Live Jazz in Pittsburgh
Feb
14
8:00 PM20:00

Jazz at The Space Upstairs - Paul Thompson Trio and the Pillow Project - Second Saturdays, Point Breeze

Jazz at The Space Upstairs with live musical jazz with the Paul Thompson Trio and the Pillow Project - Second Saturdays, Point Breeze

Paul Thompson - bass; Thomas Wendt - drums; Scott Boni - sax with physical-jazz performances by the dancers of the Pillow Project

Doors open 8p-11p | $15

https://www.facebook.com/TheSpaceUpstairs/

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Feb
24
7:30 PM19:30

Gary Bartz - City Winery - Strip District Terminal

City Winery Pittsburgh presents Gary Bartz live on Tuesday, February 24th, at 7:30PM

NEA Jazz Master Gary Bartz has been one of the best purveyors of what he calls “informal composition” (as opposed to improvisation) on alto saxophone since the 1960s, working with such luminaries as Max Roach, Charles Mingus, Art Blakey, and Miles Davis.

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Mar
5
6:00 PM18:00

Ryan Shaw and Ray Angry - Greer Cabaret, Downtown

Ryan Shaw and Ray Angry - Greer Cabaret, Downtown

OFF Broadway, multi GRAMMY® nominated vocal powerhouse Ryan Shaw and multi award winning pianist - composer - producer Ray Angry (also a member of The Roots) present a special show of music and storytelling featuring R&B/soul-inspired contemporary versions of classic Broadway songs.

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Mar
11
7:30 PM19:30

Pittsburgh Jazz Legends - MCG Jazz - Manchester

Live Jazz hosted by Marty Ashby as Prime Stage Theatre and MCG Jazz bring four Pittsburgh Jazz Legends.  The concert highlights the Jan. 23-Feb. 1 world premiere run of Freedom House: Giving Life a Second Chance, an original Prime Stage Theatre play by L.E. McCullough dramatizing the 1967 creation of Freedom House Ambulance Service, America’s first mobile emergency medical unit staffed by professionally-trained paramedics from Pittsburgh’s Hill District.

The evening will also feature historic video clips and images from the MCG Jazz PBS documentary on Pittsburgh and live performances from:

Roger Humphries - Drums; Jeff Grubbs - Bass; Max Leake - Piano; Mark Jackovic - Saxophone

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Apr
17
8:00 PM20:00

Kiran Ahluwalia with full band (feat. Rez Abbasi), A.T.S. at Spirit Hall

Kiran Ahluwalia with full band (feat. Rez Abbasi), A.T.S. at Spirit Hall

Two-time JUNO (Canadian Grammy) winner Kiran Ahluwalia and Guggenheim Fellow Rez Abbasi have established themselves as one of the most compelling cross-cultural duos in global music today. Kiran and Rez are a real-life couple, one born in India, the other in Pakistan..

Kiran and Rez will be joined on stage by Rohin Khemani on tabla and drums alongside Ben Rosenblum on accordion and organ.

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May
9
7:30 PM19:30

Wynton Marsalis with Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestras - Heinz Hall

Wynton Marsalis with Jazz at Lincoln Center and the PSO - Heinz Hall

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra welcomes Wynton Marsalis to Heinz Hall for a one-night-only performance of one of his most ambitious and beloved compositions, All Rise.

Led by conductor Benjamin Northey with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh.

Presented in partnership with MCG Jazz, Marsalis’ genre-bending symphony fuses jazz, blues, classical, and world music into a monumental work of struggle and redemption.

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Jazz at Emmanuel - Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Northside
Feb
8
5:00 PM17:00

Jazz at Emmanuel - Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Northside

Jazz at Emmanuel returns for the 34th season - Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Northside

Scott Boni, alto saxophone; Mark Strickland, guitar; Chris McGraw, bass; Thomas Wendt, drums and musical director.

An ecumenical jazz service open to all at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh. The service is the second Sunday of the month from September to May at 5pm.

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