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A Visit with Don Was - coming to the Thunderbird January 16, Stella Cole, at City Winery December 9. Plus, music from Sa...
12/04/2025

A Visit with Don Was - coming to the Thunderbird January 16, Stella Cole, at City Winery December 9. Plus, music from Sandy Staley and Etta Cox, Dwayne Dolphin and Shawn Purcell
Thursday night at 6, Friday and Saturday at noon, Sunday at 5 on WZUM

A busy and exciting calendar of events for the holidays and into the new year. It includes vocalist Stella Cole, at City Winery December 9. We also visit with the musician, filmmaker and President of Blue Note Records, Don Was, coming to Pittsburgh with the Pan-Detroit Ensemble at the Thunderbird M

Thomas Wendt and Marty Ashby tune into the work of the legendary jazz producer and promoter Norman Granz on The Jazz Sce...
11/30/2025

Thomas Wendt and Marty Ashby tune into the work of the legendary jazz producer and promoter Norman Granz on The Jazz Scene on WZUM
Friday and Sunday at 6, Saturday at 1pm on WZUM

Marty Ashby sits down with drummer and historian Thomas Wendt to explore Norman Granz as the rare impresario who shaped how the world experienced jazz. Their conversation dives into The Jazz Scene , Granz’s ambitious 1949 limited-release box set that combined top-tier performances with strik

Pittsburgh's Billy Strayhorn's musical birthday with Kate Borger on Rhythm-a-Ning on WZUMFriday morning at 10, Saturday ...
11/28/2025

Pittsburgh's Billy Strayhorn's musical birthday with Kate Borger on Rhythm-a-Ning on WZUM
Friday morning at 10, Saturday at 11!

Join Kate Borger on "Rhythm-a-ning" for a celebration of Billy Strayhorn Friday morning at 10, Saturday morning at 11 on WZUM

We share a chat with Jeff "Tain" Watts from a while ago on how he first met Dwayne Dolphin when coming back to Pittsburg...
11/27/2025

We share a chat with Jeff "Tain" Watts from a while ago on how he first met Dwayne Dolphin when coming back to Pittsburgh for a visit along with college classmates Tony Campbell and Don Aliquo, Jr.
Music from them, Orrin Evans and Billy Strayhorn on the Scene on WZUM Thursday night at six, Friday and Saturday at noon, Sunday afternoon at 5 on WZUM.

Thanksgiving week is a time for homecomings - and Jeff “Tain” Watts is coming home - a little bit later - December 6th to join with fellow Pittsburgh Dwayne Dolphin at the New Hazlett Theater, December 6th for Kente Arts along with Orrin Evans (piano) Fred Wesley (trombone). We share a chat with

Tamara Tunie stops by for a visit with Marty Ashby in the MCG Jazz Spotlight Friday and Sunday at 6, Saturday at 1 on WZ...
11/21/2025

Tamara Tunie stops by for a visit with Marty Ashby in the MCG Jazz Spotlight
Friday and Sunday at 6, Saturday at 1 on WZUM The Pittsburgh Jazz Channel

Marty Ashby sits down with actress, director, producer and vocalist Tamara Tunie , also serving as the 25/26 Artist-In-Residence for MCG Jazz. The MCG Jazz Spotlight on WZUM - Friday and Sunday nights at 6, and Saturday afternoon at 1.

A visit with busy artists on the Scene - Dwayne Dolphin has a new release out - and a special gig Dec 6 for Kente Arts w...
11/21/2025

A visit with busy artists on the Scene - Dwayne Dolphin has a new release out - and a special gig Dec 6 for Kente Arts with Orrin Evans, Jeff "Tain" Watts and Fred Wesley; Hugo Cruz headlines the Suite Life Celebration at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater November 29, and Paul Cosentino has a new record and is busy this weekend with Pitt Stop Lindy Hop.
Hear all about it - Thursday and Friday at noon, Sunday at 5 on WZUM The Pittsburgh Jazz Channel

A Kelly - Strayhorn Convergence, Dwayne Dolphin is Busy, New Music from Paul Cosentino, and The Pitt Stop Lindy Hop Weekend, Nonstop - on The Scene The Scene WZUM Thursday night at six, Friday and Saturday at noon, Sunday afternoon at 5 on WZUM.

Kate Borger Celebrates music and movement with an all-star lineup of jazz artists on WZUM - Friday morning at 10, Saturd...
11/21/2025

Kate Borger Celebrates music and movement with an all-star lineup of jazz artists on WZUM - Friday morning at 10, Saturday at 11

Kate Borger celebrates movement - and music! The love of dance in Jazz. We’ve all got Rhythm with Kate Borger - Friday morning at 10, Saturday morning at 11, on WZUM.

Roger Humphries had never been in a big-time recording studio before he walked into Rudy Van Gelder’s in New Jersey for ...
11/14/2025

Roger Humphries had never been in a big-time recording studio before he walked into Rudy Van Gelder’s in New Jersey for the Horace Silver album “Song for My Father.”

60 years later - that album revealed Horace’s biggest tune, and a phenomenal drummer and a modern jazz classic.

We visit with Roger about the recording session - and also reveal that we have made special arrangements to get the newly re-pressed, 180 gram vinyl LP version of “Song For My Father” for your gift to WZUM.
We also share music from Joe Negri, John Shannon, Reid Hoyson, Andrew Kirk and George Heid III for an hour of Pittsburgh Jazz Joy.
Friday and Saturday at noon, Sunday at 5 on WZUM The Pittsburgh Jazz Channel

Roger Humphries had never been in a big-time recording studio before he walked into Rudy Van Gelder’s New Jersey studio for the Horace Silver album “Song for My Father.” 60 years later - that album revealed Horace’s biggest tune, and a phenomenal drummer and a modern jazz classic (and we hav...

Kate Borger shares plays music with a word in common - “Rhythm!”Songs where the  rhythm is a Lullaby, Rockin’, Fascinati...
11/14/2025

Kate Borger shares plays music with a word in common - “Rhythm!”
Songs where the rhythm is a Lullaby, Rockin’, Fascinating or Fantastic from artists like Bill Charlap, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Louis Prima, Slim Gaillard, plus Pittsburgh originals - Paul Cosentino's Boilermaker Jazz Band and Glenn Crytzer.

We’ve all got Rhythm with Kate Borger - Friday morning at 10, Saturday morning at 11, on WZUM.

Kate Borger shares plays music with a word in common - “Rhythm!” Louis Armstrong with “That Rhythm Man,” Tony Bennett and Diana Krall declare “I’ve Got Rhythm.” Songs where the rhythm is a Lullaby, Rockin’, Fascinating or Fantastic from artists like Bill Charlap, Ella Fitzgerald, Duk...

November is filled with jazz visitors and homecomings - on WZUM on the Scene - Thursday night at 6, Friday and Saturday ...
11/08/2025

November is filled with jazz visitors and homecomings - on WZUM on the Scene - Thursday night at 6, Friday and Saturday at noon, Sunday at 5.

Sounds from Max Roach's M'Boom with Joe Chambers and Warren Smith from 1979; a visit with Joe Chambers - at the Pitt Jazz Concert Saturday night.
Music for Homecomings for Eli Naragon and Tony DePaolis, plus sounds from Jessica Lee, Noel Quintana, Mindi Abair and Olivia Van Goor - all playing November in Pittsburgh. Plus, more from that new Horace Silver discovery from Seattle from 1965 with Roger Humphries.

Easing our way into November with music to be thankful for on WZUM!

November is filled with jazz visitors and homecomings - and we share a lot of them on the radio on the Scene this week. The Scene WZUM Thursday night at six, Friday and Saturday at noon, Sunday afternoon at 5 on WZUM.

Bill Charlap visits with Marty Ashby in the MCG Jazz Spotlight - Friday and Sunday night at 6, Saturday at 1pm on WZUM T...
11/07/2025

Bill Charlap visits with Marty Ashby in the MCG Jazz Spotlight - Friday and Sunday night at 6, Saturday at 1pm on WZUM The Pittsburgh Jazz Channel

Pianist Bill Charlap stops by for a visit with Marty Ashby in the MCG Jazz Spotlight. Bill shares some one biggest influences and favorite artists - including Miles Davis, Weather Report, Wynton Marsalis, Earl Hines and Bill Charlap’s wife, pianist and composer Renee Rosnes. The MCG Jazz Spotlight

"I don't worry about a thing," or so said Mose Allison who was born on November 11, 1927. You can hear that tune and a c...
11/07/2025

"I don't worry about a thing," or so said Mose Allison who was born on November 11, 1927.

You can hear that tune and a couple of others written by this jazz and blues pianist/songwriter this week on "Rhythm-a-ning" on WZUM, The Pittsburgh Jazz Channel. Friday morning at 10, Saturday at 11.

In the Mood for Mose with Kate Borger on Rhythm a Ning - Mose Allison, that is! Friday morning at 10 and Saturday from 11 a.m. until noon. 101.1 FM or wzum.org or talk to your smart speaker and ask her to "Play WZUM!”

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