An extended interview and listening session with The Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival headliner, Dee Dee Bridgewater.

The day before our interview, NEA jazz master vocalist Sheila Jordan died at age 96. Dee Dee Bridgewater and Sheila had become good friends over the past 4 decades. We talk about Sheila, Dee Dee and much more - including important advice Dee Dee received early on from trumpeter and bandleader Thad Jones.

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

Marty Ashby sits down for engaging conversations with special guests: vocalist Nicole Henry and bassist (and Pittsburgh native) Richie Goods. These beloved friends of MCG Jazz discuss their upcoming performance at the Greer Cabaret Theater on August 21.

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

The Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival is just a little more than a month away. The lineup is filled with new faces and players and voices and well known favorites, too.

One of the headliners is well known, but not so much as a singer of jazz. Keith David has been seen on Broadway, on film and television. Keith David also narrated the permanent August Wilson exhibit, The Writer’s Landscape, at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center. He also will be honored in 2026 with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

We visit with Keith David on his Pittsburgh appearance in September and on his new album, “Between Takes.”

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

Kate Plays Favorites, Including Pittsburgh Players on Rhythm-a-Ning

Warm sounds for summer with Kate Borger on Rhythm-a-Ning - Friday morning at 10, Saturday morning at 11, on WZUM.

Trumpeter / Flugelhorn star Chuck Mangione died in Rochester, NY July 22nd at the age of 84.

To celebrate the life and music of trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer and bandleader Chuck Mangione, we are airing a very special archival episode of the MCG Jazz Spotlight Show. This weekend, Marty Ashby reaches back to the rich trove of interviews from the MCG Jazz stage - featuring highlights from a 1996 interview with Tony Mowod.

Music and memories with Chuck Mangione from the stage of MCG Jazz - and on the radio in the MCG Jazz Spotlight. The MCG Jazz Spotlight on WZUM - Friday and Sunday nights at 6, and Saturday afternoon at 1.

Kate Borger has birthdays to celebrate in August - Louis Armstrong, August 4, 1901, Tony Bennett, August 3, 1926 and Pittsburgh’s Eddie Jefferson, August 3, 1918.

Join Kate Borger for Rhythm-a-Ning - Friday morning at 10, Saturday morning at 11, on WZUM.

There are many new releases out to hear - and this week, we feature some of the new ones with a Pittsburgh connection.

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

A celebration of the life and music of Pittsburgh Jazz Legend, drummer Chuck Spatafore. Chuck passed away June 20th.

Hear Chuck playing with Joe Negri, Bobby Boswell, Dodo Marmarosa, David Budway and others, as well as several of his wonderful stories as captured by Ken Kimery, the former Director of Jazz at the National Museum of American History.

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