This is the week (and Weekend) for the Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival - the 15th Festival in the most recent iteration - this year, on Liberty Avenue, in front of the August Wilson African American Cultural Center.

The Quick Look schedule is here:

A quick listen on WZUM for the scene has a visit with Janis Burley, leader of both the August Wilson Center and the PIJF - Plus, some comments from vocalists Michael Mayo and Ekep Nkwelle, guitarist John Shannon and saxophonist Branford Marsalis - plus music from them and Kandace Springs, Theron Brown, Etienne Charles and Orrin Evans.

WZUM will be on hand, live, for a Taste of Jazz Friday night to full days and evenings of Jazz downtown on Saturday and Sunday.

Find more at the Jazz Festival website and at Jazz Central (there’s close to 50 live events this weekend!)

The Scene - an hourlong radio show - Thursday night at 6, Friday and Saturday at noon, Sunday at 5 on WZUM