Rhythm-a-ning with Kate Borger, Friday morning at 10 and Saturday at 11 has sounds this week from Allen Toussaint, Art Tatum, Ella Fitzgerald with Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, James Booker and Carmen McRae, plus two Pittsburgh natives, Eddie Jefferson and actor and pianist Jeff Goldblum from his new album.

Rhythm-a-ning is a new radio show on WZUM hosted by our weekday morning host, Kate Borger, who brings with her more than 25 years of radio host/deejay experience working with an eclectic mix of musical styles. 

While primarily a jazz mix, “Rhythm-a-ning” is inspired by Kate’s belief that music from anywhere in the world and from any genre can be a happy, joyous and uplifting experience for the listener.  It could easily have been called “My Favorite Things” or “The Health and Happiness Show” (after Hank Williams, Sr’s 1949 radio program), but Rhythm-a-ning is taken from the Thelonious Monk song that just seems to capture the joy and eccentricity of the mix.  

You can hear Rhythm-a-ning on Friday mornings at 10 a.m. and then again on Saturday mornings from 11 until 12 noon.