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Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra
Blue Note Beijing
23 Qianmen E St
Nov 12, 2019
7:00 PM GMT+8
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The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra was founded in 1990 with an appropriation from Congress in recognition of the importance of jazz in American culture and its status as a national treasure. The National Museum of American History is the nation’s only museum with its own jazz orchestra. A beloved fixture of the greater Washington, D.C. music scene, each year the orchestra offers an annual concert season and performs nationally at festivals and educational programs across the country.
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Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra Biography
In 1990 the U.S. Congress, recognizing the importance of jazz in American culture, authorized the establishment of the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra (SJMO) as the orchestra-in-residence at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
Whether a 17-member big band, quartet, septet, or small group, the SJMO presents concerts featuring transcribed works, new arrangements, commissioned works and programs that illuminate the work of jazz masters who contributed to the development of American jazz and defined the music’s character.
Read MoreWhether a 17-member big band, quartet, septet, or small group, the SJMO presents concerts featuring transcribed works, new arrangements, commissioned works and programs that illuminate the work of jazz masters who contributed to the development of American jazz and defined the music’s character.
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