Bassist Tony DePaolis shares some of his favorites with Marty Ashby, including a lot of vinyl!

Shoutouts with music by local jazz community stalwarts, including Tom Wendt, Jimmy Ponder, Roger Humphries, Paul Thompson, Tubby Daniels, Mensah Wali, James Johnson III, Tony Campbell, Marty Ashby, Don DePaolis, Mike Murray and Paul Cosentino.

Tune in to WZUM Friday and Sunday night at 6, Saturday at one to join Marty Ashby, Executive Producer of MCG Jazz and Renée J. Govanucci, Director, MCG Jazz, as stroll through just a sampling of the 1970’s recordings of the CTI Record label.

Tune in to WZUM Friday and Sunday night at 6, Saturday at one to join Marty Ashby, Executive Producer of MCG Jazz and Renée J. Govanucci, Director, MCG Jazz, as they dig deep into some rare recordings and Mosaic Box Sets with rare finds of wonderful music.

MCG Founder and Executive Chairman Bill Strickland shares music and stories that go back to the times before there even was an MCG Jazz - with music from performers who have all played on stage at MCG Jazz over the past 30 plus years. Some of them even made the records on the show at MCG Jazz!

Remembering Jimmy Heath on the MCG Jazz Spotlight Hour

Brothers Marty Ashby, guitarist and Executive Producer of MCG Jazz and trombonist and professor Jay Ashby share music and memories of the great saxophonist, composer, arranger and bandleader, Jimmy Heath.

A native of Philadelphia, Jimmy Heath visited Pittsburgh frequently. As a part of the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, Marty and Jay Ashby got to spend many weeks in rehearsal, concert and on the road, and they have great music and stories to share.

Benny Benack III - Proudly Pittsburgh, Returns on the Pittsburgh Jazz Scene

Tune in to WZUM Friday and Sunday night at 6, Saturday at one to join Marty Ashby and Jay Ashby as they remember the great Brazilian trumpeter Claudio Roditi, who died January 17. A great influence on both the Ashby brothers, on MCG Jazz and on Pittsburgh for many years, Claudio Roditi’s music legacy has many Pittsburgh connections.

220-plus jazz events on the calendar, so far, for January 2020. February will be similar busy.

We talk with saxophonist and educator Bobby Watson about his upcoming show with the band Horizon at the Greer Cabaret, February 11th. Also a visit with notable jazz vocalist Jane Monheit who plays the Greer Cabaret February 10 for the cabaret show Hollywoodland.