Key	Imgs	Short Description
2016_DC_Seeber_160616	54	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Take 5! -- Aaron Seeber Quintet Relax and Take 5! with free, live jazz in the Kogod Courtyard. Stop by the Courtyard Café for refreshments and borrow a board game to play during the concert. Feeling inspired to create? Local artists from ArtJamz set up a temporary studio, offering an opportunity to paint your own canvas while you...
2009_DC_Afro_Bop_091015	20	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Take 5! -- Afro Bop Alliance Relax and Take Five! With live jazz, cool drinks, and stunning art every third Thursday of the month. Afro Bop Alliance When jazz septet Afro Bop Alliance returns to the Take Five! jazz series, the visitors will hear plenty of material from their 2008 Latin Grammy Award-winning album. The band...
2018_DC_Afro_Bop_180517	130	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Take 5! -- Afro Bop Alliance Take 5! Afro Bop Alliance Relax and Take 5! with free, live jazz in the Kogod Courtyard every third Thursday. Stop by the Courtyard Café for refreshments. For added fun, borrow a board game to play during the concert. Latin Grammy Award--winning drummer and bandleader Joe McCarthy leads the Afro Bop...
2016_DC_ANorris_160121	36	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Take 5! -- Alexander Norris Ensemble Relax and Take 5! with free, live jazz in the Kogod Courtyard. Stop by the Courtyard Café for refreshments and borrow a board game to play during the concert. Trumpeter Alex Norris, bass clarinetist Todd Marcus, alto sax Russell Kirk, trombonist Christian Hizon, piano player Mark Meadows, bassist Jeff...
2019_DC_Ryerson_190221	35	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Take 5! -- Ali Ryerson Quartet Relax and Take 5! with free, live jazz in the Kogod Courtyard. Stop by the Courtyard Café for refreshments. For added fun, borrow a board game to play during the concert.  Internationally renowned jazz flutist and recording artist Ali Ryerson is excited to return to DC with her longtime colleagues Wade...
2014_DC_Bohemian_140425	96	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Take 5! -- An Evening with Ella Take 5! An Evening with Ella During Jazz Appreciation Month, join us for a special evening performance by The Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra as we celebrate the First Lady of Song’s birthday. The Orchestra will highlight Ella Fitzgerald’s collaborations with big bands, including the Count Basie...
2013_DC_Brubeck_130422	147	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Take 5! -- Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet Dave Brubeck: Across Time: Relax and Take 5! with free, live jazz in the Kogod Courtyard. Don't miss this special Jazz Appreciation Month tribute to the legendary jazz musician and composer, performed by the Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet from the University of the Pacific: Thomas Kelley, alto sax;...
2015_DC_DCJazz_150618	13	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Take 5! -- DC Jazz Composers Collective Take 5! Jazz Series - DC Jazz Composers Collective Relax and Take 5! with free, live jazz in the Kogod Courtyard. Stop by the Courtyard Café for refreshments and borrow a board game to play during the concert. Feeling inspired to create? Local artists from ArtJamz set up a temporary studio, offering an...
2010_DC_Scantlin_101028	96	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Take 5! -- Doc Scantlin Take 5! Doc Scantlin: D.C. legend Doc Scantlin, Chou Chou, and the Imperial Palm Orchestra have been keeping the ‘20s, ‘30s, and ‘40s alive at the Carlyle Club for years. Now they make their debut on the Take 5! stage to kick things up a notch - or five!
2014_DC_Duende_140116	115	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Take 5! -- Duende Quartet The Duende Quartet is devoted to exploring the intersection of Latin Jazz with the cool Blue Note sound of the 1960s. In this concert, the group performs arrangements of compositions by such jazz icons as Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Donald Byrd, and Andrew Hill. The quartet includes...
2015_DC_JZimmerman_150820	21	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Take 5! -- James Zimmerman Ensemble Take 5! Jazz Series - James Zimmerman Ensemble Relax and Take 5! with free, live jazz in the Kogod Courtyard. Stop by the Courtyard Café for refreshments and borrow a board game to play during the concert. Feeling inspired to create? Local artists from ArtJamz set up a temporary studio, offering an...
2017_DC_JS_Williams_171116	68	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Take 5! -- J. S. Williams Ensemble Pays Tribute to Alan Shorter J. S. Williams Ensemble Pays Tribute to Alan Shorter Join SAAM as J. S. Williams honors the life and music of fellow trumpeter Alan Shorter. Both musicians share many similarities: each briefly studied at Howard University before pursuing their music in New York City, both played in military bands, and...
2016_DC_Nunn_Quartet_160218	49	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Take 5! -- Kenny Nunn Quartet Relax and Take 5! with free, live jazz in the Kogod Courtyard. Stop by the Courtyard Café for refreshments and borrow a board game to play during the concert. Saxophonist Kenny Nunn and his quartet of Howard University musicians perform Hank Mobley's "hard bop" music, covering Mobley's entire 1960 Soul...
2015_DC_Organissimo_150521	91	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Take 5! -- Organissimo Relax and Take 5! with free, live jazz in the Kogod Courtyard. Stop by the Courtyard Café for refreshments and borrow a board game to play during the concert. Organissimo Organissimo’s trio presents new, original music that is instantly identifiable yet constantly evolving, infusing elements of...
2018_DC_Pieper_181018	39	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Take 5! -- Paul Pieper and Band Take 5! Paul Pieper and Band Relax and Take 5! with free, live jazz in the Kogod Courtyard. Stop by the Courtyard Cafe for refreshments. For added fun, borrow a board game to play during the concert. Guitarist Paul Pieper presents the DC premiere of his group the ‘Paul Pieper New Sextet’, in a...
2015_DC_Samora_151015	75	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Take 5! -- Samora Pinderhughes Ensemble Take 5! Jazz Series: Samora Pinderhughes Ensemble Relax and Take 5! with free, live jazz in the Kogod Courtyard. Stop by the Courtyard Café for refreshments and borrow a board game to play during the concert. Feeling inspired to create? Local artists from ArtJamz set up a temporary studio, offering an...
2012_DC_McCoy_120920	68	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Take 5! -- The Donvonte` McCoy Septet: Lee Morgan Retrospective Take 5! The Donvonte` McCoy Septet: Lee Morgan Retrospective: As a prolific writer and composer, Lee Morgan has penned many of jazz music’s finest standards. The Sidewinder (his most famous work) was Blue Note Records’ highest chart-topping song. The Donvonte`McCoy Ensemble has put together a premier...
2008_DC_Lovejoy_081120	18	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Take 5! -- theLovejoyGroup
2016_DC_Marcus_160421	73	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Take 5! -- Todd Marcus Quintet Relax and Take 5! with free, live jazz in the Kogod Courtyard. Stop by the Courtyard Café for refreshments and borrow a board game to play during the concert. Feeling inspired to create? Local artists from ArtJamz set up a temporary studio, offering an opportunity to paint your own canvas while you...
2015_DC_US_Army_Blues_150917	66	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Take 5! -- U.S. Army Blues Take 5! Jazz Series: U.S. Army Blues Relax and Take 5! with free, live jazz in the Kogod Courtyard. Stop by the Courtyard Café for refreshments and borrow a board game to play during the concert. Feeling inspired to create? Local artists from ArtJamz set up a temporary studio, offering an opportunity...

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