April is Jazz Appreciation Month

Each April, Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) shines the spotlight on the extraordinary history of jazz and its importance in American culture. This activity is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institute National Museum of History.

The Smithsonian operates the world’s most comprehensive set of jazz programs—including exhibitions, publications and recordings, concerts, workshops, master classes, lectures, symposia, and fellowships for research in jazz. The Museum collects jazz artifacts, documents, recordings, and oral histories, and sponsors the Institution’s own big band, the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra.

For more information about JAM visit http://www.smithsonianjazz.org/jam/jam_start.asp

To play some online activites, visit http://americanhistory.si.edu/events/programdetail.cfm?newskey=72