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America's Jazz Heritage

http://www.si.edu/ajazzh/

Provider: Smithsonian Institution


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“America’s Jazz Heritage is a ten-year initiative to research, preserve, and present the history of jazz through exhibitions, performances, recordings, radio, publications, and educational programs at the Smithsonian and across the nation.” Four exhibitions have been assembled as part of this initiative and this website includes descriptions of:

  • Jazz Age in Paris
  • Beyond Category: The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington
  • Louis Armstrong: A Cultural Legacy
  • Seeing Jazz

Most of these descriptions are accompanied by images and some include links to listen to audio clips.This website offers detailed information about the component programs striving to achieve this mission and include the Jazz Oral History Program, the Smithsonian Jazz Alliance, and the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra.