Marty Ashby and Renee Govanucci look back on Jazz Appreciation Month highlights performed and recorded at MCG Jazz - all in the month of April. Spyro Gyra, Tom Scott, Ann Hampton Callaway, the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, Paquito D’Rivera, Herbie Mann, Phil Woods and more!

The MCGJazz Spotlight on WZUM - Friday and Sunday nights at 6, and Saturday afternoon at 1.

Celebrate Duke and Ella with Kate on Rhythm-a-Ning - Friday morning at 10, Saturday at 11 on WZUM

We visit with Reggie Watkins about the upcoming May 1st concert at the Carnegie in Carnegie - “Indestructible” featuring Roger Humphries - inspired by the 1965 Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers album “Indestructible” (Blakey’s last for Blue Note). Roger Humphries, inspired by Blakey was a young drummer ALSO on Blue Note records at that same time - with Horace Silver, making waves with “Song for My Father.”

We also preview the upcoming International Jazz Day concert in Chicago, April 30th at the Lyric Opera - and will also be live broadcast and streamed, worldwide.

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

This week on the MCG Jazz Spotlight - drummer and jazz historian Thomas Wendt stops in for a monthly visit, this time focusing on the remarkable compositional voice of Benny Carter.

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

Kate Borger plays songs about flying, flight and ways to elevate.

Friday at 10 a.m. and Saturday from 11 to noon.

Jazz Appreciation Month rolls on, and we turn to conversations from a while back worth remembering Pittsburgh Jazz legends - including some you may not know about.

We also turn to the 2019 ceremony granting the BNY Mellon jazz live Legacy Award to Joe Negri, with Joe introduced by piano master Max Leake

April is Jazz Appreciation Month - and this time out, a salute to major American Jazz organizations who have been a major part of the resurgence of jazz across the country.

Hear sounds by the the SF Jazz Collective, Kenny Burrell, the Mack Avenue Superband, Dr John, Sean Jones, Paquito D’Rivera with the New York Voices, Sean Jones and more - as shepherded to our stages and airwaves by the likes of Jazz St. Louis, SF Jazz, the Detroit Jazz Festival, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Tri-C Jazz, MCGJazz and more.

The MCGJazz Spotlight on WZUM - Friday and Sunday nights at 6, and Saturday afternoon at 1.

Kate Borger plays some favorites for fun this week on "Rhythm-a-ning."

Friday at 10 a.m. and Saturday from 11 to noon.