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A wide variety of music planned for the 15th Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival

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The 15th Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival runs September 18-21
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The 15th Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival runs September 18-21

The 15th Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival, co-presented by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, runs from September 18t through the September 21st.

Janis Burley Wilson. President and CEO of the August Wilson Center for African American Culture, has curated the Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival from the beginning.

Janis Burley Wilson chats with WBGO's Doug Doyle about the 15th Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival
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Janis Burley Wilson chats with WBGO's Doug Doyle about the 15th Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival

On this episode of The Art of the Story, Janis chats with WBGO's Doug Doyle about the exciting lineup.

Janis Burley Wilson will once again be on Jazz Train to Pittsburgh (Amtrak), traveling from New York with stops in Newark and Philadelphia. The train trip run by jazz pianist Orrin Evans. This year, WBGO’s Singers Unlimited hosts Janis Siegel and Lezlie Harrison will be on the train joining in the music fun and mingling with the passengers.

You can SEE Doug Doyle's entire interview with Janis Burley Wilson below.

Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998. Since then, Doug and his news staff have received more than 300 awards from organizations like PRNDI (now PMJA), AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.