Synia Carroll Credit: Photo via Synia Carroll EPK

In March, the local jazz scene was taken aback by the sudden passing of Sarasota-based singer Synia Carroll, who died at 67 years old following a brief fight with stage four breast cancer.

She just released her sophomore album Water Is My Song last year, which made JazzWeek’s top 100 albums chart at one point, and also saw Carroll step into songwriting territory with “Child of the Times.”

Her family raised over $22,000 on GoFundMe to help pay her medical bills, and this celebration of life benefit will feature a who’s-who of Tampa Bay jazz musicians coming together to celebrate the life of an artist from whom there was supposed to be so much more.

Tickets for Celebrate Synia happening Thursday, May 8 at Palladium Theater’s Hough Hall in St. Petersburg are still available and start at $25.