BNY Mellon presents Pittsburgh Jazz Live Tuesdays from the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

Thomas Wendt Quintet - JazzLive Tuesdays, Allegheny Overlook, Downtown

Thomas - drums; Jeff Bush, trombone; Ini Oguntola, clarinet; Alton Merrell, piano; Paul Thompson, bass.

Thomas Wendt has been playing the drums professionally since the age of 14. A graduate of The Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, he has studied with master drummers Roger Humphries, Joe Harris, and Kenny Washington. Thomas maintains a busy freelancing schedule with Pittsburgh’s top jazz artists such as Dwayne Dolphin, Joe Negri, Sean Jones, David Budway, Kenia, the Latin jazz group, Salsamba, and the newly re-formed Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra. He has also played with many visiting international artists like David “Fathead” Newman, Donald Byrd, James Moody, Jimmy Heath, Clark Terry, Benny Golson, Phil Woods, Freddy Cole, Monty Alexander, Bill Watrous, Paquito D’Rivera, Curtis Lundy, Wycliffe Gordon, Ann Hampton Calloway and Javon Jackson. In 2008, Thomas played on the Emmy Award winning soundtrack for the PBS documentary, “Fly Boys” and in 2010 he recorded an album featuring trombonists Jay Ashby and Steve Davis, entitled Mistaken Identity. Thomas has also recorded albums with Gene Ludwig, Sandy Staley, Salsamba, David and Maureen Budway, and Joe Negri.

In addition to teaching at City Music Center, Thomas has been on the faculty at the Afro-American Music Institute in Homewood since 1998 and Duquesne University since 2016.

LOCATION: Allegheny Overlook is a new pop-up park located in downtown Pittsburgh's Cultural District on Fort Duquesne Boulevard between 7th St. and Stanwix St. Anchored by a stage and featuring Janel Young's Pathway to Joy street mural, it offers visitors expansive riverfront views, fresh food, drinks, live music, and more in a park-like setting, all summer long.