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Sarasota drummer Thomas Carabasi brings his jazz-samba quintet to Tampa on Sunday

They’ll play classics of samba and bossa nova, as well as deep Brazilian jazz cuts.

By Ray Roa on Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 2:51 pm

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Sarasota drummer Thomas Carabasi brings his jazz-samba quintet to Tampa on Sunday

Jane Drooger c/o Tampa Jazz Club

St. Petersburg is the place to be this weekend for jazz lovers, but the Tampa Jazz Club has a spot of alternative programming care of drummer Thomas Carabasi, who’s played with Brazilian pianist Manfredo Fest, legendary pianist Kenny Drew, Jr. and more. Undersung Tampa Bay guitarist LaRue Nickelson—along with saxophonist Daniel Jordan, bassist Alejandro Arena and Patrick Bettison (on harmonica and piano)—join Carabasi for his one that’ll be rich in samba and bossa nova classics along with lesser known Brazilian cuts.

Thomas Carabasi's Samba-Jazz Quintet. Sun., March 1. 3 p.m. $20. HCC Ybor Mainstage Theatre, Tampa. INFO.

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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 in August 2019. Past work can be seen at Suburban Apologist, Tampa Bay Times, Consequence of Sound and The...

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