Marty Ashby, VP & Executive Producer of MCG Jazz and Renée J. Govanucci, Director, MCG Jazz, share music and stories from artists as mentors, who passed along their music and spirit to others, and the next generations of performers who pass their gifts forward. Most of these jazz greats have also shared their gifts on the stage of MCG Jazz.

Hear the music and connections:

Christian McBride Trio (Pittsburgh’s Ray Brown)

Edmar Castanada (Paquito D’Rivera)

Grace Kelly (Phil Woods)

Hiromi (Pittsburgh’s Ahmad Jamal)

Jon Faddis (Dizzy Gillespie)

Jay Ashby and Steve Davis (Jeannette’s Slide Hampton)

Beka Gochiashvili (Chick Corea)

The Bob Mintzer Big Band with Kurt Elling (Jon Hendricks)

Jazz is a movement, a community and a blending of shared and diverse voices. Hear how mentors pay it forward on the MCG Jazz Spotlight Show