Joe Negri’s Birthday!
We celebrate the June 10th, 2023 - the 97th birthday of our guitar hero handyman, Joe Negri. A major fixture on television and in our music scene for many wonderful years - jazz bursting back on the scene is just one of the ways to celebrate Joe and music in Pittsburgh.
This week, we celebrate Joe Negri, hear some music we’ve not shared often, and have a few more surprises, too!
Here’s a wonderful profile of Joe by Rich Kienzle from 10 years ago.
We hear music from the old Foster’s in Oakland with Joe and trumpeter Danny Conn - and Joe talks about them as the “Gemini Twins.”
We also hear Joe featured on a 1991 recording with onetime Pittsburgh vocalist extraordinaire, Joyce Breach Read up more on Joyce from this 2011 profile from Huffpost.
Happy Birthday, Joe Negri! The Scene - Thursday at 6pm, Friday and Saturday at noon, Sunday afternoon at 5.
The story of how Joe and Bobby Negri met Gene and Fred Kelly in Pittsburgh
Joe Negri plays jazz in the WQEX TV studio with brother Bobby on piano, Danny Conn on trumpet, Don Aliquo on sax, Roger Ryan on drums, and Dave LaRocca on bass.