Best Of Blue Note - St. Petersburg Jazz Festival at St. Petersburg Jazz Festival at Palladium Theater

Produced by EMIT, this concert will feature music composed by some of the most prominent and prolific Blue Note jazz artists including Horace Silver, Art Blakey (The Jazz Messengers), Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Lee Morgan, Herbie Hancock and more, with a program including songs such as “Moanin’,” “The Sidewinder,” “Speak No Evil,” and other notable jazz compositions.

Trumpeter James Suggs and saxophonist Austin Vickrey lead this concert with an incredible lineup of musicians. They bring with them trombonist Derrick Harris, pianist John O’Leary and bassist Alejandro Arenas of local jazz ensemble La Lucha, and professor, percussionist, and outstanding drummer David Hardman....

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Produced by EMIT, this concert will feature music composed by some of the most prominent and prolific Blue Note jazz artists including Horace Silver, Art Blakey (The Jazz Messengers), Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Lee Morgan, Herbie Hancock and more, with a program including songs such as “Moanin’,” “The Sidewinder,” “Speak No Evil,” and other notable jazz compositions.

Trumpeter James Suggs and saxophonist Austin Vickrey lead this concert with an incredible lineup of musicians. They bring with them trombonist Derrick Harris, pianist John O’Leary and bassist Alejandro Arenas of local jazz ensemble La Lucha, and professor, percussionist, and outstanding drummer David Hardman.

Suggs and Vickrey both perform in a variety of ensembles regularly throughout the Tampa/St. Pete area. They’re combined credits include having performed with jazz greats such as Kenny Burrell, Kenny Garrett, Joshua Redman, Maria Schneider, Bob Mintzer, Curtis Fuller, John Clayton, Houston Person, and many others. john o'leary

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