Shorty Rogers, Great Music with Some of the Wittiest Tune Titles, Ever
MCG Jazz’s Marty Ashby has uncovered some gems by the great trumpeter, fluegelhornist, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers. From Shorty Rogers & His Giants, to collaborations with André Previn, Chet Baker, Mel Tormé, Carmen McRae and even Tarzan.
The MCG Jazz Spotlight on WZUM - Friday and Sunday nights at 6, and Saturday afternoon at 1.
Jobim with Kate Borger on Rhythm-a-ning
Tune into "Rhythm-a-ning" Friday morning at 10 and Saturday from 11 to noon to hear a musical celebration of the January 25 birthdays of composers Antonio Carlos Jobim and Benny Golson.
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
Donora's Jae Sinnett at Jazz Congress in NYC, Mary Lou with Deanna and the Manhattan Transfer's Farewell
The Jazz Congress Reconvenes in NYC with Many Pittsburgh Delegates
Guitars to Pittsburgh - MCG Jazz Spotlight Hour - with guitarist Kaki King
"This is Triumphant Music" - Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Inaugural JazzFest Berlin, 1964
"This is Triumphant Music" - Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Inaugural JazzFest Berlin, 1964.
Dr. King’s Essay on the importance of Jazz to humanity and the Civil Rights movement was not a speech, but it was written at the request of the festival organizers. The words are powerful .
An excerpt:
Much of the power of our Freedom Movement in the United States has come from this music. It has strengthened us with its sweet rhythms when courage began to fail. It has calmed us with its rich harmonies when spirits were down.
And now, Jazz is exported to the world.
Pittsburgh Jazz in a second century - and remembering all of it
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.