AJ Johnson’s “Jazz Radio America” at Alphabet City, Northside

Featured Musicians:

A.J. Johnson - Trombone; Mark Micchelli - piano; Dwayne Dolphin - bass; James Johnson III - drums

You can purchase your own copy of AJ’s book, Jazz Radio America, at City of Asylum Bookstore.

Once a lively presence on radio, jazz now finds itself relegated to satellite broadcasters and low-watt stations at the edge of the dial. In his new book, Jazz Radio America, musician and professor Aaron J. Johnson examines jazz radio from the advent of Black radio in 1948, to its near extinction from the commercial dial after 1980. In this program, AJ will discuss his work and perform some of the soul and jazz tunes the book features with a handful of fellow Pittsburgh musicians. 

In Person - and online stream -