2024 looks to be part of a new “roaring 20’s” of a sort. Back then, as the economy was coming back from the Great War and the 1918 Flu pandemic, the music scene in Pittsburgh was a part of that “roar.”

Yet, many of the artists from that era in Pittsburgh are not remembered, today.

Pianist and historian Tom Roberts is working to lift some covers on that forgetting - and finding new artists from 100 years ago that deserve to be heard - including the Russin brothers and the Humphries brothers.

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

2024 has just begun - and new things are on the horizon for the Pittsburgh Jazz scene. Some of them have not be fully revealed, so we’ll be working to keep up with the updates and the days and weeks roll by.

For the early start of it - we take a visit with guitarist and musical curator John Shannon of Con Alma.

The Scene - Thursday at 6, Sunday at 5, Friday and Saturday at noon.

In the last days of December, it is tradition to look back at the past year’s events and do a tally and recounting of sorts. For WZUM and Jazz lovers in Pittsburgh, it was, on the whole, a year filled with notable appearances, performances and also passings.

The Scene - Thursday at 6, Sunday at 5, Friday and Saturday at noon.

The Holidays and all that jazz - a Soundtrack for the holidays

All day on Christmas, join us for a musical exploration of holiday sounds through jazz - drawing from thousands of recordings in the library of the Pittsburgh Jazz Channel!

The MCG Jazz Spotlight shines on holiday recordings done for the MCG Jazz record label.

WZUM has thousands of holiday jazz sounds in our collection, and this is the weekend to roll them out!

On the scene, it’s a mostly Pittsburgh jazz celebration for the hour, plus Pittsburgh visitors and favorites.

The Scene - Thursday at 6, Sunday at 5, Friday and Saturday at noon.

MCG Jazz Spotlight show host Marty Ashby will continue to celebrate the holidays with vocalist Ann Hampton Callaway.

Enjoy the festivities as Marty and Ann bring you selections from Samara Joy, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra, Liz Callaway, and some of Ann Hampton Callaway's own holiday albums!

The MCG Jazz Spotlight show airs on Friday and Sunday at 6:00pm and Saturday at 1:00pm on The Pittsburgh Jazz Channel WZUM, or online at WZUM.org.