:There’s a new voice on the saxophone, forged in the gritty steel town of Pittsburgh. Her name is Chelsea Baratz and at 24, her soulful sound is a fiery combination of be-bop swing and hip hop hooks.
The 16th annual Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival revealed a lineup including Lalah Hathaway, Terri Lyne Carrington, ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
8 p.m. on *** rainy Wednesday night and the streets are quiet in front of Crawford Grill. One block away, the night's silence is broken by the sound of young men hustling. Some residents call this one ...
Herbie Hancock has arguably been one of the most influential artists in the history of modern jazz music. On May 29, a group of longtime Pittsburgh jazz players will be paying tribute to Hancock’s ...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- The music has gone silent on Pittsburgh's only jazz station. At midnight, WDUQ FM began an all-news talk format and signed off its jazz programming. It means that a revered voice ...
Producer/ historian Yvonne McBride presented "Crossroads"—an invaluable film tracing the the history of the city's Hill District jazz clubs of yore—Crawford Grill, The Hurricane, The Midway—where many ...