ARConnection Credit: Photo via ARConnectionJazz/Facebook
Pablo Arencibia brings his ARConnection ensemble to play a Wednesday recital at his job (the Venezuelan-born pianist is professor at the University of South Florida Tampa campus), but plays a more casual gig, no-cover over the weekend in Seminole Heights. He’s joined by drummer Dave Rudolph (a percussion instructor at USF) and bassist Mauricio Rodriguez for a night of jazz that’ll focus on some of the band’s favorite post-bop tunes, plus originals.

There’s no cover when ARConnection plays Independent Bar & Cafe in Tampa on Saturday, Dec. 4, and all you have to do is register on Ticketmaster to see the ensemble plays Barness Hall at the University of South Florida on Wednesday, Feb. 8.

This article appears in Feb 2-8, 2023.

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...