This week on "Rhythm-a-ning," Kate Borger shares sounds from various parings - including Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald; Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, alto jazz masters Phil Woods and Grace Kelly; Dr. John and Rickie Lee Jones, flutists Herbie Mann and Sam Most; pianists Eliane Elias and Chick Corea and many more.
Playing duos and pairs with Kate Borger on Rhythm-a-ning with Kate Borger.
Friday morning at 10:00 and Saturday a 11 on WZUM
We have a number of interviews and new things to share from the Jazz Congress in New York City, last week - and we’ll have more of those stories, soon.
But we also were telling friends in New York about what’s going on in Pittsburgh - and there are a lot of sounds and stories happening, here - and we’ll touch on just a bit of it.
The Scene - Thursday at 6pm, Sunday at 5pm, Friday and Saturday at noon on WZUM.
Almost live from New York on the Scene this week - as we visited with jazz folks from around the world for the 2025 Jazz Congress hosted by Jazz At Lincoln Center. As is usually the case - Pittsburgh was well represented.
The Scene - Thursday at 6pm, Sunday at 5pm, Friday and Saturday at noon on WZUM.
Louie Bellson - His Music and Stories in the MCG Jazz Spotlight
Hear why Duke Ellington deemed Bellson "the world's greatest musician" as Marty Ashby of MCG Jazz visits with Ken Kimery of the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian.
Friday and Sunday at 6, Saturday at 1pm.
2024 is over - and as we look back at the year in Pittsburgh Jazz for 2024, it was pretty amazing - with historic recognition, musical reunions, new adventures and the return of the Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival to downtown, to cite just a few.
The Scene - Thursday at 6pm, Friday and Saturday at noon, Sunday afternoon at 5.
WZUM's Jazz Central - for live Jazz events in the Pittsburgh Region. Send your information about live jazz in an email to info@wzum.org
