Following in the steps of giants and friends - the MCG Jazz Spotlight Hour - Friday & Sunday nights at 6

Following in the steps of giants and friends - the MCG Jazz Spotlight Hour - Friday & Sunday nights at 6

Friday night and Sunday night at 6 on WZUM, Marty Ashby, VP & Executive Producer of MCG Jazz and Renée J. Govanucci, Director, MCG Jazz, share the music of some of their biggest influences in jazz and in presenting jazz - with stories that go along with more than 30 years of MCG Jazz.

Included are great stories about the bass player and personal manager John Levy. One of the biggest influences in jazz whom you may never have known about!

Guest Mike Tomaro on the MCG Jazz Spotlight Hour - Friday & Sunday nights at 6

Guest Mike Tomaro on the MCG Jazz Spotlight Hour - Friday & Sunday nights at 6

Friday night and Sunday night at 6 on WZUM, Marty Ashby, VP & Executive Producer of MCG Jazz is joined by saxophonist, educator, composer and arranger Mike Tomaro.

As a saxophonist and composer/arranger, Tomaro has a vast range of influences, We’ll hear sounds from Michael Brecker, Bill Evans (with Toots Thielemans), Wayne Shorter, the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra and more. Plus, one of Mike’s own charts with the Army Blues Jazz Ensemble.