September has a great number of notable Jazz Birthdays, including the 90th Birthday of Sonny Rollins on September 7th. On the program, we play some Sonny, and share a new interview of Sonny with Lee Mergner.

Music from Deanna Witkowski - featured at a Jazz Poetry Month event saluting Nat King Cole on September 16th.

We also hear from Roger Humphries and the RH Factor, back at an in person setting over the weekend a Con Alma and will also be one of two groups anchoring the 34th Black Political Empowerment Project B-PEP Jazz event on September 21st.

The Scene - Thursday night at six, Friday and Saturday at noon, Sunday afternoon at 5 on WZUM.

MCG Jazz Spotlight Show hosts Marty Ashby and Renée Govanucci celebrate sounds featured in September for “The New Jazz Age Goes Virtual.”

Online events this month will feature performances from the archives from the Bob Mintzer Big Band, Joe Negri and more, plus live-streamed events with the likes of guitarist Sheryl Bailey, bassists Dwayne Dolphin and Tony DePaolis, pianist Frank Cunimondo and more.

Friday and Sunday nights at 6, Saturday at 1pm on WZUM

We talk to saxophonist and bandleader Tony Campbell about upcoming live and virtual events he’s involved with, including a new online series of “The Songs of Pittsburgh,” which has attracted thousands of views in recent weeks.

Trombonist Reggie Watkins has been busy with a weekly gig on the patio at Quantum Spirits in Carnegie - but this weekend, he’s having Jeff Bush substitute - because Reggie is performing with Walter White and his very big band for an online show for the Detroit Jazz Festival on Sunday.

We also hear music from Waclav Zimpel, one of the performers set to play for the Virtual Jazz Poetry Month events in September from Alphabet City / City of Asylum on the North Side - now in it’s 16th year.

Plus, a musical memory of Charlie Parker from Pittsburgh’s Eddie Jefferson, Richie Cole from his Hollywood Madness record with Bruce Forman and the Manhattan Transfer, and Jazz sounds from Pittsburgh young lions and torchbearers.

Thursday night at six, Friday and Saturday at noon, Sunday afternoon at 5 on WZUM.

MCG Jazz Spotlight Show host Marty Ashby invites Mark Jackovic, saxophonist and the archives and education manager for MCG Jazz, to share some of his favorites.

The mix includes tracks featuring Sonny Stitt, Wayne Shorter, John Coltrane, Phil Woods, Troy Roberts and Michael Brecker, plus Pittsburgh’s Stanley Turrentine, Jeff “Tain” Watts and Dwayne Dolphin.

Friday and Sunday nights at 6, Saturday at 1pm on WZUM

Charlie Parker - “Bird” - the innovative saxophonist and composer and a key leader in the development of Bebop in the 1940’s was born August 29, 1920 in Kansas City, Missouri. We celebrate with a number of rare musical finds, plus some special links. Also, more on the restoration of the film Jazz on a Summer’s Day with Sandra Schulberg, President of IndieCollect, the non-profit that has made the film shine, again.

Thursday at 6, Sunday at 5, Friday and Saturday at noon.

It’s another Listeners’ Choice this week on the MCG Jazz Spotlight Show.

A new round of musical favorites offered up by MCG Jazz listeners and concert attendees - and broad and far-reaching as jazz, itself.

Marty Ashby and Renee Govanucci discovered new gems and old favorites as suggested by listeners:

• Shorty Rogers; Johnny Mercer & Bobby Darin; Gerg Karukas; New York Voices; Ahmad Jamal; Freddie Hubbard; Branford Marsalis with Kurt Elling; Johnny Hartman with Gerald Wilson, and more!

• Friday and Sunday night at 6, Saturday afternoon at 1 on WZUM

Jazz on a Summer’s Day is a musical and visual treat from the Newport Jazz Festival, 1958, released in 1959.

In Pittsburgh, the Row House Cinema in Lawrenceville is the online presenter for this new release.

Also - tune in for details on how to get a free stream code for the film from the Row House Cinema and WZUM - and a link to a great film on groundbreaking vocalist Jackie Paris, plus a Lee Morgan film that’s still available on Netflix, now.

Jazz and the movies for a summer’s day or night - on the Scene on WZUM

Thursday at 6, Sunday at 5, Friday and Saturday at noon.

This week on the MCG Jazz Spotlight Show, actress and vocalist Gloria Reuben is guest host with Marty Ashby. They discuss Gloria’s musical influences, her career and the impact of the pandemic.

Gloria shares her favorite songs, from Shirley Horn and Sarah Vaughn, to music from her two MCG Jazz recordings, and songs from a full-length ballet that Gloria performed with the Charlotte Ballet in 2016.

Friday and Sunday night at 6, Saturday afternoon at 1 on WZUM