Stephen Phillip Harvey is a native of Rochester, PA, now living in Maryland, but back home for a special concert for the launch of his new Jazz Orchestra release, SMASH! We hear some of the sounds, and Harvey’s unusual story behind his discovery of jazz and composition.
Thursday at 6pm, Friday and Saturday at noon, Sunday afternoon at 5.
Gene Ludwig is remembered in this week’s MCG Jazz Spotlight Show on WZUM.
Guided by a 1998 MCG Jazz Archives Interview conducted by Dwayne Dolphin, Gene Ludwig shares stories, from hearing Jimmy Smith for the first time, to the time he flipped a coin to decide whether or not to become a musician full-time.
The MCG Jazz Spotlight on WZUM - Friday and Sunday nights at 6, Saturday afternoons at 1.
Summer sounds are on, and so is 88.1 FM from Bethany West Virginia. All today, the ecosystem for summer jazz is in place - more than 200 events a month, and all of the Pittsburgh Jazz Channel’s station back on at full power, too!
We visit with Hugo Cruz, look toward the Pittsburgh Playhouse Inside / Outside Summer Music Festival and revel in the legacy and future of jazz in Pittsburgh
Thursday at 6pm, Friday and Saturday at noon, Sunday afternoon at 5.
A highlight of summer concerts presented by and in partnership with MCG Jazz. Learn about the 2nd season of Pittsburgh Playhouse’s Inside/Outside summer series, jazz at South Park and Hartwood Acres for the Allegheny County Parks, Con Alma special events, Market Square concerts and monthly jazz/funk/Latin/fusion concerts at Cinderlands Warehouse.
Friday and Sunday nights at 6, and Saturday afternoon at 1.
WZUM's Jazz Central - for live Jazz events in the Pittsburgh Region. Send your information about live jazz in an email to info@wzum.org
