The MCG Jazz Spotlight Show celebrates the artists we lost in 2025 by doing the one thing they’d all agree on: playing the music.

Hear Anthony Jackson, Andy Bey, Ray Drummond, Gordon Goodwin, George Freeman, Hal Galper, Jim Self, Eddie Palmieri, Chuck Mangione, and compositions of Alan Bergman. Friday and Sunday night at 6, and 1pm, Saturday on WZUM.

Kate Borger goes to hits of Broadway as shared by jazz artists - Ray Charles, Count Basie and Ahmad Jamal visit Oklahoma, and Tania Grubbs turns to Annie Get Your Gun.

Join Kate Borger Friday at 10 am and Saturday at 11 am on WZUM

January can be a month when the Jazz Scene settles back. This year, Pittsburgh has more surprises and music in store - including Shawn Purcell, Don Was coming to Pittsburgh - and Pittsburgh’s Roger Humphries featured (again) in New York City.

The Scene - Thursday night at six, Friday and Saturday at noon, Sunday afternoon at 5 on WZUM.

A Happy New Year edition of "Rhythm-a-ning" on WZUM. Some words of encouragement from artists like Louis Armstrong, Jazzmeia Horn and Mahalia Jackson.

Friday morning at 10, Saturday morning at 11 on WZUM

A visit with Hugo Cruz in Phoenix, Arizona (!?), another big event with Roger Humphries in New York next week, and remembering those we’ve lost - including Ernest McCarty, Jr, Larry Estes, Joyce Breach, Chuck Spatafore and others.

Marty Ashby is joined by drummer and jazz historian Thomas Wendt for a thoughtful conversation about The Timeless All Stars—who they were, how the band came together, and what continues to make their music feel relevant.

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

Kate Borger the love of dance in Jazz.

Inspired by Duke Ellington’s “Dancers in Love,” Kate shares songs in a “Dancing Mood,” from waltzes to swing, shuffles to samba, and boogie, too!

Waltzes, boogies, sambas, shuffles and more.

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

As we close out 2025, there’s much in the jazz scene to note. This week, we make special note of the recent passing of Ernest McCarty, Jr. A friend of WZUM, a friend of jazz and a Chicagoan who traveled the world - and made Pittsburgh his home for the past several decades.