Music could be returning to James Street, once a hub of Pittsburgh’s jazz scene A $500,000 loan from the URA will help restore the building as a jazz venue, with a restaurant, office space and upper-level apartments. 12 Oct 2021
Biographer of legendary jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams was moved to relocate to Pittsburgh “Mary Lou Williams: Music for the Soul” makes a case that Williams was not only a fiercely original musician, but about as close to a saint as it gets in modern music. 14 Sep 2021