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Gigi Grice, Betty Carter, Jazzmeia Horn, Ron Carter and more on the Scene

This week on The Scene, we talk with drummer Thomas Wendt about saxophonist, composer and arranger Gigi Gryce, the subject of a Sunday concert and discovery by Lighthouse Arts at Heid House in Aspinwall.

Ron Carter Quartet

We also hear music of bassist Ron Carter, in a the Greer Cabaret, downtown Pittsburgh with his current quartet on April 23.

Award-winning vocalist Jazzmeia Horn will come to the August Wilson Center April 19 - we have a wonderful cut with her to share.

There’s also great connections to Gigi Gryce and Jazzmeia Horn and Pittsburgh to a new release just out from a newly rediscovered concert recording of legendary jazz vocalist Betty Carter - we’ll reveal three cuts from the new CD on the show, and share some stories behind it - Betty Carter - The Music Never Stops.

We also anticipate the 33rd anniversary of B-PEP Jazz, coming to the Heinz History Center, Monday April 23 with some sounds of of the 70 jazz notables expected to attend, Harold Betters.

Plus, a song about baseball

The Scene - Thursdays at 6pm, Sundays at 5pm on WZUM.

Betty Carter

Jazzmeia Horn