Friday night, and Sunday night at 6 and Saturday at 1,, Renée J. Govanucci, Director, MCG Jazz, and Marty Ashby, VP & Executive Producer of MCG Jazz share sounds of trombones!

More on jazz homecomings and visitors to the Pittsburgh Scene - and tidings of great jazz!

We continue our conversation with Pittsburgh original Shawn Purcell

Thursday at 6pm, Friday and Saturday at noon and Sunday at 5.

Marty Ashby and Renée Govanucci share stories and wonderful music from Count Basie with a mystery singer, Donald Byrd with Strings, guitarist Hank Garland with a very young Gary Burton, plus some other musical mysteries and discoveries.

Roger Humphries to Thursdays, Shawn Purcell Homecoming, with Music of Don DePaolis and more on The Scene on WZUM

Thursday at 6pm, Friday and Saturday at noon and Sunday at 5.

"Spirit to Spirit: A Portrait of Pittsburgh Jazz in the New Century," with text by Abby Mendelson and photographs by David Aschkenas.

On this episode of the Spotlight, Marty Ashby visits with Abby and David for stories and music connected to the book and the Pittsburgh Jazz Scene of today

Pittsburgh Jazz leader Dr. Nelson E. Harrison is our guest host for the MCG Jazz Spotlight Hour

Marty Ashby of MCG Jazz is joined by Dr. Nelson Harrison, a musician, composer and avid jazz historian. Nelson Harrison and Marty Ashby share some great music and great stories of jazz, especially from a Pittsburgh perspective.

Ken Kimery, Executive Director of the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra and Jazz Oral History Program at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington joins Marty Ashby for an exploration of jazz influences and innovators.

The MCG Jazz Spotlight Hour - Friday and Sunday night at 6, Saturday afternoon at 1 on WZUM

Bill Strickland shares his good wishes from the recent MCG Jazz Legends Induction event. We also visited with Don Aliquo Jr, Max Leake, Lou Stellute, George Jones, Anton DeFade, Jim Guerra, Rich Zabinski, Dwayne Dolphin, Kenny Blake, Chuck Spatafore, and a delightful interaction between Scott Hanley, Roger Humphries and Michele Bensen.

Plus, more of our visit with Ben Jaffe, the Tuba/Bass playing leader of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band of New Orleans, visiting Pittsburgh on October 30 after a trip to Cuba that changed Everything.

Thursday at 6pm, Friday and Saturday at noon and Sunday at 5.