PITTSBURGH’S OWN HOWIE ALEXANDER, JUST ONE OF THE ARTISTS AT THE PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL, PITTSBURGH JAZZ PIANO IS HUGE. EARL FATHER HINES IS BILLY STRAYHORN. EARL GARNER. AHMAD JAMAL.

Pittsburgh jazz legend Roger Humphries marches to his own beat. The musician from Pittsburgh’s North Side began playing the drums at the age of 3. He wanted to be like his older brothers. “Music is in ...

Every Saturday, a group of local musicians gathers in the auditorium of the Homewood Library to carry on Pittsburgh’s rich jazz tradition. They are the descendants of the Black Musician’s Union, a ...

WZUM, the Pittsburgh Jazz Channel, is now broadcasting at 101.1 FM radio from the city's North Side.The station is on the air 24 hours a day with regular jazz programming."We're thrilled to provide ...

A summer weekend filled with cool jazz by hot local and national artists is on tap for audiences at the ninth annual Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival. Produced by the August Wilson African ...

PITTSBURGH — Everyone knows their names - Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie. All are great legends who performed often in Pittsburgh because of the city’s rich history ...

Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center will host a night of Pittsburgh Jazz legends, icons, and history – “Jazz In The Box: Pittsburgh Jazz Legacy” – Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. Hosted in the intimate atmosphere ...

Ask any enthusiast why they like jazz music and you’re likely to learn that many find it relaxing and soothing, a fact that is borne out by science. In fact, studies have shown that tension is reduced ...

A group of community leaders and jazz fans working to preserve music programming on Pittsburgh’s WDUQ, the NPR News and jazz station that has been in ownership limbo for more than a year, asked the ...