James Suggs Jazz Band at The Firehouse Cultural Center

James Suggs formed a Miles Davis tribute band in 2012 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Since returning to the U.S., he continues to perform with a version of that quintet. Another of his projects is a homage to the vast and captivating music of New Orleans, in which he pays his creative respects to musical greats ranging from Louis Armstrong to Wynton Marsalis. This sextet maintains the original format of those great bands, utilizing both a clarinet and a tuba.

James has played to various sold-out audiences in St. Petersburg, FL, covering the music of such artists as Lee Morgan, Chet Baker, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, and Miles Davis. In 2015 he was awarded the Best of the Bay’s “Best Jazz Transplant”....

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James Suggs formed a Miles Davis tribute band in 2012 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Since returning to the U.S., he continues to perform with a version of that quintet. Another of his projects is a homage to the vast and captivating music of New Orleans, in which he pays his creative respects to musical greats ranging from Louis Armstrong to Wynton Marsalis. This sextet maintains the original format of those great bands, utilizing both a clarinet and a tuba.

James has played to various sold-out audiences in St. Petersburg, FL, covering the music of such artists as Lee Morgan, Chet Baker, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, and Miles Davis. In 2015 he was awarded the Best of the Bay’s “Best Jazz Transplant”.
James studied trumpet with Dr. Jay Coble and jazz improvisation with Jack Wilkins at the University of South Florida (USF). There he performed in the top big band and jazz combos. He received a Masters Degree in music-jazz performance from USF in 2018.

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