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Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra - Blue Ridge to Blue Note: Jazz Masters from Appalachia

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Though known as birthplace of bluegrass music, Appalachia contributed to jazz through the noted artists it produced. This Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra concert spotlights the music of Appalachian-born jazz composers including Earl Hines, Tommy Dorsey, and Don Redman.

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Front view of the National Museum of American History with banners, flags, and a fountain in the foreground
Devoted to the scientific, cultural, social, technological, and political development of the United States, the museum traces the American experience from colonial times to the present.
Location
Washington, DC
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily