We look ahead to next Tuesday - the final concert of the tour by the Keystone Jazz Orchestra at MCG Jazz 7pm (tickets still available). The band and the concert - a celebration of Pennsylvania’s role in the development of Jazz. It will featur an all star band of players from around the Commonwealth with a musical, narrated and multimedia immersion into the artists, the history and the music.
As a part of that, we’ll share music of John Coltrane (born in North Carolina, but shaped in his youth by Philadelphia), Art Blakey, George Benson and the Dorsey Brothers.
Swing era bandleading icons Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey were born in Shenandoah, PA - and the current iteration of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra is led by Pittsburgh’s Jeff Bush. That band has a new release out, which we’ll hear.
We also lend an ear toward this weekends big jazz and dance blowout, the PittStop Lindy Hop. Paul Cosentino shared the inside scoop on it last year, and this year will be a big return.
We’ll heare from Paul Cosentino from his latest release, celebrating the Artie Shaw songbook, and music from other performers for this weekend’s PittStop Lindy Hop - Eyal Vilner and Chelsea Reed.
We share music from Don Aliquo Jr and Don Aliquo Sr from the album “Fathers and Sons,” and from the new relase by vocalist Esai Aliquo - Inherited Grove, which features her grandfather, Don Aliquo, Sr.
Don and Esai will be at the Breezway home December 11th and the Millvale Market, December 12 joined by Pittsburgh notable Phat Man Dee.
Also - Don Aliquo, Sr. will be honored by the Alle Kiski Valley Historical Society, Tarentum Friday November 20th, including a rhtyhm section of his students from 1969, Jack Daro - bass; Gary Nesteruk - piano; Larry Beatty - drums.
Find what’s on and when at Jazz Central at wzum.org
The Scene - Thursdays at 6pm, Friday at Saturdays at noon, Sundays at 5pm on WZUM.
