The
Smithsonian Institution has a long record of leadership in preserving and
promoting the historical legacy of jazz and presenting diverse jazz programs
and jazz education. The Institution collects artifacts, archival materials, and
oral histories; curates in-house and traveling exhibitions; offers research
fellowships; produces recordings and videos; and publishes books and jazz music
editions. SJMO, a traditional 17- piece
big band, under the artistic direction of Charlie Young, will feature new and
classic arrangements of historical Leonard Bernstein works.