Markus Gottschlich, who plays St. Petersburg College in St. Petersburg, Florida on April 4, 2024. Credit: Photo via Markus Gottschlich
Kicking off Tuesday, the five-night St. Petersburg Jazz Festival features sets at Palladium Theater, St. Pete College, the Warehouse Arts District, and the gorgeous Museum of American Arts and Crafts Movement.

Highlights on the schedule include Helios Jazz Orchestra with Alexis Cole, bassist Mauricio Rodriguez, pianist Markus Gottschlich, plus southern “Gypsy jazz” band Hot Club SRQ.

Ticket prices vary, but there’s no cover for the Friday, April 5 show with Brazilian jazz outfit O Som Do Jazz with Latin Grammy-winning composer Jose Valentino Ruiz and drummer Rafael Pereira.

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This article appears in Mar 21-27, 2024.

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...