We visit with T.K. Blue, former Musical Director for the legendary composer, pianist and bandleader Randy Weston - leading the African Rhythms Alumni Quintet: A Tribute to Randy Weston at the New Hazlett Theater, Saturday night.

We also visit with bassist Richie Goods and Vibraphonist Chien Chien Lu - both perform Saturday night for “Jazz Club” at the Greer Cabaret Theater with their project, “Connected.”

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

Marty Ashby is joined by musician, composer, and NEA Jazz Master, Paquito D'Rivera.

Hear many stories, plus jazz and classical sounds from Paquito, plus collaborations with Nancy Wilson, the New York Voices and more.

Friday and Sunday at 6, Saturday at 1pm.

2024 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute from Kennedy Center - Live online at WZUM.org Saturday night at 7:30 - and Broadcast Sunday night on WZUM AM/FM and online at 7:00pm

The 2024 recipients—Gary Bartz, Terence Blanchard, Willard Jenkins, and Amina Claudine Myers—are the latest in a 40-plus year history of the National Endowment for the Arts honoring individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the advancement of jazz.

April continues to spring forth with great music on the Pittsburgh jazz scene - and some of it has gone symphonic!

We visit with trumpeter, composer and conductor Byron Stripling - leading the Pittsburgh Symphony this weekend (Friday and Saturday night and a Sunday matinee) at Heinz Hall with a great outpouring of beloved music by George Gershwin.

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

Marty Ashby and Renee Govanucci look back on Jazz Appreciation Month highlights performed and recorded at MCG Jazz - all in the month of April. Spyro Gyra, Tom Scott, Ann Hampton Callaway, the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, Paquito D’Rivera, Herbie Mann, Phil Woods and more!

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

Billie Holiday was born on April 7, 1915. Join Kate Borger Friday and Saturday morning on "Rhythm-a-ning" for a birthday celebration featuring music from Billie Holiday, as well as tracks from Pittsburgh artists Tony Campbell, Fred Pugh, Ahmad Jamal, Johnny Costa and Tom Roberts.

Friday morning at 10, Saturday at 11 on WZUM

101.1 FM and AM 1550, plus 96.9 HD3 FM in Pittsburgh, 88.1 in the Ohio Valley and wzum.org worldwide.

April is Jazz Appreciation Month - and the Jazz Central Calendar is showing it in many ways.

One of the ways is theatrical - in the return of a musical play and review by the Pittsburgh Playwrights Theater of Ernest McCarty’s exploration of the last year of legendary blues and jazz singer Dinah Washington. We talk to director Mark Clayton Southers, playwright Ernest McCarty Jr - and listen to a lot of Dinah Washington.

Also - music from Terence Blanchard and basist Christian McBride - both in Pittsburgh April 9th.

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

This week on the MCG Jazz Spotlight Show, Hosts Marty Ashby and Renee Govanucci preview the artists and music of the upcoming 38th Season, the "Season of Firsts."

The season contains 12 total performances, two of which will involve MCGJazz’s first-ever Artist-In-Residence, Ray Angry.

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