Tony Mowod
Tony Mowod,
Executive Producer/Jazz, at WDUQ-FM 90.5, (his nightly show, now
being heard around the country on the
JazzWorks
Network), is also the President and Founder of the
Pittsburgh Jazz Society,
and has been one of Pittsburgh's most enduring champions of jazz
for over four decades.
Even as a
teenager, Tony dazzled by the tremendous number of jazz greats
from his native Pittsburgh, responded to them not only as a fan
does, but as a young musician himself. (The vibraphone was his
instrument of choice after studying classical piano as a
youngster.)
While
attending Duquesne University, Tony embarked on his broadcasting
career at
WDUQ.
Since then, he has been associated with
WAZZ,
WTAE,
WKPA,
WYDD,
WAMO,
and finally, coming full circle back "home" to
WDUQ.
Tony has
also been involved in theater. Appearing off-Broadway and on TV,
as well as local pursuits in professional summer stock, the
Pittsburgh Playhouse, Pittsburgh Children's Theater, and
Duquesne University's Red Masquers, among others.
Tony has
written album/c.d. liner notes for nationally and locally known
artists such as Houston Person, Chris Vadala, Jimmy Ponder,
Hendrik Meurkens, Lori Russo, Frank Cunimondo, Al Dowe/Etta Cox,
Joe Negri, Don Aliquo, to name a few.
