NEWS/EVENTS

 

Upcoming Events:

 

August 1-3, 2008

This year's Scranton Jazz Festival '08 will be August 1-3.

Location: The Historic Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel in downtown Scranton, PA.
Headliners include: Spyro Gyra, The New York Voices, jazz legend Phil Woods, The Marko Marcinko Latin Jazz Quintet, JD Water, The Scranton Jazz Festival Big Band and many more.

 

The Main Stage located at the Historic Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel.

 

Aug 1st

7:30pm - The Marko Marcinko Latin Jazz Quintet with special guest Jay Ashby
8:30pm - Spyro Gyra
10pm-2am - The Jazz Walk throughout the entire downtown Scranton

Aug 2nd

4pm - Doug Smith and the Dixieland All Stars
5pm - Sherrie Maricle and 5 play
6pm - Bluesman Michael Powers
7pm - The Chris Parker band featuring tenor sax great Donny McCaslin.
8pm - The New York Voice
10pm-2am - The Jazz Walk throughout the entire downtown Scranton

 

Sunday Aug 3

12:30 - The Jazz Mass with Rev Bill Carter.

4pm - The Keystone Jazz Institute and Scranton Jazz Festival Student Jazz Combos
5pm - The Four Bros. Tribute with Lew Delgato, Bob Keller, Tom Hamilton and Jim Buckley
6pm - Hendrik Meurkins and The NY Samba Group
7pm - JD Walter Group featuring jazz pianist Orrin Evans
8pm - The Festival Big Band with jazz legend Phil Woods

9:30pm - The Festival Jazz Jam at Trax Bar inside the Radisson Hotel

 

Tickets are available at all Joe Nardone's Gallery of Sound locations www.galleryofsound.com as well as the Scranton Jazz Festival Box office the day of the event. E-mail: pajazz@mac.com for reservations on line.

*For those interested in becoming a sponsor of the fastest growing event in Northeastern PA please download this PDF File.
Thank you,
The PAJA

 

September 1, 2008 (Labor Day)

Band: Billy Cobham Spectrum Band
Featuring:
Billy Cobham - Drums
Victor Bailey - Bass
Tom Coster - Keys
Dean Brown - Guitar

 

Show: 7:30 PM

Venue: Mauch Chunk Opera House
14 W Broadway
Jim Thorpe, PA 18229
570-325-0249
www.jtams.net

 

Please check out the Education page for info on upcoming Jazz Workshops!

 

PAJA would like to send out a special thank you to WVIA for all their support with the Scranton Jazz Festival. Check local listings for the Scranton Jazz Festival Broadcast by clicking on the WVIA icon below.

Also, please listen to George Graham, every weeknight at 7pm as he brings you:

"All That Jazz."

 

Northeastern PA: WVIA 89.9 FM
Williamsport: WVYA 89.7 FM
Allentown: 99.3 FM
Bethlehem: 105.7 FM
Clarks Summit: 90.3 FM
Lewisburg: 90.9 FM
Mainesburg: 99.7 FM
Pottsville: 94.9 FM
Stroudsburg/East Stroudsburg: 94.3 FM
Sunbury: 105.7 FM
Wellsboro: 103.5 FM
Willilamsport (southern area) 89.3 FM

 

Please stop by and visit us @ myspace.com/pajazzalliance. We have lots of info on regional jazz shows and will soon have a music player featuring PAJA artists. It's a great place to interact with fellow PA jazz lovers.

 

And remember.....

Every Wednesday has "Gone LATIN!"
The Marko Marcinko Latin Jazz Quintet featuring

conga master Bob Velez, guitarist Bill Washer, bassist

Paul Rostock, saxophonist/flutist Tom Hamilton
and leader/drummer Marko Marcinko.
Performing live @ The State Street Grill
114 S. State St, Clarks Summit, PA
8:00-11:00pm
Phone for reservations: 570-585-5590.