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In partnership with the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Dumbarton Concerts welcomes all 18 members of the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra led by Artistic Director Charlie Young in a performance of John Coltrane’s lauded 1964 work, A Love Supreme. One of jazz music’s most critically acclaimed recordings, A Love Supreme has come to be viewed as one of the greatest albums of all time, a deeply spiritual work, and Coltrane’s masterpiece. A pre-concert lecture by Dr. Leonard Brown, ethnomusicologist and jazz studies expert, starts the evening at 6 pm.
Pre-concert lecture begins at 6:00 pm, concert hall doors open at 7:30 pm