Robert Redd

The SJMO’s annual holiday concert celebration swings out with Duke Ellington’s “Nutcracker” and “Peer Gynt Suite”; Shorty Rogers’ “The Swingin’ Nutcracker”; Benny Carter’s “Sleigh Ride in July”; and more. Led by artistic and musical director David N. Baker, the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra (SJMO) delves into jazz’s greatest works and performers in history in groups, both large and small.