PITTSBURGH—The University of Pittsburgh Annual Jazz Seminar and Concert—one of the region’s premier jazz events— which was held last month, featured free lunchtime concerts, a jazz film screening, free on-campus seminars, and an outreach event in the Hill District, culminating Nov. 5 with a concert at Carnegie Music Hall.
Under the direction of renowned pianist, composer, and Pitt Jazz Studies Program Director Geri Allen, the following artists participated:
•Ambrose Akinmusire, award-winning trumpeter and composer;
•Dwayne Dolphin, a mainstay bassist on the Pittsburgh jazz scene who launched his career in the 1980s with trumpeter Wynton Marsalis;
•Perry Hughes, guitarist for Earl Klugh, Bob James, and Aretha Franklin;
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