Pittsburgh jazz

Cool Picks Thursday October 11, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) The Warhol and WYEP-FM present “Sound Series: Zammuto (with special guest), Lymbyc Systym.” Nick Zammuto (formerly of “The Bos”) plays intricate, original compositions with a tight rhythm section, strong vocals and ethereal effects. Lymbyc Systym is an instrumental duo comprised of brothers Jared and Michael…

Cool Picks Tuesday October 9, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Neil Young and Crazy Horse ; and Los Lobos are rolling into the University of Pittsburgh’s Petersen Events Center on “Alchemy 2012 Tour.” Young is touring in support of his new  Americana (released earlier this year) and Psycheic Pill  (soon to be released) albums and an autobiography “Waging Heavy…

Cool Picks Monday October 8, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Engelbert Humperdinck, who was born Arnold George Dorsey in India, and moved to England as a child of ten, will sing his hits including After the Lovin, Release Me, The Last Waltz at The Palace Theatre tonight. 8 p.m. Greensburg. 2) Margaret Cho, American comedian (also…

Cool Picks Friday October 5, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) BLONDIE, a 1970s-1980s pop/New Wave/punk band out of NYC, is rockin’the PalaceTheatre in Greensburg tonight. Featuring former Playboy bunny, blond-haired singer Deborah Harry rode the charts with hits like Call Me, Heart of Glass, The Tide is High, One Way or Another.  Another Blondie hit, “Rapture,”…

Cool Picks Thursday October 4, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, as part of Allegheny County “RADical Days” is offering free admission for an artist talk and tour with Charlee Brodsky, the 2012 Associated Artists “Artist of the Year.” 6 p.m., 6300 Fifth Ave., Shadyside. 2) Sonny Landreth, a Louisiana blues musician, brings…

Cool Picks Wednesday October 3, 2012

Cool Picks bring you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild: MCG Jazz and Youth Arts Fair. A cornucopia of fun events is taking place at the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild as part of RADical Days. There are hands-on projects and studio demonstrations, including a photo booth,T-shirt silk screening, pottery wheel demonstrations; “JazzMagic” with…

Cool Picks Tuesday October 2, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and BNY Mellon Jazz present “JazzLive.” Featured today is Pittsburgh’s very special jazz artist, “drum ambassador” Roger Humphries, and his band RH Factor. Humphries has played with many jazz greats (the likes of and including Dizzy Gillespie, Stanley Turrentine, Richard “Groove” Holmes, Ray Charles, Lionel Hampton)  and has graced such venues…

Cool Picks Tuesday September 25, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Pittsburgh born Kevin Howard, talented  jazz keyboardist, is the featured performer at the Cultural Trust  BNY Mellon JazzLive. Catch him today at Theater Square’s Backstage Bar. 5-7 p.m. No cover. 655 Penn Ave., Downtown Cultural District. 2) Vallozzi’s Pittsburgh has opened in the past several months…

Cool Picks Saturday September 22, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) The Pitt Panthers football team is coming off a big upset win last week against highly ranked Virgina Tech. Today they will face the Runnin’ Bulldogs of Gardner-Webb University.  Kickoff 3:30 p.m., Heinz Field. 2) Penn Brewery has begun their Oktoberfest celebration at…

Cool Picks Friday September 21, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) The nightlife scene in Downtown Pittsburgh has been on the rise for awhile now. I experienced a vibrant part of it Wednesday night. After attending an event in an upstairs ballroom at the Fairmont Hotel,  I headed downstairs, where the evening’s jazz  was just underway at Andys…

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