The Sounds of Jazz have been shaped by great artists, and also by the producers and record labels who preserved those sounds on to legendary recordings that spread those sounds to the world.

This week on the MCG Jazz Spotlight Show, Marty Ashby and MCG Jazz production manager, David Sykut, discuss the sound and feel of a diverse collection of labels, including Blue Note, Verve, DMP, CTI, Telarc, Impulse, and ECM.

Hear sounds and stories about the recordings of Jimmy Smith, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto, Duke Ellington and John Coltrane, Manfredo Fest, Gerry Niewood, Ray Brown, and Miroslav Vitous.

The MCG Jazz Spotlight show airs on Friday and Sunday at 6pm and Saturday at 1pm on The Pittsburgh Jazz Channel WZUM.