JAM: Jazz Appreciation Month at Smithsonian
Jazz Appreciation Month is in full swing Around the Mall and Beyond! Check out a schedule of upcoming events below or download a PDF for additional information.
Tuesday, April 6
CONCERT
An Evening with Jon Hendricks. James Zimmerman, Emcee
7:30 pm, Howard University, Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel
Wednesday, April 7
FILM
Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense Screening, 6:30 pm
Discussion with director Lars Larson and producer John Comerford, 8:00 pm
Jam session with jazz stars/SJMO Musicians, 8:30 pm, Carmichael Auditorium, 1st Floor, National Museum of American History
Thursday, April 8
CONCERT
Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra
12:45 – 1:45 PM, Howard University, Childers Auditorium
FILM
Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench Screening
6:30 pm
Discussion with director Damien Chazelle
8:00 pm
NMAH, Carmichael Auditorium, 1st Floor, National Museum of American History
Friday, April 9
MASTER CLASS
Guitar Workshop with Bucky Pizzarelli
12:00 – 2:00 pm, NMAH, Carmichael Auditorium, 1st Floor, National Museum of American History
Saturday, April 10
FAMILY DAY
Delfeayo Marsalis Band and Curator Susan Ostroff hosted by the National Park Service at Fort Dupont Park, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Music/Jazz History with Delfeayo Marsalis, 1:00 pm
Jazz: music of the Civil War Era: Susan Ostroff, 2:00 pm
Performance, Delfeayo Marsalis Band, 2:30 pm
Fort Dupont Park Activity Center, Fort Dupont Drive, SE
CONCERT
Hub-tones, The Life of Freddie Hubbard
Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra
7:30 pm, Baird Auditorium, National Museum of Natural History
Sunday, April 11
CONVERSATION
Rhythm Café Basie with WPFW’s Jamal Muhammad
11:00 am, Anacostia Community Museum
More events beyond this weekend after the jump:
Monday, April 12
CONCERT
On the Road, Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra
Through April 13, Durham Museum, a Smithsonian Affiliate. Omaha, NE
Thursday, April 15
CONCERT
Take 5! Tribute to the Tax Man with Sandy Asirvatham
5:00 pm, Kogod Courtyard, Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery
TALK
Face-to-Face at the portrait of Ethel Merman by Rosemary Sloat with Curator Ellen Miles, National Portrait Gallery
6:00 pm, National Portrait Gallery, Meet at the F Street Information Desk
TOUR
Jazzin’ It Up, Docent-led tour of jazz related art
6:00 pm, Meet in F Street Lobby, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EXHIBITION
“IndiVisible, African-Native American Lives in the Americas”
10:00 am – 5:30 pm, Through May 31, National Museum of the American Indian
Sunday, April 18
TALK/MUSIC
John Eaton on Jazz with WAMU’s Rob Bamberger and bassist Tommy Cecil
7:30 pm, Through May 31, Katzen Arts Center, 4400 Massachusetts Ave, American University.
Tuesday, April 20
CONVERSATION
Future of Jazz Diplomacy with Ambassador Kenton Keith; Neil Abercrombie, Stephen Anderson, Anthony Nalker, and Ken Kimery
5:00 pm, McEvoy Auditorium, Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery
CONCERT
The Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet
7:00 pm, Kogod Courtyard, Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery
Wednesday, April 21
CONCERT
Big Band Jam, High School Bands
11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Sylvan Theater on the Mall
TALK
Meet Ella Fitzgerald Historian Amy Henderson discusses Ella’s life, career and portrait by artist Lisette Model
12:00 pm, Meet at the Ella portrait off the G Street Lobby. National Portrait Gallery
MUSIC (Recorded Jazz)
12:30 pm, Kogod Courtyard, Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery
MASTER CLASS
Alfred Educational Series Panel, Jazz Composition with Alan Blaylock, Pete BarenBregge and Michael Kamuf
2:00 pm, Room 4018, National Museum of the American Indian
JAZZ & CRAFTS
Preview Night, Smithsonian Craft Show, Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Trio
6:30 pm, National Building Museum, 4th and F Street, NW
Thursday, April 22
CONCERT
Big Band Jam, High School Bands
11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Through April 23, Sylvan Theater on the Mall
TALK
Meet Ella Fitzgerald Historian Amy Henderson discusses Ella’s life, career and portrait by artist Lisette Model
12:00 pm, Meet at the Ella portrait off the G Street Lobby, National Portrait Gallery
MUSIC (Recorded Jazz)
12:30 pm, Kogod Courtyard, Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery
MASTER CLASS
Alfred Educational Series Panel, Jazz Composition with Alan Blaylock, Pete BarenBregge and Michael Kamuf
3:00 pm, Room 4018, National Museum of the American Indian
JAZZ & CRAFTS
Jazz students with The MUSIC Teaching Project perform with Michael Bowie & Thad Wilson
6:00 pm, National Building Museum, 4th and F Street, NW
Friday, April 23
EXHIBITION
“Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing, How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment”
10:00 am – 5:30 pm, Through August 30, an exhibition sponsored by the National Museum of African American History and Culture Gallery at the National Museum of American History
CONCERT
Big Band Jam, High School Bands
11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Through April 23, Sylvan Theater on the Mall
TALK
Meet Ella Fitzgerald Historian Amy Henderson discusses Ella’s life, career and portrait by artist Lisette Model
12:00 pm, Meet at the Ella portrait off the G Street Lobby, National Portrait Gallery
CONVERSATION
Sweethearts of Rhythm poet Marilyn Nelson and artist Jerry Pinkney use art and verse to tell youth how America’s first, integrated, female big band broke the color line with jazz. Moderated by Curator John Hasse.
12:00 pm, Carmichael Auditorium, National Museum of American History
MUSIC (Recorded Jazz)
12:30 pm
Kogod Courtyard, Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery
MASTER CLASS
The Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Workshop Connaitre Miller, associate professor of MUSIC and coordinator of jazz vocal studies, Howard University, teaches scat
2:00 pm, Room 4018, National Museum of the American Indian
JAZZ & CRAFTS
Jazz students with The MUSIC Teaching Project perform with Michael Bowie & Thad Wilson
6:00 pm, National Building Museum, 4th and F Street, NW
Saturday, April 24
JAZZ & CRAFTS
Jazz students with The Music Teaching Project perform with Michael Bowie & Thad Wilson
10:00 am, National Building Museum, 4th and F Street, NW
CONCERT
Ella Fitzgerald Tribute by the Blues Alley Big Band Jam. Featuring the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra and Jazz Knights (West Point) and Howard University’s Afro-Blue
5:00 pm, Sylvan Theater on the Mall
Sunday, April 25
JAZZ & CRAFTS
Jazz students with The Music Teaching Project Perform with Michael Bowie & Thad Wilson
10:00 am, National Building Museum, 4th and F Street, NW
TOUR
Jazz tour with Historian Amy Henderson through artworks of jazz artists, composers, producers and stylemakers.
1:00 pm, Meet in G Street Lobby, National Portrait Gallery
CONCERT
Happy Birthday, Ella! The 10-piece Brad Linde Ensemble and vocalist Lena Seikaly.
3:00 pm, Kogod Courtyard, Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery
Thrusday, April 29
CONCERT
One Two Three, Jerome Sabbagh Trio
7:30 pm, American University, Katzen Arts Center
TALK
Face-to-Face at the portrait of Lena Horne by Florence Meyer Homolka with Curator Ann Shumard
6:00 pm, Meet G Street Lobby, National Portrait Gallery