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Introducing the 2011 Jazz Festival Headliners

WAR ( American Funk Greats, known for “Low Rider, Spill the Wine and Why Can’t We Be Friends”) The Four Freshman ( Legendary Jazz Vocal Quartet) Bob Dorough and “School House Rock” ( Jazz Legend and multi award winning creator of the School House Rock series) The Royal Scam (...
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Medeski Martin and Wood to Headline the Scranton Jazz Fest

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...
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The 6th Annual Scranton Jazz Festival is proud to announce this years Headliners.

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...
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