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Tampa Bay trumpeter plays 'Favorite Things' jazz matinee this weekend

He's backed by a formidable trio for this Tampa Jazz Club show.

By Ray Roa on Fri, Feb 3, 2023 at 3:55 pm

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James Suggs, playing Clearwater Jazz Holiday at Coachman Park in Clearwater, Florida on October 22, 2018.

Jazz is a quintessentially American artform that’s changed the world, but you don’t have to travel the globe to see how. For this matinee, trumpeter James Suggs leads an ensemble featuring players from Canada (drummer Jean Bolduc), Colombia (pianist Julian Pernett) and Puerto Rico (bassist Noel Reyes).

Expect Bolduc to swing and leave plenty of room for soloists, Reyes to lay down a groove that doesn’t quit, and Pernett—a member of the University of South Florida Jazztet which Suggs directs—to show off his experimental fun side for a “Favorite Things” gig that’ll showcase the songs that shaped Suggs’ musical life.

Tickets to see James Suggs play Tampa Jazz Club's matinee concert at Hillsborough Community College in Ybor City on Sunday, Feb. 5 are still available for $10-$20.

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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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