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Discover Ellington Online
Tour the Smithsonian's Duke Ellington Collection with a multimedia preview from National Museum of American History's Archives Center.
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Jazz exhibits at the National Museum of American History, Behring Center

Displays on Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, and women in jazz are on view on the 3rd floor, west end, of the National Museum of American History.

The Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service Jazz Exhibits
SITES is currently developing and has traveling Jazz exhibits.
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IMAX Jazz Cafe
Friday nights 5:30-10PM
FREE Live jazz by Washington DC's
best jazz talent from 6:00-10 PM
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JAM with us!
Jazz Appreciation Month is April 2006! more

Take our interactive Duke Ellington class. Or try our other jazz classes.
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Discover Louis Armstrong and his contribution to the development of jazz! Download the Louis Armstrong Education Kit and listen to music clips online.more

Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra

Now in its fourteenth 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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April 4
Bassist Gene Ramey born 1913 in Austin, TX..

Pianist Benny Green born 1963 in New York, NY.

Trumpeter Booker Little records Out Front with Max Roach and Eric Dolphy in 1961.

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