WAP2000030898 - 08 MARCH 2000 - WASHINGTON, D.C., USA: Famed jazz musician Dave Brubeck shortly before being awarded the James Smithson Bicentennial medal at the Smithsonian Institution, March 8, in Washington, D.C. The award was given in a ceremony commemorating the start of "Piano 300", an exhibit celebrating 300 years since the invention of the piano. rg/iw/Ian Wagreich UPI