Tampa Bay jazz giants unite to benefit beloved chef Anthony D’avanza

A benefit show happens at Skipper’s Smokehouse.

By Ray Roa on Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 3:32 pm

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Anthony D'Avanza, who'll benefit from monies raised during a music fundraiser at Skipper's Smokehouse in Tampa, Florida on June 23, 2019.

A few giants of the Bay area jazz and soul scene (singer Belinda Womack, guitarist Freddy Montes, bassit Kenny Walker) join others in helping raise funds for Anthony D’avanza, who was the chef at long-shuttered, forever-revered Tampa eateries Café Creole (Ybor City, caddy corner from CL’s offices) and Selena’s (Old Hyde Park).

Monies raised at Skipper’s Smokehouse will help D’avanza cover rising medical costs, but there's a GoFundMe page going as well.

Joey Donovan/The Lint Rollers/Freddy Montes/Denise Moore/Kenny Walker/Belinda Womack/Wayne Pearson/The Dick Rivers Trio. Sun., June 23. 5 p.m. $20. Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa. skipperssmokehouse.com.

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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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