upcoming events:
Antonio Adolfo & O Som Do Jazz - Jan. 28
Saturday, January 28 at 7:30 pm
SPC Jazz Festival - Jazz Brasil!
It's an evening of Brazilian jazz with the legendary Antonio Adolfo and local band O Som Do Jazz. O Som Do Jazz opens, followed by Antonio solo, then with O Som Do Jazz members.
Antonio Adolfo is a man of many significant accomplishments in the world of music. Stevie Wonder, Earl Klugh, Nara Leao, Wilson Simonal, Ivete Sangalo, Leci Brandao, Emilio Santiago, Beth Carvalho, Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, Herb Alpert and Dionne Warwick - have all performed or recorded his compositions. His compositions and production work are mainstays in Brazilian television and film. As an award-winning pianist, Antonio Adolfo is among the elite of Rio de Janeiro's jazz scene where his talent was nurtured with the Bossa Nova movement of the 1960s. As a young man, he toured with legendary Brazilian singers, including Elis Regina and Milton Nascimento.
“Adolfo has a sense of synthesis that just great educators have. I greatly admire this guy and his work." - Antonio Carlos Jobim
$10 at the door only. The Music Center at St. Petersburg College is located at 6605 Fifth Ave. North in St. Petersburg FL 33710.
Tatsuya Nakatani
Thursday, February 23
SPC Music Center at 7:30 PM
Tatsuya Nakatani (percussion) is originally from Osaka, Japan. He has created his own instrumentation, effectively inventing many instruments and extended techniques. He utilizes drumset, bowed gongs, cymbals, singing bowls, metal objects, bells, and various sticks and bows to create an intense, organic music that defies category or genre. His music is based in improvised/ experimental music, jazz, free jazz, rock, and noise, yet retains the sense of space and beauty found in traditional Japanese folk music. Clarinetist David Irwin & trombonist David Manson join Tatsuya in improvisations.
Admission is only $5. This event is sponsored by St. Petersburg College, EMIT and the City of St. Petersburg. The Music Center is located at 6605 Fifth Ave. North in St. Petersburg FL 33710.
Friday, March 30
Salvador Dali Museum
SWARM!
SWARM! occupies the Salvador Dali Museum on Friday, March 30 for an evening of trombonism featuring Dutch trombonist Wolter Weirbos, installation artist Wojtek Sawa and trombonist/composer David Manson. Swarms of trombones, soloists, illuminated balloons and a tap dancer convert the Salvador Dali Museum into a colony of sound, light and movement with audience participation.
Admission is $10. SWARM! begins at 8 PM at the Salvador Dali Museum.
Saturday, March 31
SWARM! Trombone Workshop
Music Center at St. Petersburg College
Dutch trombonist Wolter Weirbos and David Manson discuss and perform extended techniques for trombone and improvisation. The workshop is from 1-2:30 PM at the Music Center at St. Petersburg College. Bring your trombone! Admission is $10.
past events:
Tuesday, December 20
7 PM
The 18-piece Helios Jazz Orchestra plays your favorite film & TV spy music at the swanky NOVA 535 event venue on Tuesday, December 20. Denise Moore, Andrea Manson, David Thut & Tyler Freeman, are our special guest vocalists performing theme music from James Bond films, Mission Impossible, The Man from U.N.C.L.E, The Prisoner, Get Smart, Austin Powers and other favorites. A jazz jam session follows!
It's a concert of hip & groovy spy music with catered tastings, spy gadgets, free valet parking & a full cash bar. Admission is $15 at the door. Sponsored in part through EMIT and the City of St. Petersburg.
NOVA 535
535 Dr. M. L. King Jr Street N
Saint Petersburg, FL 33701
(727) 821-6682
past concerts:
Tuesday, November 15
Margo Rey & the Helios Jazz Orchestra at NOVA 535
7 PM
Singer/songwriter sensation Margo Rey performs with her quartet and joins the Helios Jazz Orchestra as vocalist in this very special concert at NOVA 535 on Tuesday, November 15. Margo has performed with many well-respected musicians in the jazz & pop community including Roy Hargrove, James Clay, Cy Coleman, Earl Havin and Earl Klugh.
Tuesday, August 16
Helios Jazz Orchestra at NOVA 535
7 PM
Mobile Itinerant Funk Unit at the St. Pete Pride Promenade
Saturday, June 25 at 8:30 AM
Central Ave. between 20th & 29th St.
EMIT & the Salvador Dali Museum sponsor MIFU in this free event.
Mobile Itinerant Funk Unit at the Tropical Heatwave
Saturday, May 14 at 5 PM.
EMIT sponsors MIFU at the WMNF Tropical Heatwave. For more info, see http://www.wmnf.org/heatwave .
O Som Do Jazz at Westminster Presbyterian Church
Sunday, May 15 at 3 PM
Brazilian band O Som Do Jazz gives a concert of bossa nova, samba-jazz and MPB at Westminster Presbyterian Church on Sunday, May 15 at 3 PM. Free will offering. Westminster Presbyterain Church is located at 126 11th Avenue Northeast St. Petersburg, FL 33701-1824. For more info, see www.osomdojazz.com .
past concerts:
Salvador Dali Museum Opening Procession
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 · 9:30am - 10:30am
Salvador Dali Museum - 1000 Third St. South
Sponsored by EMIT and the Salvador Dali Museum.
past events:
THE THIRTEENTH ASSEMBLY
Saturday, December 4 at 8 PM
Beck Architecture in Tampa
Forged from a shared history of collaborations ranging from intimate duos to Anthony Braxton's sprawling Sonic Genome Project, The Thirteenth Assembly features four distinguished musician/composers working together as equals to create distinctively eclectic, yet cohesive music. Drawing on years of familiarity, as well as its members' diverse backgrounds in genres including classical, folk, rock, jazz and the avant-garde, this collective ensemble has performed across the United States and Europe since 2007, and released its debut recording (un)sentimental (Important Records) in 2009.
"Cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum, guitarist Mary Halvorson, violist Jessica Pavone and drummer Tomas Fujiwara are among the most exciting new jazz musicians to emerge on the New York scene," declares the Wall Street Journal's Martin Johnson, "and it is hard to talk about any one of these players without mentioning the others. Each of these musicians is a masterly soloist, and they all are creating music that is delicate, complex and eclectic. There isn't much—if any—repertoire written for cornet-viola-guitar-drum ensembles, but with the appealing blend of unique sonorities and lithe rhythms found on (un)sentimental that may soon change."
Critics have credited the group with "truly remarkable capabilities" (Nick Storring, Exclaim!), "a knack for detailed and apropos framing of each others' solo turns" (Bill Meyer, Dusted) and "an admirably relaxed sense of self, and a shared conviction to keep all options open" (Nate Chinen, New York Times). AllAboutJazz.com's Troy Collins adds, "The unified ensemble sound of The Thirteenth Assembly is centered around empathetic communication and a willingness to subvert ego for the good of the group; there is no grandstanding here, only four longstanding friends conspiring to make adventurous yet accessible music. A stunning achievement, (un)sentimental demonstrates the endless possibilities of contemporary music by players at the top of their game."
Beck Architecture concert site
Admission is $10 at the door. Beck Architecture is located at 220 West 7th Avenue, Tampa 33602. Call (727) 341-4363 for more information.
Helios Jazz Orchestra at NOVA 535
Tuesday, Decmber 14 at 7:30 PM
The 18-piece Helios Jazz Orchestra performs at the beautiful NOVA 535 event space. Cabaret seating, Swing dancing, full bar and free tastings from Puff n' Stuff - it's a party! Admission is only $10 at the door. For directions, see http://www.nova535.com/parking.html.
nightFRUIT
Saturday, October 16
8 PM
Wojtek Sawa and David Manson collaborate in an installation project in downtown Bradenton. nightFRUIT is an interactive installation located in downtown Bradenton on Old Main Street on 12 St. West. The event is free.
The Festival sARTée expands the energy and excitement of the Ringling International Arts Festival (RIAF), Sarasota-Manatee, October 13-17, 2010. For two weeks surrounding the RIAF, the Festival sARTée, Oct. 8-24, showcases the region's world-class arts and culture ranging from theater, dance, music, visual art, live music and more in a variety of venues throughout Sarasota and Manatee Counties. For more information, see http://www.sartee.org/ .
Clearwater Jazz Holiday
Saturday, October 16
2:30 PM
The Helios Jazz Orchestra and O Som Do Jazz are both supported ensembles-in-residence with the EMIT series. They perform on the Clearwater Jazz Holiday on Saturday, October 16 starting at 2:30 PM. This free event takes places at Coachman Park in downtown Clearwater. For more information, see www.clearwaterjazz.com .
Helios Jazz Orchestra with George Carroll
Tuesday, September 14 at 7:30 PM
Music Center at St. Petersburg College
Dr. S.P. Balasubramanyam & orchestra
Friday, May 7, 2010 at 8 PM
Centro Asturiano in Tampa
One of the most popular of the South Indian, Madras-based playback singers, S.P. Balasubramanyam has also scored successes in the Hindi film industry as a Hindi-language singer and, since a cameo role in Manathil Urudhi Vendum, as an actor. He made his reputation singing in Tamil and Telugu.
Ronnie Burrage Trio
Thursday, January 21, 2010
1:30 PM at St. Petersburg College Quad
Free Concert & Chat!
Ronnie Burrage has played drums for Jaco Pastorius, Sonny Rollins, Pat Metheny, McCoy Tyner and many other artists. His trio (with Alain Bradette & Essiet Essiet) gives a free concert in the quad outdoors at St. Petersburg College from 1:30 - 2:30 PM.
John Lindberg
January 29, 2010 at 8 PM
Slavador Dali Museum
“One of John Lindberg's most enduring distinctions is that he demonstrates how much having fun could —and should —be central to modern jazz dynamics. It seems Lindberg is one of the few bassists who actively pursues this emanations of Charles Mingus' smile.”—Down Beat
John Lindberg
Thursday, February 5, 2010
12:30 PM at St. Petersburg College
Free Workshop!
