Take 6 - April 27 - Sold Out
Kim and Kayla Waters - May 11 - Tickets Available
if you’ve been hankering for some WZUM stuff, here’s your chance! These are items produced for WZUM by Bonfire - the proceeds will support WZUM, but we don’t have to keep an inventory of them in stock.
Check out the WZUM Mug, the WZUM Hoodie. WZUM unisex T-Shirt!
Sean Jones & Dwayne Dolphin Saturday April 27, 7pm
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and The August Wilson African American Cultural Center celebrate’s Pittsburgh’s jazz legacy that has spread around the world with the Jazz Club at the Greer Cabaret Theater
Fascinatin’ Rhythm: A Gershwin Celebration - Pittsburgh Symphony Pops - Byron Stripling, Sydney McSweeney and Charlie Albright
The Pittsburgh Symphony Pops - with Fascinatin’ Rhythm, A Gershwin Celebration April 12, 13 and 14 at Heinz Hall
Trumpeter, singer and conductor Byron Stripling leads the PSO Pops in Gershwin favorites along with pianist Charlie Albright and vocalist Sydney McSweeney
Terence Blanchard's Fire Shut Up In My Bones: Excerpts in Concert, Byham Theater
Featuring Terence Blanchard, The E-Collective, Turtle Island Quartet & Special Guest visuals by Andrew F. Scott
Co-Presented by Pittsburgh Opera
Azure Lawrence Pharaoh Sanders Tribute Band for Kente Arts at the New Hazlett Theater, Northside
Azar Lawrence, sax – NEA Jazz Master, Billy Hart, drums – George Cables, piano – Nat Reeves, bass – Isaiah Collier, sax.
Vocalist Catherine Russell at the Greer Cabaret Theater Monday March 18th for two shows - 7 and 9:30pm
Catherine Russell has toured the world with Paul Simon, Steely Dan and David Bowie, now specializing in singing acoustic swing, early jazz and blues.
Details and tickets for Catherine Russell, March 18th at the Greer Cabaret Theater at www.TrustArts.org
The Black & White Reunion will present the re-scheduled 26th Annual Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit online on Zoom from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, February 24.
The theme is "From Othering to Bridging: Reconnecting for Social Change".
WZUM is a Media Sponsor for the 2024 Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit
The event has been postponed due to weather concerns and health issues for several presenters and workers for the event.
WZUM is a Media Sponsor for the 2024 Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit
The Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit is a one-and-a-half-day conference dedicated to providing resources and spaces for community dialogues, sharing strategies and experiences of organizing for racial justice, healing from racial trauma, and providing connections to social support services for all attendees.
https://prjs.org/
Ann Hampton Callaway and the Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra Holiday Concert - Pittsburgh Playhouse
Featuring vocalist and songwriter Ann Hampton Callaway - with songs from her Hope of Christmas album and from her most recent release, Finding Beauty.
Lakecia Benjamin & Phoenix for Kente arts at the New Hazlett Theater, Northside -
Saxophonist, writer and bandleader Lakecia Benjamin - Saturday night December 9 at 7:30
Washington Jazz Society Holiday Party
Etta Cox and the Ladies of Jazz - Loft Conference Center, Southpointe (Washington Jazz Society) - Wednesday December 6 at 6 at the Loft Conference Center, Southpoint
Etta Cox, Denise Sheffey-Powell and Bethany James on vocals with Kevin Moore (piano), John Korpiel (drums), Bob Insko (bass).
Tuesday’s the Day - Show your support for WZUM and scores of other local nonprofits on giving Tuesday through a single link.
Give Big Pittsburgh is a 24-hour online fundraising effort that ends at midnight.
Hundreds of worthwhile organizations in our region are there to discover, from health and human services, arts and performance, public media, animal advocacy, libraries, and many other groups in the Pittsburgh region that help make where we live, better. #WZUM #GiveBigPittsburgh
The Highmark Blues and Heritage Festival - August Wilson African American Cultural Center
Two generations of Blues stars, Bobby Rush and Eric Gales - Friday, November 3, and two grand masters of Latin music, percussionist extraordinaire Pete Escovedo featuring Nestor Torres and singer and original member of the Buena Vista Social Club, Omara Portuondo - Saturday, November 4.
6 days of concerts and seminars Oct. 30 through Nov. 4, during the 53rd Annual Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concerts.
National musician lineup includes: Benito Gonzalez and Victor Gould (piano); Keyon Harrold (trumpet); Camille Thurman (saxophone and vocals); Charles Tolliver (trumpet); Lenny White (drums); and Buster Williams (bass).
The annual jazz celebration in Pittsburgh in support of democracy in action - nearly 70 guest artists at the Heinz History Center
Anchored by Roger Humphries and the RH Factor and the Tim Stevens Project
412-212-8775 | BPEP.PITTSBURGH@GMAIL.COM
Tickets at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bpep-2023-jazz-tickets-667161276337?
Brazilian Jazz Vocalist Kenia and Special Guests: Max Leake (piano), Dwayne Dolphin (bass), Dave Throckmorton (drums)
Where: Loft Conference Center, 1000 Noble Energy Drive, Canonsburg 15317 (Southpointe)
Afro American Music Institute - 41st year kickoff, Homewood - A special program to kick of the 41st year at AAMI
4pm - Reveal of New Murals of Pittsburgh Music icons
5pm - George Heid memorial music tribute
6pm - Jazz at the loading dock in the Parking lo - featuring Dr. James and Pamela Johnson and house band, plus special guests
The early Friday morning storms led to WZUM suffering a major power outage at our main programming source early Friday morning. We got back on, but another outage has hit us. We are working to permanently restore things, now, for us and thousands of others.
We are very sorry for the inconvenience.
Season 36 Features include:
Danilo Pérez’s Global Messengers– July 8, 2023 - Rescheduled
The Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra Night to Remember at the Carnegie in Carnegie with Anqwenique Wingfield
The Andrew Carnegie Free Library is pulling out all the stops for its 2023 annual benefit! It will be the last benefit before the Music Hall closes for renovations in January 2024.
BNY Mellon JazzLive presents Dan Wilson and 7 Decades of Wonder - The Genius of Stevie - O'Reilly Theater, Downtown with Special Guests Nigel Hall & Jennifer Hartswick
Dan Wilson – Guitar; Phillip Jones- Piano; Jennifer Hartswick- Vocals/Trumpet; Nigel Hall- Vocals; Brandon Rose - Bass; David Throckmorton- Drums; Nicole Zuraitis- Vocals; Durrell Legrair- Vocals; Kendall Carter- Keyboard
WZUM is again a Media Sponsor for Jazz Poetry Month At City of Asylum / Alphabet City, North Side
Jazz Poetry 2023, May 3-31, features 50+ artists, bringing musicians and poets from around the world together to experiment, collaborate, and connect with audiences in meaningful ways. All concerts, in-person at Alphabet City / City of Asylum and streamed online.
Trombonist and sea shellist Steve Turre and his band Generations - Kente Arts at the New Hazlett Theater, Northside
Including Freddie Hendrix - trumpet; James Carter - saxes; Orion Turre (son of Steve Turre) - drums;
Dishan Harper (nephew of musicians Philip and Winard Harper) - bass; Davis Whitfield (son of guitarist Mark Whitfield) - piano
Steve Nelson Quartet - Kente Arts at the New Hazlett Theater, Northside
Pittsburgh Native and acclaimed vibraphonist Steve Nelson with his quartet - with Rick Germanson - piano; Charles Goold - drums and Kiyoshi Kitagawa - bass.
Presented by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, part of the Dentons Cohen & Grigsby Trust Presents series.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents: Songs We Love - Byham Theater, Downtown
Riley Mulherkar is the musical director of this band of rising stars from Jazz At Lincoln Center, including 3 guest vocalists with a repertoire of “Songs We Love.”
Featuring vocalists: Brianna Thomas, Shenel Johns and Vuyo Sotashe,
Nduduzo Makhathini - Kente Arts at the New Hazlett Theater, Northside
South African Jazz Pianist Nduduzo Makhathini. Composer, pianist and educator - head of the music department at Fort Hare University in the Eastern Cape.
The Uhuru Jazz Series presents vocalist Vanisha Gould
Vanisha Gould came to New York in 2015 from Simi Valley, California. Inspired by artists like Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Joni Mitchell, Carmen McRae and Ella Fitzgerald.
WZUM is a Media Sponsor for the 2023 Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit
The Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit is a one-and-a-half-day conference dedicated to providing resources and spaces for community dialogues, sharing strategies and experiences of organizing for racial justice, healing from racial trauma, and providing connections to social support services for all attendees.
A video stream of special moments from September 2022 and the Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival - online via Facebook or Youtube
Watch highlights of the 2022 Pittsburgh Intl Jazz Fest from: Butcher Brown, Chief Adjuah (Christian Scott), Samara Joy, Average White Band, Ledisi, Incognito featuring Maysa Leak, Stanley Clarke, Buster Williams, DByrd@90, and more.
The Roger Humphries Big Band Holiday Concert featuring vocalist Anita Levels as part of the BNY Mellon presents JazzLive series, Monday December 19th at 8 at the O’Reilly Theater, downtown. Tickets and information at TrustArts.org
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
