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If you can’t swing the cover at the Palladium’s soul show, then know that there’s a free-to-attend jazz gig happening a short walk away at The Ale & The Witch. La Lucha — a Bay area outfit readying the release of its own new album — leads the charge, and in-demand vocalist Whitney James will man the microphone.

Summer Jazz Series w/La Lucha/Whitney James. Sat. Aug. 25, 8:30 p.m. No cover. The Ale & The Witch, 111 2nd Ave NE., St. Petersburg. thealeandthewitch.com.

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Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...