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David Baker, the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra's Artistic and Musical Director, is internationally famous as a composer, conductor, performer, author, and educator.
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The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra (SJMO) is the orchestra-in-residence
at the National Museum of American History. Our mission is to explore,
present, promote, and perpetuate the historical legacy of jazz. We enrich
the public's understanding of the character and importance of this unique
American treasure by presenting significant jazz masterworks in engaging
musical performances, and stimulating educational activities that are
based on scholarship and research.
Washington Post
on Benny Carter Tribute Concert
February 27, 2006
Washington Post
on Quincy Jones Concert
July 23, 2001
Jazz Times on Quincy
Jones Concert
July 21, 2001
Washington Post
on Louis Armstrong Concert
March 12, 2001
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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.
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