Drummers Kenny Washington and Thomas Wendt get together with Marty Ashby to celebrate the birthdays of two legendary drummers with sounds of great jazz over the decades. Max Roach’s birthday is January 10, 1924; Kenny Clarke’s, January 9th, 1914.

Great music from Pittsburgh native Kenny Clarke and the great Max Roach, including work with the Modern Jazz Quartet, trumpeter Clifford Brown, plus Saxophonists Sonny Rollins and Dexter Gordon.

Also - sounds from Kenny Washington with pianists Tommy Flanagan and Bill Charlap.

The MCG Jazz Spotlight show airs on Friday and Sunday at 6:00pm and Saturday at 1:00pm on The Pittsburgh Jazz Channel WZUM, or online at WZUM.org.