Event

Take 5: Jazz at SAAM with Paul Bailey (Solstice Edition)

Location
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Performances, After Five
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Celebrate a uniquely American art form with Take 5: Jazz at SAAM, part of a series of free, live performances. Jazz trumpeter Paul Bailey, a native of Washington, DC and graduate of Howard University, will perform a selection of works by Miles Davis to mark the late jazz icon’s 100th birthday. 
 
This special extended edition of Take 5 is part of the Smithsonian’s multi-day Solstice Celebration with after-hours programming. Borrow a board game to play during the concert, stop by the Courtyard Café to purchase solstice-themed refreshments, or explore SAAM’s special exhibition Grandma Moses: A Good Day’s Work during the extended hour. The National Portrait Gallery, that shares the building with SAAM, is hosting community chalk art activities by Ground Shift Studio for attendees to enjoy throughout the performance. 

Presented as part of the Smithsonian’s Our Shared Future: 250 and Solstice.

Image credit: Photo by Matthew Bailey.
 

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Interior gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum with columns, paintings on the walls, and a large neon map installation
Smithsonian American Art Museum
The nation’s first collection of American art offers an unparalleled record of the American experience, capturing the aspirations, character and imagination of the American people throughout three centuries.
Location
Washington, DC
11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily
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