Jazz Fusion and sounds of Summers past - the MCG Jazz Spotlight Hour

Jazz Fusion and sounds of Summers past - the MCG Jazz Spotlight Hour

In an archive edition of the MCG Jazz Spotlight, Marty Ashby and Renée Govanucci share sounds of Funk, Rock and Soul Fusion in Jazz, with legendary artists.

Hear music from and stories about the Brecker Brothers; Larry Carlton; The Crusaders; David Sanborn; Tom Scott and the LA Express; Jeff Lorber; Grover Washington, Jr; Chick Corea and Spyro Gyra - and with a lot of bassist Marcus Miller!

Friday and Sunday nights at 6, Saturday afternoon at 1 on WZUM

The Modern Music Festival in Pittsburgh - 1960 - and Jazz Today on The Scene

June marked the 61st Anniversary of the Pittsburgh Jazz Festival - and in September, the 65th anniversary of an even earlier star-studded event at the Melody Tent in the lower Hill District in 1960!

We got the clues about the “Modern Music Festival” put on by Jazz Horizons, Unlimited from some astute listeners, and we’ve started digging into some history that we’d never heard!

Hear about it on the Scene, Thursday night at six, Friday and Saturday at noon, Sunday afternoon at 5 on WZUM.