Renée Govanucci is Director of MCG Jazz and has been with MCG for 23 years. David Sykut is production manager - and producer of the Spotlight show - now at MCG for 5 years.

Hear “origin stories” from Renée and David, and musical favorites from Caymmi and Spyro Gyra, plus music from Stanley Jordan, Veronica Swift, Bob Mintzer, Kurt Elling and much more.

Friday and Sunday nights at 6, and Saturday afternoon at 1.

Kate Borger celebrates Pittsburgh’s Sonny Clark with a collection of his music around his birthday - and from other birthday notables like Billy Taylor.

Rhythm a Ning - with Kate Borger - Friday at 10am, Saturdays at 11 on 1550 AM • 88.1 FM • 101.1 FM WZUM and WZUM.org

Sean Jones stops by to visit on the radio - and he’ll be back in Pittsburgh in person in August.

NYO Jazz. - led by Sean Jones - is coming from Carnegie Hall on a national tour that’s stopping by the August Wilson African American Cultural Center, Tuesday, August 2nd. They also have a new CD just out called, “We’re Still Here.”

The Scene - Thursday night at 6, Friday and Saturday at noon, Sunday at 5 on WZUM

This week on the MCG Jazz Spotlight show, Marty Ashby shines light on Paul Desmond’s music and career.

Included in the show are excerpts from a 1976 interview with Paul Desmond. Great collaborations with Don Sebesky, Jim Hall and Ed Bickert. Also, the 1950 Dave Brubeck Octet - and the last performance by the Brubeck Quartet, recorded in Pittsburgh.

The MCG Jazz Spotlight show - Friday and Sunday at 6pm and Saturday at 1pm on The Pittsburgh Jazz Channel WZUM.

July jazz birthdays and an extra helping of Vince Guaraldi with Kate Borger on Rhythm-a-Ning - Friday morning at 10, Saturday morning at 11, on WZUM.

Public radio colleague Jim Cunningham, the voice of WQED, is guest hosts in this week's MCG Jazz Spotlight Show alongside Marty Ashby. These two have a magnetic conversation and play a raft of Jim's jazz favorites, including Dave Brubeck, Ella Fitzgerald, Wynton Marsalis, Weather Report and Charlie Parker.

The MCG Jazz Spotlight on WZUM - Friday and Sunday nights at 6, and Saturday afternoon at 1.

Kate Borger brings a collection of warm and satisfying sounds to bear - including a duck (O Pato) with Karrin Allyson this week!

Rhythm a Ning - with Kate Borger - Friday at 10am, Saturdays at 11 on 1550 AM • 88.1 FM • 101.1 FM WZUM and WZUM.org

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.