NOT SO LITTLE: Along with Kitty Daniels, and a few select others, John Lamb is a pillar of Tampa Bay’s jazz scene. Credit: Photo by Marlo Miller

John Lamb—on the cusp of his 90th birthday—has a million stories to tell about his time slapping the bass for Duke Ellington throughout the flip side of the 1960s and into the ‘70s. He calls St. Petersburg home and has even taught music at St. Petersburg College. Mark Moultrup—a pianist who previously lived in Chicago and Detroit—also resides in St. Pete, and has performed with the likes of Smokey Robinson and Eddie Kendricks.

His collaboration with Lamb, entitled Stories, began production in 2017, but due to COVID-19, it was put on hold, but finally released this summer.

Tickets to see John Lamb and Mark Moultrup play the Side Door at St. Pete’s Palladium on Friday, Oct. 20 are still available and start at $25.

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This article appears in Oct 12-18, 2023.