Reggie Watkins - Flies in From India, Lands on a Boat with Roger Humphries - the Scene on WZUM
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.
MCG Jazz Spotlight on Season 40 - Part 2
The Farmer and the Cowman Should be Friends with Kate Borger - and you can be too, on Rhythm-a-ning on WZUM
July Jazz in the Air - the Scene on WZUM
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
MCG Jazz Spotlight on Season 40 - Part 1
June Jazz to July - Sean Jones, Jamie Baum and Jazz at the Ballroom - and a Bing Crosby Connection - the Scene on WZUM
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.