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National Gallery of Art - Jazz in the Garden 2011

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National Gallery of Art - Jazz in the Garden 2011

Young and Rollins performing at Jazz in the Garden concert

© Dean Beasom , Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art
The National Gallery of Art offers free jazz performances at Jazz in the Garden at its outdoor café every Friday evening throughout the summer. Visitors can enjoy cocktails and a light dinner while listening to great music amid 17 monumental works of 20th-century sculpture and flowering trees, shrubs, groundcovers, and perennials. Arrive early for optimal seating. In inclement weather, concerts are held inside the Pavilion Café.

Dates: Every Friday, May 27 to September 9, 2011

Time: 5 to 8:30 p.m.

Location: The Pavilion Café at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden, 7th and Constitution NW, Washington, DC. The nearest Metro stations are Archives/Navy Memorial, Smithsonian and Judiciary Square.

Admission: Free

Food: You may bring your own picnic or purchase food from the Pavilion Cafe. See the menu. Phone: (202) 289-3360

2011 Jazz in the Garden Performance Schedule

May 27 - Origem (Brazilian jazz)

June 3 - DC Jazz Festival presents Mark Prince (progressive jazz)

June 10 - Deanna Bogart ("blusion," blues fusion)

June 17 - John Lee (guitar fusion jazz/rock)

June 24 - Sheila Ross (jazz vocalist)

July 1 - Rumba Club (Latin jazz/salsa)

July 8 - Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet (vocal ensemble)

July 15 - Con Candela (Cuban jazz)

July 22 - Elikeh (Afro-funk from Togo)

July 29 - Incendio (acoustic Latin guitar world fusion jazz)

August 5 - Alan Wonneberger and Company (double drummers)

August 12 - Chuck Redd (jazz vibraphonist)

August 19 - Alex Brown (jazz pianist)

August 26 - Bill Burke (8-string tap-style guitarist) and Bruce Ewan (blues band)

September 2 - Bruno Nasta (jazz violinist) and The U.S. Naval Academy Band—The Next Wave (jazz ensemble)

September 9 - The Greg Hatza ORGANization (Hammond B-3 organ)

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