Reggie Watkins - Flies in From India, Lands on a Boat with Roger Humphries - the Scene on WZUM

The title of the show sounds like a setup to a joke - but it’s really how jazz flies and sails in Pittsburgh these days.

We catch up with Reggie Watkins about his just concluded jazz trip to India with fellow WVU grad Jared Sims - it’s a fascinating story about the power of jazz and community. Check out this article from Rolling Stone, India.

Thursday at 6pm, Friday and Saturday at noon, Sunday afternoon at 5.

This weekend on the MCG Spotlight Show, host Marty Ashby turns to page two of the 40th Anniversary Season for MCG Jazz with a deeper look at the artists and collaborations still to come.

The MCG Jazz Spotlight on WZUM - Friday and Sunday night at 6, Saturday afternoon at 1

Celebrate Cows, Farmers and Boogie with Kate Borger on Rhythm a Ning - Friday at 10am, Saturdays at 11 on 1550 AM • 88.1 FM • 101.1 FM WZUM and WZUM.org

A rich array of jazz offerings unfold for the summer - and we play music from many of the artists to be featured on The Scene this week. Also - new music from the Reid Hoyson Project (a homecoming for a number of Pittsburgh players) and the new MCG Jazz release by the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra- Ellington Masterworks.

Thursday at 6pm, Friday and Saturday at noon, Sunday afternoon at 5.

Freedom Sounds for Juneteenth Weekend with Kate Borger on Rhythm-a-ning

Friday at 10am, Saturdays at 11 on 1550 AM • 88.1 FM • 101.1 FM WZUM and WZUM.org

This weekend on the MCG Spotlight Show, host Marty Ashby turns the page to an exciting milestone—our 40th Anniversary Season.

The MCG Jazz Spotlight on WZUM - Friday and Sunday night at 6, Saturday afternoon at 1

The Jazz Central Calendar for WZUM is full with things to share - including a homecoming for Sean Jones, a jazz flutist and composer inspired by Stravinsky, and a celebration of jazz and the American Popular Songbook with connections to Byron Stripling, Bennie Benack and Bing Crosby coming to the Greer Cabaret Theater a the start of July.

Thursday at 6pm, Friday and Saturday at noon, Sunday afternoon at 5.

The MCG Jazz Spotlight celebrates one of the towering voices in jazz history: Sonny Rollins. Marty Ashby’s special guest is saxophonist Erik Lawrence, who joins for a personal and musical tribute to Rollins’ massive sound, fearless imagination, and lifelong pursuit of discovery on the tenor saxophone.

MCG Jazz Spotlight - Friday and Sunday at 6, Saturday at 1pm.