Jeff Kashiwa, who plays Palladium Theater in St. Petersburg, Florida on June 26, 2025. Credit: Photo via Jeff Kashiwa EPK

Nate Najar is no stranger to Bay area jazz fans, but he almost always plays onstage with musicians more rooted in tradition.

That goes out the window a bit for this one where saxophonist Jeff Kashiwa who plays an electrified take on sweaty, often sultry, smooth jazz.

Patrick Bettison plays keys on this one along with drummer Dave Reinhardt.

Tickets to see Nate Najar and Jeff Kashiwa play Side Door Cabaret at St. Petersburg’s Palladium Theater on Thursday, June 26 are still available and start at $45.

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This article appears in Jun 19-25, 2025.

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...