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10 lut 2024 · Check out this playlist featuring music from Pittsburgh’s most famous Black jazz artists. Each album linked is available for streaming through the library’s free music streaming resources, so feel free to listen along while learning more about Pittsburgh’s rich jazz history! 1. Earl “Fatha” Hines
17 mar 2021 · The Pythian played a key role in the city’s music history before closing its doors in the 1970′s. But arguably no spot was more influential than the Crawford Grille #2. The Heinz History Center...
10 maj 2022 · While jazz heads worldwide celebrate this country’s exalted homebrew of music, I want to bend your ear to the history and continued legacy of jazz culture in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
20 paź 2024 · Many currently active Pittsburgh jazz musicians plus items of historic interest can be found on trombonist and jazz historian Dr. Nelson Harrison’s Pittsburgh Jazz Network. The Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival employs over 140 local musicians each year.
The epicenter of jazz music in Pittsburgh was the Crawford Grille in the Hill District, which opened in 1930. As jazz music's popularity rose, "The Grill" attracted jazz legends to its stage, including Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Billy Eckstine and Stanley Turrentine.
7 lis 2024 · Listen Live. Jazz Central Calendar. Donate Now. On-Air Playlists. Submit Jazz Events for Jazz Central. On the air at 1550 AM, Braddock, 88.1 FM, Bethany, and 101.1 FM, Pittsburgh and online at WZUM.org. WZUM is a radio and online catalyst for renewed interest and exposure to this great music.
WZUM Jazz Pittsburgh (WZUM 1550 AM) is a Jazz radio station licensed to Braddock, PA, and serves the Pittsburgh radio market. The station is currently owned by Pittsburgh Public Media. Call sign: WZUM.
