Saturday on WZUM, Scott Hanley shares a track by Stacey Kent - a lovely rendition of “I’m Putting All My Eggs in One Basket,” which got us to think about when that song first came out, 1936 in Follow the Fleet with Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire.
But Fred also did a piano version, early in the film - on an upright that he lightly tunes and then plays….
Pittsburgh Jazz Piano Master Frank Cunimondo in the Spotlight
This week on the MCG Jazz Spotlight show, a broadcast of the Frank Cunimondo Trio’s live performance from September 30, 2020.
Plus, some previously unreleased music by Frank from 1958 - with rich vocal harmonies, too!
The MCG Jazz Spotlight show - Friday and Sunday at 6pm and Saturday at 1pm on The Pittsburgh Jazz Channel WZUM.
Marty Ashby pulls out a number of classic – and in some instances rare – vinyl recordings from the MCG Jazz archives for this week’s MCG Jazz Spotlight Show.
Peter Nero changed his name early in his career - hear a swinger from him as Bernie Nerow from 1957!
The MCG Jazz Spotlight show airs on Friday and Sunday at 6pm and Saturday at 1pm on The Pittsburgh Jazz Channel WZUM..
Drummers David Throckmorton and Thomas Wendt join the MCG Jazz Spotlight Show this week to share music that has influenced them throughout their careers. Tom and Throck discuss the masters including Elvin Jones, Joe Chambers, Dave Weckl, Paul Motian and others.
The MCG Jazz Spotlight show airs on Friday and Sunday at 6pm and Saturday at 1pm on The Pittsburgh Jazz Channel WZUM..
- Friday and Sunday night at 6, and 1pm, Saturday on WZUM.
Reggie Watkins, Chu Berry, Roy Eldridge and a Wheeling / Pittsburgh Jazz Connection
We visit with Wheeling native and Carnegie resident Reggie Watkins about his recently published article on legendary tenor saxophonist Chu Berry, another native of Wheeling. The article can be found in WEELUNK, a publication about the heritage of Wheeling.
Plus, we hear recollections of the last performance of the Classic Dave Brubeck Quartet by a listener who was there at the Pittsburgh Hilton, 50 plus years ago.
— and we also make a connection with one of Chu Berry’s musical collaborators, Pittsburgh’s Little jazz - Trumpeter Roy Eldridge.
Thursday night at 6, Friday and Saturday at noon, Sunday afternoon at 5 on WZUM.
Celebrating Pittsburgh’s Art Blakey for Black History Month - from the Jazz Congress 2019
WZUM’s Scott Hanley was in New York in January for the 2nd ever Jazz Congress at Jazz at Lincoln Center. It was 2019, also the 100th Birthday year of legendary jazz drummer and Pittsburgh Native Art Blakey.
The event had some wonderful music and discussions about jazz, including an amazing tribute to Art Blakey. As a part of that tribute, nearly 30 former Jazz Messengers from 4 decades of the band were on hand.
Hear part of it, and music of Art Blakey - Thursday night at 6, Friday and Saturday at noon, Sunday afternoon at 5 on WZUM.
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