David Pate — the director of jazz studies at Pinellas County Center for the Arts (PCCA) at Gibbs High School — is an undersung hero of the Tampa Bay music scene, but he’s changed scores of lives during his 35-year career.
On Sunday, a few handfuls of his current and former students (including Billy Joel band trumpeter Carl Fischer and Beyoncé producer Clay Perry) will join local legends LaRue Nickelson, Mark Feinman and Jeremy Douglass as part of an all-star jazz tribute show.
Sun., July 14 @ Side Door Cabaret at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg.
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This article appears in Jul 11-18, 2019.