April is Jazz Appreciation Month

April 2011 is the 10th anniversary of Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM), presented by the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.  

The annual celebration pays tribute to jazz both as an historic and living art form, and encourages educators, jazz societies, musicians and the general public throughout the country to take part.

Celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month in Seattle:

• Music Works Jazz Orchestra, Triple Door,  4/4
• Hot Java Cool Jazz, Paramount Theatre, 4/15
• Ballard Jazz Festival, 4/20-23
• Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, Nordstrom Recital Hall 4/30