Monty Alexander returns - with music and stories - on the Scene on WZUM

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

The “family reunion” that is the Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival had a lot of smiles and conversations mixed with with great music.

Stories of music, highway routes and family - all a part of this week’s Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival.

Don Aliquo Jr and Senior on the MCG Jazz Spotlight Friday and Sunday night at 6, Saturday afternoon at 1 on WZUM, the Pittsburgh Jazz Channel!

Celebrate the September birthdays of a whole bunch of birthdays of very talented folks.

The list includes Champion Fulton, Mel Tormé, Charles Brown, Harry Connick, Jr, Charlie Byrd, Cannonball Adderley - and one surprise at the end of the show

Join Kate Borger for Rhythm-a-Ning - Friday morning at 10, Saturday morning at 11, on WZUM.

Stanley Clarke, Melissa Aldana, Dan Wilson, the Blackbyrds' Keith Killgo, and remembering Ramsey Lewis - on the Scene - on WZUM

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

Walter "Wolfman" Washington owes his Singing to Johnny Adams

After years on the road with the singer of tunes like “Ya Ya” and “Workin’ on a Coal Mine,” Walter “Wolfman” Washington came back to New Orleans where he connected with famed blues, jazz and gospel singer, Johnny Adams.

Walter “Wolfman” Washington plays at the Highmark Blues and Heritage Festival Wednesday night at 7:30, part of a two day lineup of events at Highmark Stadium, Station Square. Details at https://blues.awaacc.org

Jazz Pianist & NEA Jazz Master Ramsey Lewis has died.

According to his representatives, he passed peacefully at his home in Chicago the morning of September 12, 2022. He was 87.

Tony Levin with jazz, upstate New York and a Pittsburgh Visit in the MCG Jazz Spotlight

MCG Jazz - Friday and Sunday at 6, Saturday at 1pm.