Nate Najar, who plays Intermezzo in St. Petersburg, Florida on November 13, 2018. Credit: Marlo Miller

Nate Najar, who plays Intermezzo in St. Petersburg, Florida on November 13, 2018. Credit: Marlo Miller

It’s not very uncommon to see Washington, D.C. bassist Tommy Cecil, trumpeter James Suggs and guitarist Nate Najar together onstage, but we’ve never seen the jazz trio billed for a hyper-intimate set at a much-beloved, ultra-hip downtown St. Pete coffee, cocktail and oyster spot, so consider us smitten.

Jazz at Intermezzo w/Nate Najar/James Suggs/Tommy Cecil. Tues. Nov. 13, 7 p.m. No cover. Intermezzo Coffee & Cocktails, 1111 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. INFO.

This article appears in Nov 8-15, 2018.

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...