltrane makes his last recording with trumpeter Miles Davis, Someday My Prince Will Come, 1961.

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