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Photos: Pitt Jazz Ensemble hosts local schools for Pitt Big Band Festival

Over the weekend, the Pitt Jazz Ensemble hosted fellow jazz ensembles in an all day music festival in the Bellefield Hall Auditorium. The morning performances came from Capa Middle School and Capa High School’s Jazz Ensembles while the afternoon welcomed the CMU Jazz Ensemble. Pitt Jazz Ensemble closed out the festival with the final performance...

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'One of our cultural jewels': Pitt hosts 53rd annual Jazz Seminar Week

Smooth sounds and vivid photographs of jazz music greeted the Pitt community with open arms during Pitt’s 53rd annual Jazz Seminar this past week. The Jazz Studies program — within Pitt’s Department of Music — hosted the weeklong Jazz Seminar from Oct. 30 to Nov. 4. The schedule of this year’s event included artist workshops,...

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Pitt jazz week focuses on local music legend Erroll Garner

The 51st annual Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert will focus on a local jazz legend, the late Erroll Garner. Running Monday through Jan. 29, the event will feature performances by Pitt jazz students and faculty, a symposium on musicians’ rights, a virtual tour of the Erroll Garner Archive housed at

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Obituary: Pittsburgh jazz musician Hill Jordan 'made everyone feel like family'

The Pittsburgh jazz family is somber today. One of its own, Hill Jordan, 50, died Wednesday of unknown causes. Jordan, known to many as “Hilly,” was a trombonist and leader of Hill Jordan & Slide Worldwide. He regularly played clubs and festivals throughout Pittsburgh and the region. Many knew him

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