The trio of keyboard/organ/piano player John Medeski, drummer/percussionist Billy Martin, and bassist Chris Wood formed in a neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, known as D.U.M.B.O. (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) in 1991. By 1995, Medeski Martin & Wood were touring the world, as their performance circuit spread out and around the entire United States, and into Europe and Japan. Their sound ranges from soulful organ-groove basics to a more expansive world of snappy beats and backbeats, eerie atmospheric effects, post-lounge riffing, and the occasional jazz overture. In early 2007, the band released Let’s Go Everywhere: a disc of children’s music, including instruments and vocals (some including their own children). They are all involved in their own individual, creative outlets, while collectively also established their own record label, Indirecto Records: releasing their own music, their own way, in its own time.

The Radisson Hotel Trax Bar ,700 Lackawanna Ave- Friday and Saturday French Jazz Vocalist Ilona Knopfler with the Steve Rudolph Trio 9:30PM-1AM

The Hilton Out Door Patio, Adams Ave.- Friday-Jim Buckley and Friends …Saturday-The Dan Yoder Jazz Quartet 9:30PM- 1AM

The Hilton Out Door Patio Happy Hours 5:30pm til 8:30 Friday-TBA Sat…Jim Buckely and Jim Tigue

The Banchee, Penn Ave. Friday The Marko Marcinko Latin Jazz Quintet, Saturday- Rouge Chimp 9:30PM-1AM

The Bog- Adams Ave- Friday Indigo Moon Brass Band…Saturday- The Bog Swing Band 10PM-2AM

Merts, Penn Ave and Linden St.- Friday -Jazz Juice…Saturday- Music For Models;10PM-1:30AM

The 500 Block Plaza, Lackawanna Ave Friday The Dixieland All Stars….Sat The Dixie Gents 9:30PM-12AM

The Cigar Bar, Spruce St. Friday- TBA…Saturday- Tony Costa Trio 9:30PM-12AM

Jean and Betty’s Coffee Shop , Lackawanna Ave. Friday-Wayne Smith…Sat The Washer,Rostock and Carlucci Trio 9:30PM -12AM

Brixx, N Washington Ave Friday- Erin Malloy and Ton Kozic…Sat- Spencer and Nancy Reed 9;30-1AM

The Vietnamese Palace Cuisine, N Washington- Friday Only The Tyler Dempsey Jazz Group 9:30-12am

Outrageous/Marqui Art and Frame, Center St.- Friday Only TBA 9:30-12am

The Vintage Theater,Penn Ave-Saturday Only Aurelien Budynek 9:30pm-12am

Lavish, Adams Ave-Friday Only Aurelien Budynek 6pm-8pm

ADDITIONAL

Sunday-Carmen’s Restaurant, The Radisson Hotel, Jazz Brunch 11:30am – 2pm

Sunday-The Jazz Jam at Trax Bar, The Radisson Hotel 9:30pm-12am

Brian Wilensky Abington Journal Correspondent

LA PLUME – Keystone College will host its third annual Jazz Institute next week featuring some of the area’s leading jazz musicians.

The Keystone College Jazz Institute is a weeklong day camp where young jazz players can learn from jazz artists such as Marko Marcinko, James Buckley, Tom Hamilton, Tony Marino, Eddie Severn and Bill Washer.

The camp takes place in correspondence with the sixth annual Scranton Jazz Festival at the Radisson Hotel in downtown Scranton, Friday through Sunday, August 6 to 8.

The Jazz Institute usually attracts high school-age students in small groups—usually 15 to 30 students. However, the smaller numbers allow individualized attention for each student.

“Each year there is a wide range of experience. We always manage to match up skill levels when we put them into groups to play together,” said Marko Marcinko, founder of the Pennsylvania Jazz Alliance. “We have several students that have come back each year and then gone on to music school at Berklee, Temple, UArts and other schools,” said Marcinko.

The camp will cover music theory and ear training, improvisation, performing in combos, vocal style and technique, performance and practice routines, guitar and bass technique, rhythm section technique and jazz history.

The importance of improvisation in jazz is a driving proponent in the camp. “School bands usually focus on playing in a big band on stage,” said Marcinko. “It’s important to learn improvisation in small groups because there are more small group gigs. It’s even historically accurate because that’s where it all started.”

“Playing in small combos gives the students a chance to stand alone,” said Jim Buckley, Jazz Institute teacher and music teacher in the Scranton School District. “But it’s not a threatening environment either.

“We try to enlighten them with all the tools necessary to be a functioning musician by applying things like scales and modes to gain the ability of hearing the inner music’s inner chess game.”

Groups put together by the Jazz Institute will perform at the Scranton Jazz Festival August 8. “It’s a nice prize at the end of a week’s work for the students to be able to play for a crowd on a major stage,” said Marcinko.

The Keystone Jazz Institute will take place July 26 to 30, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Anyone interested can still sign up by contacting Crystal Siegle at Keystone College, 570.945.8580.
Copyright: The Abington Journal/ Times-Leader

Medeski, Martin and Wood, jazz icon Dave Liebman, blues great Shemekia Copeland, The Bill Mays Inventions Trio, Steve Rudolph, French jazz vocalist Ilona Knopfler,The Marko Marcinko Latin Jazz Sextet, vibraphonist Tony Miceli, Nate Birkey, guitarist Pete McCann, The Chris Parker Band, The Keystone Jazz Institute Student Combos, The Dixieland All Stars and Many More

Schedule: Main Stage at the Radisson Hotel Indoor /Outdoor Ampha Theater 700
Lackawanna Ave , Scranton ,PA
Friday Aug 6th
7:30pm opening act TBA
8;30pm blues great Shemekia Copeland
Friday evening 9:30pm to 1am “The Jazz Walk” downtown Scranton bars and performance venues

Saturday Aug 7th
5pm French jazz vocalist Ilona Knopfler with The Steve Rudolph Trio
6pm The Bill Mays Inventions Trio with trumpet legend Marvin Stamm
7pm The Marko Marcinko Latin Jazz Sextet with vibraphonist Tony Miceli
8pm Medeski, Martin and Wood
Saturday evening 9:30pm to 1am “The Jazz Walk” downton Scranton bars and performance venues

Sunday Aug 8th
11am Jazz Brunch at Carmen’s The Radisson Hotel
!2:30pm The Jazz Vespers with Rev Bill Carter and Presbybop
1;30pm to 4pm Break
4pm The Keystone Jazz Institute student combos
5pm The Chris Parker Band
6pm The Pete McCann Band
7pm Nate Birkey and Friends
8pm The Dave Liebman Big Band with and all star cast
9:30pm to 12am The Jazz Festival Jam session @ Trax Bar, The Radisson Hotel

Tickets are $30 dollar per day
Jazz Walk is included in the Ticket Price

There are eight programs of coverage, each evening on WVIA’s All That Jazz, Monday through Friday from 7:00 to 8:00 PM, produced and hosted by George Graham. The coverage starts Monday, March 29.

Day 1: Mar. 29: Marko Marcinko’s Latin Jazz Group / Ellington Legacy featuring Edward Kennedy Ellington II
Day 2: Mar. 30: Dave Samuels & Organic Vibes / Nilson Mata & Brazilian Voyage
Day 3: Mar. 31: Funk Filharmonik / Bill Carter & Presbybop Quartet highlights
Day 4: Apr. 1: Phil Markowitz Trio / Keystone Jazz Institute Student Ensemble highlights
Day 5: Apr. 2: Chris Tarry Group / more from highlights from Presbybop Quartet

Day 6: Apr. 5: Absolute Trio with Bob Dorough
Day 7: Apr. 6: Festival Big Band
Day 8: Apr. 7: Additional Highlights from previous sets that did not fit in the timeslot.

There are eight programs of coverage, each evening on WVIA’s All That Jazz, Monday through Friday from 7:00 to 8:00 PM, produced and hosted by George Graham. The coverage starts Monday, March 29.

Day 1: Mar. 29: Marko Marcinko’s Latin Jazz Group / Ellington Legacy featuring Edward Kennedy Ellington II
Day 2: Mar. 30: Dave Samuels & Organic Vibes / Nilson Mata & Brazilian Voyage
Day 3: Mar. 31: Funk Filharmonik / Bill Carter & Presbybop Quartet highlights
Day 4: Apr. 1: Phil Markowitz Trio / Keystone Jazz Institute Student Ensemble highlights
Day 5: Apr. 2: Chris Tarry Group / more from highlights from Presbybop Quartet
Day 6: Apr. 5: Absolute Trio with Bob Dorough
Day 7: Apr. 6: Festival Big Band
Day 8: Apr. 7: Additional Highlights from previous sets that did not fit in the timeslot.

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Phone: (570) 602-1175

WVIA-FM’s All That Jazz to Feature Performances from the 2009 Scranton Jazz Festival

(2010-02-08)

PITTSTON, PA (wvia) – All That Jazz with George Graham will feature performances from the 2009 Scranton Jazz Festival, beginning Tuesday, Feb. 16 from 7 to 8 p.m. and continuing for 8 weeknights on WVIA-FM at 89.9FM and 89.7FM in Williamsport or online.

The on-air schedule for this presentation is as follows: Tuesday, Feb. 16 Marko Marcinko’s Latin Jazz Quintet and the Ellington Legacy featuring Edward Kennedy Ellington II; Wednesday. Feb. 17 Organic Vibe Trio with Dave Samuels and Nilson Mata & Brazilian Voyage; Thursday, Feb. 18 Funk Filharmonik and Rev. Bill Carter & the Presbybop Quartet; Friday, Feb. 19 the Phil Markowitz Trio and the Keystone Jazz Institute Student Ensemble; Monday, Feb. 22 the Chris Tarry Group and highlights from the Keystone Jazz Institute Student Ensemble; Tuesday, Feb. 23 Absolute Trio with Bob Dorough, and highlights from the Presbybop Quartet Wednesday, Feb. 24 Festival Big Band; Thursday, Feb. 25 more music from previously featured performances.

In 2009, the Scranton Jazz Festival celebrated its fifth anniversary at the historic Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel in downtown Scranton, PA. Since its premiere, the festival has drawn audiences from the entire Mid-Atlantic region, resulting in tremendous notoriety and exposure to the international jazz world.

WVIA was a proud sponsor of the 2009 Scranton Jazz Festival.

Learn more about All That Jazz

Sunday Dec 20th 6:30-8pm The Olde Brick Theater
The Scranton Jazz Festival presents
A Jazz Christmas with Nate Birkey and Friends
this event features jazz trumpeter/vocalist Nate Birkey
Jim Ridle, piano, Bill Moring, Bass and Marko Marcinko drums

Tix are $20.00
Beverages and H’ordeovres included

The Olde Brick Theater
128 West Market St., North Scranton, Pa 18508

for tix and info call 570-487-3954
email: HRunco@yahoo.com

All Venues located in the Downtown Scranton, Pa area

Merts-corner of Penn and Linden St.
Fri. Aug 7th Jazz Juice 10pm-1:30am
Sat. Aug 8th The Marko Marcinko Latin Jazz Quintet 10pm-1:30am

The Bog- Adams Ave
Aug 7th Indigo Moon Brass Band 10pm-1:30am
Aug 8th The Gypsy Jazz Group 10pm-1:30am

Dionysis-Penn and Linden St. 9:30pm – 1am
Aug 7th Donna Antanow Jazz Duo
Aug 8th Aurelien Budynek Duo

Alfredo’s-S.Washington Ave.
Aug 7th The Dave Lants Duo 9:30pm-12am
Aug 8th Spencer and Nancy Reed 9:30pm-12am

Northern Light Espresso Bar- Spruce St.
Aug 7th Joe Michaels and Ron Thomas 9:30pm-11:30
Aug 8th The John Hart Trio 9:30pm-11:30pm

Trax Bar @ The Raddison-Lackawanna Ave.
Aug 7th The Tony Costa Trio 10pm-1:30am
Aug 8th The Steve Rudolph and Cathy Chemi Group 10pm-1:30am

PJ’s Pub @ The Hilton- Adams Ave.
Aug 7th Jim Buckley and Friends 10pm-1:30am
Aug 8th The Eric Mintel Quartet 10pm-1:30am

The 500 Block Outdoor Plaza-Lackawanna Ave.
Aug 7th The Dixieland All-Stars 9:30pm-1am
Aug 8th The Great Swamp Blues Band 9:30pm-1am

Gene & Betty’s Coffee Shop- Lackawanna Ave.
Aug 7th Rich Jenkins and Mark Woodyatt 6pm-8pm
JAVA the duo 9:30pm-12am
Aug 8th The Judy James Trio 9:30pm-12am

Outrageous/Marqui Art and Frame-Center St.
Aug 7th The Mike Fahn Quartet- 9:30-12am

Abes-N.Washington Ave.
Aug 7th Joe Cole/Barb Cohen/Ron Stabinsky 6pm-8pm