Shaun Martin Credit: Photo c/o Royal Artist Group

Miami’s GroundUp Music Festival wrapped last weekend, and Sharyn Martin is sure to bring the good vibes to this listening room set. At GroundUp, the six-time Grammy-winning Snarky Puppy pianist collaborated with local high school students to record an original jazz album.

Martin, a Dallas native who recently collaborated with Tampa Bay’s own John O’Leary III, will likely tell stories about the experience, but mostly stick to the rhythm that’s earned him stints on the road with God’s Property and Kirk Franklin—where he’s the music director—plus The Weeknd, Erykah Badu and Chaka Khan.

Tickets to see Shaun Martin play The Attic at Rock Brothers Brewing in Ybor City on Friday, Feb. 10 are still available and start at $25.

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...