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SJMO History

Highlights

Since 1990, the SJMO has performed in 9 foreign countries and 26 states, from Alaska to Florida.

In June 1993, the SJMO performed at the White House for the 40th anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival, conducted by David Baker and Gunther Schuller.

The SJMO played at the 1996 Cultural Olympiad in Atlanta.

In 1999, the SJMO crisscrossed the country presenting concerts in tribute to the 100th anniversary of Duke Ellington's birth and also performed at the prestigious Monterey Jazz Festival in a concert featuring Ellington's Suite Thursday, originally commissioned for the festival.

Concert History

Date	Conductor	Program Theme	Venue
July 20-21, 2001	David N. Baker	The Big Band Magic of Quincy Jones:Composer, Arranger and Bandleader featuring Quincy Jones as guest conductor	Lincoln Theatre
March 9-10, 2001	David N. Baker	The Legacy of Louis Armstrong featuring guest artists Miles Griffith, Delores King Williams and Randy Sandke	Lincoln Theatre
May 7-8, 2000	David N. Baker	The Musical World of Mary Lou Williams featuring guest artist Geri Allen	John F. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
January 28-29,2000	David N. Baker	Bebop in the New Millennium featuring guest artist James Moody	John F. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
April 29, 1999	David N. Baker	Duke Ellington: Hallelujah! A Sacred Concert	Washington National Cathedral
February 5 1999	David N. Baker	Duke Ellington One-Hundredth-Birthday Celebration featuring guest artists: Clark Terry, Frank Wess, Louie Bellson, Billy Taylor Trio, Dianne Reeves, and Kevin Mahogany	The Kennedy Center
Sep. 26-27, 1998	David N. Baker	Count Basie and the Music of Neal Hefti featuring guest artist Frank Foster	Lincoln Theatre
Aug. 15-16, 1998	David N. Baker	Duke Ellington: Suite Sixteen Plus Six	Lisner Auditorium
July 18-19, 1998	David N. Baker	Windows and Mirrors: African American and Jewish American Connections in Jazz, The music of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw	Lincoln Theatre
Sep. 13-14, 1997	David N. Baker	Monk's Mood and Early Autumn: The Music of Thelonious Monk and Woody Herman	Lisner Auditorium
Aug. 16-17, 1997	David N. Baker	Blues and the Abstract Truth: The Music of Oliver Nelson featuring guest artist Oliver Nelson, Jr.	Lincoln Theatre
July 19-20, 1997	David N. Baker	Celebrating Benny Carter on His 90th	Lincoln Theatre
Oct. 5-,6 1996	David N. Baker	Miles Davis and Gil Evans, J.J Johnson, and Michel Legrand	Lincoln Theatre
Sept. 21-,22, 1996	David N. Baker	The Big Band Renaissance: Big Band Jazz from the '40s to the '90s, The music of Count Basie, Woody Herman, Harry James, Maynard Ferguson, Herb Pomeroy, Dizzy Gillespie, Thad Jones, Duke Pearson, John Dankworth, Miles Davis	The Duke Ellington School of the Arts
July 27-28, 1996	David N. Baker	Strayhorn Discoveries, Ellington Evergreens, and Armstrong Rarities	Lincoln Theatre
June 22-23, 1996	David N. Baker	THE SPANISH TINGE, The music of Woody Herman, Duke Ellington, Stan Kenton, Miles Davis, Billy Verplanck and Dizzy Gillespie	Lisner Auditorium
June 24-25, 1995	Gunther Schuller	Miles Davis, Birth of the Cool, and More	Lincoln Theatre
Aug. 12-13, 1995	David N. Baker	A Salute to Sy Oliver and the Orchestras of Jimmie Lunceford and Tommy Dorsey	Lincoln Theatre
May 20-,21, 1995	David N. Baker	The Big Band in Transition: From Swing to Bebop, The music of Chubby Jackson, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Herman, Billy Eckstine, Eliot Lawrence, Boyd Raeburn, Claude Thornhill and Lionel Hampton	National Theatre
Apri 29-30, 1995	David N. Baker	Go Harlem: A Tribute to Mary Lou Williams, Chick Webb, and Duke Ellington	National Theatre
Sep. 17-18, 1994	David N. Baker	Music of Chick Webb, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, and Jimmie Lunceford	National Theatre
July 30-31, 1994	David N. Baker	Music of Stan Kenton and Duke Ellington	Baird Auditorium
June 24-25, 1994	Gunther Schuller	Music of Artie Shaw, Claude Thornhill and Stan Kenton	Baird Auditorium
June 18-19, 1994	David N. Baker	Territory Bands "Plus", Bennie Moten, Andy Kirk, Teddy Hill, Harlan Leonard, Claude Hopkins, Casa Loma, Lloyd Hunter, Jimmie Lunceford, James P. Johnson and Mary Lou Williams	Carmichael Auditorium
May 7-8, 1994	David N. Baker and Gunther Schuller	Music of the Erskine Hawkins, Artie Shaw, Earl Hines, Chick Webb, Benny Carter,Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, and Benny Goodman orchestra	Carmichael Auditorium
Aug. 28-29, 1993	Gunther Schuller	Music of Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, and Hal McIntyre	Carmichael Auditorium
May 8-9, 1993	David N. Baker	Special Performance, The Music of Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Woody Herman, Chick Webb, Count Basie, Charlie Barnet, Jimmie Lunceford and Glenn Miller	Carmichael Auditorium
July 31, and Aug 1, 1993	David N. Baker	Music of Duke Ellington And Dizzy Gillespie	Carmichael Auditorium
July 3-4, 1993	Gunther Schuller	Music of Duke Ellington, Don Redman, Lionel Hampton and Earl Hines	Carmichael Auditorium
June 12-13, 1993	David N. Baker	Music of Duke Ellington , Artie Shaw, And Count Basie	Carmichael Auditorium
May 7-8, 1993	David N. Baker	A Tribute to Duke Ellington And Billy Strayhorn	Carmichael Auditorium
Aug. 29-30, 1992	Gunther Schuller	Music of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Charlie Barnet, McKinney's Cotton Pickers, and Horace Henderson	Carmichael Auditorium
Aug. 8-9, 1992	Gunther Schuller	Music of Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Lionel Hampton, the John Kirby Sextet, and Duke Ellington	Carmichael Auditorium
July 25-26, 1992	David N. Baker	Music of Fletcher Henderson, Benny Carter, Erskine Hawkins, and Glenn Miller	Baird Auditorium
July 18-19, 1992	David N. Baker	The Gillespie Connection: Music of Dizzy Gillespie, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Cab Calloway and Billy Eckstine	Marian and Gustave Ring Auditorium
June 20-21, 1992	Gunther Schuller	Music of Duke Ellington, Artie Shaw, and Benny Goodman	Marian and Gustave Ring Auditorium
May 22-23, 1992	David N. Baker	Stompin' at the Smithsonian, The music of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Jimmie Lunceford, Tommy Dorsey, Chick Webb, Artie Shaw, Charlie Barnet, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Herman and Benny Goodman	Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium
October 8, 1991	Gunther Schuller	A Concert for Congress The music of Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington,Woody Herman and Dizzy Gillespie	Carmichael Auditorium
October 8, 1991	David N. Baker	A Concert for Congress The music of Chick Webb, Jimmie Lunceford, Tommy Dorsey and Count Basie	Carmichael Auditorium
Aug. 30-31, 1991	David N. Baker	A Retrospective of the Inaugural Season, Chick Webb, Jimmie Lunceford, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Woody Herman and Dizzy Gillespie	Carmichael Auditorium
Aug. 3-4,1991	David N. Baker	The Music of Chick Webb, Duke Ellington, and Count Basie
July 20-21,1991	David N. Baker	A Tribute to Sy Oliver, the Arranger for the Jimmie Lunceford and Tommy Dorsey Orchestras	Carmichael Auditorium
June 29-30,1991	Gunther Schuller	Music of Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, and Woody Herman	Carmichael Auditorium
June 21-22, 1991	Gunther Schuller	Music of Bennie Moten,Duke Ellington, Benny goodman and Jimmie Lunceford	Carmichael Auditorium
May 17-18, 1991	David N. Baker	Music of Duke Ellington	Carmichael Auditorium
May 17-18, 1991	Gunther Schuller	Music of Bennie Moten	Carmichael Auditorium
May 17-18, 1991	David N. Baker	Music of Jimmie Lunceford	Carmichael Auditorium
May 17-18, 1991	Gunther Schuller	Music of Benny Goodman	Carmichael Auditorium
May 17-18, 1991	David N. Baker	Music of Count Basie	Carmichael Auditorium
May 17-18, 1991	Gunther Schuller	Music of Duke Ellington and His Orchestra	Carmichael Auditorium



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