A 3rd Anniversary of Jazz Con Alma (with Soul) in Pittsburgh on the Scene - on WZUM
Also - the Roger Humphries Jazz Boatride is back - August 28th - Hendrik Meurkens has a new big band release - AND will be back in Pittsburgh in July - and Stephen Phillip Harvey’s new CD release event with his Jazz Orchestra and Sean Jones is Friday July 8th at the Oaks Theater in Oakmont.
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.
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
