This MCG Jazz Spotlight Show is a tribute to jazz master, Ahmad Jamal, who was born in Pittsburgh on July 2, 1930, and transitioned on April 16, 2023.
Host Marty Ashby shares segments of a 2013 interview with Jamal at MCG Jazz that was featured in the documentary film, “We Knew What We Had: the Greatest Jazz Story Never Told.”
The MCGJazz Spotlight on WZUM - Friday and Sunday nights at 6, and Saturday afternoon at 1.
Ahmad Jamal at MCG Jazz
Tommy Sewell, bass; Ahmad Jamal, piano; Joseph Kennedy, Jr, violin; Ray Crawford, guitar (c)Carnegie Museum of Art, Charles “Teenie” Harris Archive, Pittsburgh - Heinz Family Fund