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| Jazz Crawl Is Back at the 2024 Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival with Live Music at Venues Around Town Jazz Crawl is Back at the 2024 Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival, and the August Wilson African American Cultural Center has added Jazz Around Town to give music lovers multiple options to support live music. Special thanks to sponsors Carnegie Libraries, the Pittsburgh International Airport and the City of Pittsburgh for supporting regional artists. Check out every style from hip hop by Talib Kweli at City Winery to classic jazz piano with Frank Cunimundo at the elegant Fort Pitt Piano Salon in the Strip to jazz in neighborhood libraries and at the baggage claim at the JazzPort (airport). AUGUST WILSON AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER (AWAACC) 980 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Thursday, 9/19 THE INTERMISSION WINSTON BELL 6:00 9:00 PM BURN by ROCKY PATEL PITTSBURGH 346 North Shore Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15212 (412) 586-5854 Friday, 9/20 LIVE MUSIC Saturday, 9/21 LIVE MUSIC CIOPPINO RESTAURANT AND CIGAR BAR 2350 Railroad St Pittsburgh, PA 15222 (412) 281-6593 Saturday, 9/21 ERIC DEFADE 7:00 10:00 PM CITY WINERY 1627 Smallman St Pittsburgh, PA 15222 (412) 246-1000 Tuesday, 9/17 TALIB KWELI 7:30 PM Get tickets Thursday, 9/19 JARROD LAWSON 7:00 PM Get tickets CON ALMA 613 Penn Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15222 (412) 932-2387 Thursday, 9/19 DWAYNE DOLPHIN FO'TET 6:00 9:00 PM Friday, 9/20 BOBBY SELVAGIO QUARTET 5:30 8:30 PM REGGIE WATKINS 9:00PM until Saturday, 9/21 JASON KUSH QUARTET 5:30 8:30 PM PAUL THOMPSON'S WAYNETET (Tribute to Wayne Shorter) 9:00 PM until Sunday, 9/21 DAVID THROCKMORTON QUARTET featuring JOHN SHANNON 5:00 PM until EDDIE V'S Elegant fine-dining chain with a seafood & steak menu, plus a cocktail lounge featuring live jazz Union Trust Building 501 Grant St #100 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Friday, 9/20 KENNY STOCKARD 6:30 10:30 PM FORT PITT PIANO COMPANY 2358 Railroad Street Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Friday, 9/20 FRANK CUNIMUNDO 5:00 7:00 PM KINGFLY SPIRITS 2613 Smallman Street Pittsburgh, PA 15222 (412) 392-8928 Thursday, 9/19 ROGER HUMPHRIES 7:00 10:00 PM Saturday, 9/21 DRAG BRUNCH 12:30 3:00 PM JAZZPORT @ THE PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT In partnership with Pittsburgh International Airport, AWAACC launched the carefully crafted "JAZZPORT" series, which highlights a handful of Pittsburgh's most promising artists. Visit https://flypittsburgh.com/events/ for more information. Monday, 9/16 WINSTON BELL 3:00 5:00 PM Wednesday, 9/18 ANYAH NANCY 10:00 AM NOON Thursday, 9/19 BYRON NASH 3:00 5:00 PM JAZZ @ THE LIBRARY CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF HOMEWOOD 7101 Homewood Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15208 Tuesday, 9/3 YOKO SUZUKI 6:00 PM CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF BROOKLINE 708 Brookline Boulevard Pittsburgh, PA 15226 Thursday, 9/5 DENNIS GARNER 5:30 PM CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH, LAMP 4724 Baum Boulevard Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Friday, 9/6 GEORGE HEID III 11:00 AM CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH, WOODS RUN 1201 Woods Run Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15212 Wednesday, 9/11 ANYAH NANCY 6:00 PM The 2024 PIJF also features Robert Glasper, Shemekia Copeland, Maysa, Average White Band Farewell Tour, Sean Jones, Orrin Evans & The Captain Black Big Band, Emmet Cohen Trio, Endea Owens & The Cookout, Cimafunk, Luedji Luna, Dan Wilson, Selecta, Vanisha Gould, Howie Alexander, Chris Coles, Reagan Gray & Black Vitaminz and the popular Taste of Jazz Party. For more information and tickets for concerts at AWAACC and VIP packages for the free concerts, please log on to https://pittsburghjazzfest.org. SPONSORS The 2024 Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival is co-presented by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, with generous support from the Mellon Foundation. Additional sponsors include The Wilson Group, UPMC, UPMC Health Plan, Rivers Casino, Visit Pittsburgh, Xfinity, Ya Momz House, P&W BMW and Mini of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, Allegheny County Airport Authority, the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Regional Transit, Green Mountain Energy, NRG Energy, T-Mobile, Fort Pitt Piano Company, Hollowood Music and Sound, and Duquesne University. The engagement of Luedji Luna is made possible in part through the Performing Arts Global Exchange program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Instituto Guimarγes Rosa. The Libation Area is proudly presented by Bacardi, with Arsenal Cider House as special libation partner. The Game Zone is generously sponsored by the Pittsburgh Steelers. Special thanks to media sponsor, Comcast NBCUniversal, and media partners JazzCorner, WZUM, DownBeat, Code M Magazine and City Paper. ABOUT HIGHMARK INC. An independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Highmark Inc., together with its Blue-branded affiliates, collectively comprise the fifth largest overall Blue Cross Blue Shield-affiliated organization in the country with approximately 7 million members in Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia and western and northeastern New York. Its diversified businesses serve group customer and individual needs across the United States through dental insurance and other related businesses. For more information, visit www.highmark.com. The Highmark Bright Blue Futures program is designed to ensure healthier, brighter, stronger futures for all, and it focuses on improving equitable access to care, quality of life, and economic resilience in the communities the enterprise serves. For more information, visit Highmark Bright Blue Futures. ABOUT AUGUST WILSON AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER The August Wilson African American Cultural Center is a non-profit cultural organization located in Pittsburgh's cultural district that generates artistic, educational, and community initiatives that advance the legacy of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson. One of the largest cultural centers in the country focused exclusively on the African American experience and the celebration of Black culture and the African diaspora, the non-profit organization welcomes more than 119, 000 visitors locally and nationally. Through year-round programming across multiple genres, such as the annual Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival, Black Bottom Film Festival, AWCommunity Days, TRUTHSayers speaker series, and rotating art exhibits in its galleries, the Center provides a platform for established and emerging artists of color whose work reflects the universal issues of identity that Wilson tackled, and which still resonate today. www.awaacc.org. write your comments about the article :: © 2024 Jazz News :: home page |