Like many sites, WZUM uses Squarespace for hosting our website. This is not a commercial for them, but they have a nice set of features for our growing service, WZUM, the Pittsburgh Jazz Channel.

However, the growth of WZUM and the jazz scene in Pittsburgh is starting to bump into some limits.

WZUM’s Jazz Central Calendar is increasingly comprehensive and we try to make it accurate as possible - putting in addresses, times, the names of venues, performance times, leaders and other players. It has been exciting to see it grow, especially since the recovery from the pandemic.

And now - with 260+ Jazz Events in July - we are hitting the limits of the calendaring system.

Squarespace says. “Each events page supports up to 350 events per month, and displays up to 250 upcoming and 30 past events.”

So, that’s how busy Pittsburgh is getting with jazz -

We visit on the radio with trumpeter, educator, bandleader, composer, mentor and friend Sean Jones.

NYO Jazz - led by Sean Jones - is coming from Carnegie Hall on a national tour that’s stopping by the August Wilson African American Cultural Center, Tuesday, August 2nd. They also have a new CD just out called, “We’re Still Here.” The tour visit in August will include Sean and vocalist Jazzmeia Horn.

Also in August - Tuesday sounds at the “Back Yard” in Downtown Pittsburgh for BNY Mellon JazzLive - featuring Kenny Blake August 2, 5-7pm; Jazz at the Highland Park Reservoir on Sundays in August - 5-7pm, including John Shannon and Fourth River on August 7; plus, finishing July - sounds include the Hill District Arts Festival on Centre Avenue, including Anita Levels, Tubby Daniels, Tony Campbell, Jessica Lee/Mark Strickland/Hugo Cruz, and the Roger Humphries Big Band.

The Jazz Scene in Pittsburgh - bursting out for the summer and on the air on WZUM!

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