Selected Past EMIT Events:

Helios Jazz Orchestra with Jamie Perlow & Bryan Hughes
Tuesday, Oct. 29
7:30 PM

Presented by EMIT & St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

The 18-member Helios Jazz Orchestra, directed by Dr. David Manson, backs singers Jamie Perlow & Bryan Hughes at the Palladium Side Door.
Jamie Perlow is an extraordinary area singer and songwriter with radio and television credits. Her expressive style, full voice and flawless intonation set her apart. She performs regularly with the Florida Bjorkestra project and is a favorite with the Helios Jazz Orchestra. Playing in clubs from the JazzKeller in Frankfurt, Germany to The Jazz Voyeur in Buenos Aires, singer/songwriter, Bryan J Hughes, has been a fixture on the bay area music scene for the past 10 years.

After Hours Jazz: La Lucha at the Imagine Museum
Friday, November 30
7:30 PM


Fall into jazz during the Imagine Museum’s monthly After Hours music-filled Friday night. For November, enjoy Latin-inspired rhythms with La Lucha. This “Best of the Bay” trio of best friends from different parts of the world—Colombia, Mexico and the United States—creates music that transcends genres. Enjoy their diverse mixture of Latin inspired rhythms with Jazz standards, twisted arrangements of pop songs, and original compositions. The combination of their musical versatility and varied musical influences makes for compelling virtuosic performances. Through an engaging stage presence and high level of interaction, La Lucha brings the audience into their world.

Tickets: Free for Imagine Museum members, General Admission for not-yet members — includes music with light bites, a cash bar, and entrance to the museum’s permanent collection. Over 500 people crashed our last jazz session. RSVP now to reserve your spot: bit.ly/AfterHoursJazz.

#IM #JazzNight #IMAGINEMUSEUM #StPete #AfterHoursJazz

past events:

License to Thrill - Helios Plays Spy Music
Tuesday, November 20 at 7:30 PM
Palladium Theater


The expanded 21-member Helios Jazz Orchestra presents a show of legendary spy music, joined by singers Jamie Perlow, Andrea Manson, Sonja Spence & Ronnie Dee.
 
Enjoy an evening of guilty musical pleasure as we revisit the theme music of the James Bond series, Mission Impossible, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Austin Powers, The Prisoner and more, directed by arranger/conductor David Manson. It can be cheesy, silly and yet sublime, but you know that you secretly love the driving 60s grooves, fierce brass, sexy saxophones and hot percussion (with special guest Gumbi Ortiz). With Jamie, Andrea, Sonja and Ronnie singing their hearts out on favorites like Thunderball,” “Nobody Does It Better,” “Goldfinger,” and “Skyfall” with a massive jazz big band, you know that this will be a very special show!  Se https://www.mypalladium.org/helios-jazz-orchestra-license-to-thrill/ .
Creative Pinellas Arts Annual
Thursday, November 8 at 6:30 PM

Brazilian band O Som Do Jazz provides music for the Arts Annual - a fundraiser to support Creative Pinellas.  For more info, see Arts Annual


Exquisite Corpse International
Thursday, November 1 at 8 PM
St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Art


EMIT commissions composers Elizabeth Baker, Tom Kersey and David Manson to create the first music entrees in the Exquisite Corpse International annual event.  See for more information: http://exquisitecorpsegames.com/ecg-2018-participants/

Jose Valentino Ruiz & O Som Do Jazz
Tuesday, October 30
Side Door at the Palladium Theater


Guest flutist/saxophonist José Valentino Ruiz joins O Som Do Jazz in a special concert of Brazilian samba, Bossa Nova & MPB.

Dr. José Valentino Ruiz is a two-time Latin GRAMMY-nominated multi-instrumentalist, composer, record producer and educator. During his academic studies, José become the record holder for the most International DownBeat Music Awards – 49 awards total, between 2006 –2018. He is winner of the International Yamaha Young Performing Artist Competition and National Flute Association Jazz Flute Competition. José has collaborated with acclaimed artists including Chick Corea, Paquito D’Rivera, Hubert Laws, Candido Camero, Jim Walker, Phil Ramone, Jonathan Butler, Alex Acuña, Aaron Neville, Brian Lynch, Nestor Torres, Dave Valentin, Andy Montanez, Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez, Dave Cleveland, and Abraham Laboriel, just to name a few.
 
O Som Do Jazz features Rio de Janeiro singer Andrea Moraes Manson with Alejandro Arenas (bass), Jeremy Douglass (keys), Mark Feinman (drums) and David Manson (trombone/percussion). With three CDs and placement of originals on HBO, FOX and BBC One, O Som Do Jazz (the sound of jazz in Portuguese) recaptures the grace, energy and spirit of 1960s Brazilian music.

See https://www.mypalladium.org/o-som-do-jazz-with-jose-valentino-ruiz/ .


Free Workshop with Jose Valentino Ruiz
Monday, October 29 at 1 PM
HS 109 at St. Petersburg College

EMIT presents internationally-acclaimed recording & performing artist, Multi-Latin GRAMMY® Nominee, and Lee University’s music business & production professor, Dr. José Valentino Ruiz, is a leading educator who specializes in the cultivation of creative & artistic identities and the augmentation of entrepreneurial skill sets among aspiring performing artists and music educators who wish to thrive in today’s 21st Century vacillating music industry! The free session takes place in HS 109 (the college band room) at the Gibbs campus, located at 6605 Fifth Ave. North in St. Petersburg.

St. Petersburg Festival of the Arts
October 26 at 6:30 PM
Sundial in St. Petersburg

EMIT co-sponsors a performance by MIFU (Mobile Itinerant Funk Unit) at Sundial. This is part of the St. Petersburg Festival of the Arts.

Belinda Womack & the Helios Jazz Orchestra
Tuesday, October 2 at 7:30 PM

Side Door at the Palladium Theater

Tuesday


EMIT presents, singer Belinda Womack with the 18-member Helios Jazz Orchestra, directed by David Manson, in a program of great big band favorites including “Watch What Happens”, “Blue Skies”, “Cry Me A River” and others!

Belinda began singing professionally at age 11 to help support her family in rural Georgia. From 1973 to 1981, Belinda was based in Nashville working as a singer at Combine Recording Studios and also touring with a popular band called Bodyheat. In ’79, she scored #12 Billboard disco hit called “Seabiscuit in the Fifth” as Belinda West. Soon after, she came to Tampa where she became a mainstay in the jazz scene with her group Kool Reflektions. In the mid-90s, she pursued music ministry and motivational speaking, traveling from the Netherlands to Africa, to South America, the Caribbean and West Indies. The Helios Jazz Orchestra, under the direction of David Manson, has been featured on the Clearwater Jazz Holiday, St. Petersburg Jazz Festival and Ybor Jazz Festival.  It is comprised of top area jazz musicians who love the sound of a roaring jazz big band! See www.mypalladium.org for tickets. The Palladium Theater is located at 253 Fifth Ave. North in St. Petersburg.

Francois de Lima & O Som Do Jazz
Thursday, Sept. 5 at 7:30 PM
Side Door at the Palladium Theater


Presented by EMIT & The Palladium - It’s a show of grooving samba, Bossa Nova and MPB with Brazilian valve trombonist François de Lima & O Som Do Jazz!

François de Lima began playing trombone at 10 years of age, and at 16 was playing professionally in Brazil. In the 80s he performed with Fabio Jr, Roberto Carlos, Jorge Benjor, Ney Matogrosso and Djavan (with whom he plays today), doing shows at clubs and festivals around the world. Gal Costa presented him at Carnegie Hall. In parallel he developed his work as a musician in the studio, recording with artists like Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Ney Matogrosso, Milton Nascimento, and Julio Iglesias Guinga, and others. In addition, François has performed with Leny Andrade, Leila Pinheiro, Hermeto Pascoal, Flora Purim and Airto Moreira, César Camargo Mariano, Raul de Souza, Paulo Moura, Wagner Tiso, Dominguinhos and international musicians such as Paquito D’Rivera, Randy Brecker, George Benson and Gonzalo Rubalcaba. O Som Do Jazz features Rio de Janeiro singer Andrea Moraes Manson and a crew of experienced musicians performing Bossa Nova, samba, balanço and MPB. Band members also include Regis Moreira (piano), Alejandro Arenas (bass), David Manson (trombone/percussion), and Mark Feinman (drums). O Som Do Jazz (the sound of jazz in Portuguese) recaptures the grace, energy and spirit of 1960-80s Brazilian music.

Hot Nights/Cool Jazz
Thursday, August 31
7-9:30 PM
Imagine Museum



EMIT co-sponsors jazz music for this new event series at the Imagine Museum located at 1901 Central Ave, St. Petersburg, FL 33713. Check out the amazing contemporary studio glass art and live jazz from the EMIT 4tet with Butch Thomas, Kevin Wilder, David Manson & Alejandro Arenas.
 

 

 


 

EMIT presents a session with Gustavo Matamoros
Thursday, August 23 at 12:30 PM

St. Petersburg College (HS 116 on the Gibbs campus)

EMIT is pleased to present a free session by renowned composer/sound artist Gustavo Matamoros on Thursday, August 23 from 12:30 - 1:30 at St. Petersburg College in HS 116. Gustavo will talk about his work and approaches to sound installations and performance art.

Gustavo Matamoros was born in Venezuela where he became interested in experimentation with short wave radios, tape recorders and listened to the progressive rock music of Egg and Gentle Giant. He directs the Subtropics New Music Festival and iSAW in Miami. His current art and curatorial projects include the Listening Gallery, Subtropics Biennial and Audiotheque. He is a member of Frozen Music—an ensemble with David Dunn and Rene Barge. He is also part of the ensemble PUNTO with Armando Rodriguez and Julio Roloff. Gustavo has also performed and collaborated with among others, Alison Knowles, Jan Williams, Russell Frehling, Robert Gregory, Charles Recher, Sam Ashley, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Davey Williams and Gino Robair.

He has received commissions from Adrianne Arsht Performing Arts Center (MPAC), Knight Foundation (Arts Challenge), Art in State Buildings (FIU School of Architecture), and Vizcaya Museum, and is the recipient of a Cultural Consortium Visual and Media Arts Fellowship and two of Venezuela’s national composition awards. Recent projects and sound installations have been exhibited at Miami Art Museum (now PAMM), Bass Museum of Art, Museum of Art/Fort Lauderdale, MoCA and Hollywood Art and Culture Center. Though his work is mostly created in Miami, he has performed, worked and lectured across the USA, as well as in Germany and Venezuela.

In his work, he experiments with sound, words and gates, plays the saw, and explores sound’s ability to contain and deliver information. In describing it, he writes, “For the past 34 years or so, (my) attitude toward the work has been such that the result of my experiments ultimately influences the way I live. What I’ve been trying to do as an artist who works with sound is instruct myself on how to listen better.”  This event is coordinated with the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery in Fort Myers, Florida. HS 116 is located at 6605 Fifth Ave. North in St. Petersburg. The HS building is mid-campus.

Nova musica with O Som Do Jazz
Saturday, August 11 at 8 PM
ARTS 46/4 - FREE EVENT


Supported by the St. Petersburg Arts Alliance, Brazilian group O Som Do Jazz gives a free concert of original new works by composer David Manson. O Som Do Jazz is a 6-piece music group featuring Rio de Janeiro singer Andrea Moraes Manson. The group recently performed on the Miami International Jazz Fest. Admission is free. ARTS 46/4 is located at 460 46th Ave. North in St. Petersburg.

Magnetic Fields: Sonic Abstraction with Pamela Z, Renée Baker & Elizabeth Baker
Friday, July 28 at 2 - 7 PM
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
FREE EVENT

In complement to Magnetic Fields: Expanding Abstraction 1960s to Today, which focuses on African American women’s approaches to abstract painting and sculpture, the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg is thrilled to be working with composer Elizabeth A. Baker to present an afternoon of abstract sonic experiences by African American women musicians and performers. In addition to Baker, we will host Chicago-based Renée Baker, and San Francisco-based Pamela Z. Each composer will perform at the MFA, and will participate in a panel discussion.

Taken together, this will be an important celebration of abstraction in multiple forms, and will allow for a multi-generational discussion between African American women practicing in avant-garde composition. EMIT is a supporting sponsor of the performance of the ensemble work by Renée Baker, which is performed from 3:00 - 4:30 PM. For more info, see http://mfastpete.org/event/magnetic-fields-sonic-abstraction/

21st Century iClass Sessions
Campbell Park Elementary
Fairmount Park Elementary
July 10

EMIT sponsors two jazz sessions with Kevin Wilder, Sonja Spence, Alejandro Arenas and David Manson at Campbell Park and Fairmount Park elementary schools.

Diego Figueiredo
Friday, June 15 at 8 PM
Side Door at the Palladium Theater

 

“Diego Figueiredo is one of the greatest guitarists I’ve seen in my whole life. The world needs to listen to his music”. – George Benson

 
Brazilian guitarist Diego Figueiredo is an extraordinary fast-rising star in the jazz world. His superb technique, timing and imagination have made him one of the hottest international names on the scene today. At age 36, he has already released 23 CDs, 3 DVDs, and has played in more than 60 countries around the world. A brilliant musician, Figueiredo keeps the traditional essence of Brazilian music, and at the same time is extremely virtuosic, modern and innovative. His concerts unite technique and emotion in a fusion of Brazilian music and jazz.
 
Join us for an intimate evening of jazz and Brazilian Bossa Nova, chorinho and more with Figueiredo playing solo acoustic guitar, and a cameo appearance by Brazilian vocalist, Andrea Moraes Manson. Tickets available at www.mypalladium.org .

Helios Jazz Orchestra & Jamie Perlow

Tuesday, May 22

Side Door at the Palladium Theater

Free Workshop with Chiara Izzi & Diego Figueiredo
Thur
sday, March 15 at 5:30 PM
St. Petersburg College







 

2018 St. Petersburg Jazz Festival
Feb. 21 - 25
see www.stpetejazzfest.com


Badi Assad
Tuesday, January 2 at 7:30 PM
Studio@620


“Badi Assad redefines solo (guitar) performance!" - L.A. Times

Brazil’s Badi Assad is one of the most innovative, passionate and talented artists of all times. She transcends traditional styles of her native Brazilian music with a mixture of pop, jazz and world/ethnic sounds from around the world. As a result, the extraordinary singer, guitarist, and percussionist is successfully forging an exhilarating genre of music that quite literally defies categorization

Enjoy a solo performance with Badi Assad in the intimate setting of Studio@620!   Admission is $20, only available at the door on January 2nd. The Studio@620 is located at 620 First Ave. South in St. Petersburg, Florida.
 

Whim Ensemble with Preston Beebe, Ofer Pelz & Elizabeth Baker
Thursday, January 11 at 7:30 PM

Music Center at SPC


This free concert of new music by young composers, is presented by EMIT, the New Music Conflagration & the MIRA program at St. Petersburg College.

On the verge of composed and improvised music, Whim (Ofer Pelz, prepared piano & Preston Beebe, percussion) creates percussive landscapes by inventing instrument modifications and techniques to build an unusually rich sound world. The ensemble has performed and broadcasted in Canada, US, France, and Israel.

From free jazz to contemporary experimental music, Whim is a genre bending ensemble. Their experience as composers and improvisers are fused into an ensemble that seeks to spark imagination and curiosity. Elizabeth Baker also joins the group for spirited music making. The Music Center at St. Petersburg College is located at 6605 Fifth Ave. North in St. Petersburg.

Kirsten Joyer & the Helios Jazz Orchestra
Tuesday, Nov. 21 at 7:30 PM
Palladium Theater Side Door

The 18-piece Helios Jazz Orchestra features guest vocalist Kirsten Joyer, a sultry singer with a wide vocal range and eclectic repertoire. She currently sings with Off the Cuff, Palladium fave Show Biz Kids (Steely Dan tribute band) and was vocalist with the legendary Jazz Cellar Underground Orchestra. The Helios Jazz Orchestra is directed by David Manson and was recently featured at the Clearwater Jazz Holiday this season.

See this link for more info & tickets: https://www.mypalladium.org/helios-jazz-orchestra-featuring-kirsten-joyer/


O Som Do Jazz
Oct. 28 & 29 at 3:30 PM
SPIFFS Folk Fair at Vinoy Park














Brazilian jazz group O Som Do Jazz is performing on the SPIFFS
43rd festival. EMIT is cosponsoring this performance.
For more info, see http://www.spiffs.org/2017-fair.html

Helios Jazz Orchestra & Sonja Spence
April 18 at 7:30 PM
Side Door at the Palladium Theater
Helios








The 18-member Helios Jazz Orchestra, directed by David Manson, is joined by guest vocalist Sonja Spence.

Jazz in the Stacks
April 11 at 7 PM
West St. Petersburg Community Library
Free!
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Diego Figueiredo & O Som Do Jazz - April 2!


Two shows! 3 PM & 7:30 PM

After a sold out performance at the Side Door last season, Brazilian guitarist Diego Figueiredo returns, with the popular Tampa Bay Brazilian jazz group O Som Do Jazz.
MIFU (Mobile Itinerant Funk Unit) at Gasp!
Tampa Museum of Art
Friday, March 31, 6-10 PM
MIFU
EMIT's ensemble-in-residence MIFU, provides roaming street funk for the Gasp! fringe festival at the Tampa Museum of Art.
Creative Loafing’s fourth annual Gasp!, presented by Tampa International Airport, is a performing arts event like no other — a kaleidoscopic circus of theater, dance, music, spoken word, visual art, soundscapes, cabaret, and more!  See
http://www.cltampa.com/gasp










February 22 - 26, 2017
St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

www.stpetejazzfest.com

The ninth St. Petersburg Jazz Festival kicks off on February 22 with five evenings
of jazz concerts plus four free workshops with visiting jazz artists.
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Sunday, November 27 at 3 PM
O Som Do Jazz at the CL Space in Ybor City


Brazilian Bossa Nova & samba-jazz from O Som Do Jazz is featured at the CL Space in Ybor City on Sunday, November 27 at 3 PM. The sextet is led by Rio de Janeiro singer Andrea Moraes Manson with a team of jazz musicians skilled in Brazilian styles.

The group has recently performed at festivals in Winter Garden, Naples, Sarasota & Port Charlotte. Enjoy an afternoon of real Brazilian music at the beautiful CL Space in Ybor City! Admission is $10 only available at the door. There is no reserved seating. See www.osomdojazz.com for more info.








Workshop with composer Hilary Tann
October 13 at 4 PM
St. Petersburg College - HS 117
FREE and open to the public
Hilary Tann

Welsh-born composer, Hilary Tann, lives in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains in Upstate New York where she chairs the Music Department and is the John Howard Payne Professor at Union College, Schenectady. Recent composer residencies include the 2011 Eastman School of Music Women in Music Festival, 2013 Women Composers Festival of Hartford, and 2015 Welsh Music Center. Her work has been supported by numerous organizations, including the Welsh Arts Council, New York State Council on the Arts, Hanson Institute for American Music, Vaughan Williams Trust, Holst Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, and Meet the Composer / Arts Endowment Commissioning Music USA. Praised for its lyricism (“beautiful, lyrical work” – Classical Music Web) and formal balance (“In the formal balance of this music, there is great beauty …” – Welsh Music), her music is influenced by a strong identification with the natural world. These two interests combine in her enjoyment of haiku (she is a published haiku poet) and in text selections from Welsh poets. A deep interest in the traditional music of Japan has led to private study of the shakuhachi and guest visits to Japan, Korea, and China. Her compositions have been widely performed and recorded by ensembles such as the European Women’s Orchestra, Tenebrae, Lontano, Meininger Trio, Thai Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, BBCNOW, and KBS Philharmonic in Seoul, Korea.

Diego Figueiredo & O Som Do Jazz
Tuesday, September 27 at 7:30 PM

Palladium Theater Side Door

“Diego Figueiredo is one of the greatest guitarists I’ve seen in my whole life. The world needs to listen to his music".  (George Benson)

"I have seen and played with many wonderful guitar players like Joe Pass or Baden Powell, but no one is like Diego. His ability and swing are unique".  (Flora Purim)

Brazilian guitarist Diego Figueiredo is an extraordinary fast-rising star in the jazz world and his superb technique, timing and imagination have made him one of the hottest international names on the scene today. He is only 35, and he has release 23 CDs, 3 DVDs, and he has playing in more than 60 countries around the world. He is winner of several important competitions like Montreal Jazz Competition, VISA Prize and others. A brilliant musician, Diego keeps the traditional essence of Brazilian music and at the same time is extremely virtuosic, modern and innovative. His concerts unite technique and emotion in a fusion of Brazilian music and jazz. 

O Som Do Jazz features Rio de Janeiro singer Andrea Moraes Manson and a crew of exceptional musicians skilled in Brazilian styles and jazz. Diego Figueiredo performs solo and then joins O Som Do Jazz for a very special evening of Brazilian Bossa Nova and samba-jazz at the Side Door!  

Helios & Lorri Hafer Return to NOVA 535!
Tuesday, July 26 at 7:30 PM
NOVA 535

 

By request, the 18-piece Helios Jazz Orchestra returns for a special concert of swinging big band music at the swanky NOVA 535!  The big band, directed by David Manson, will feature guest vocalist Lorri Hafer.

Lorri is a favorite of the musicians in the Helios Jazz Orchestra because of her beautiful tone, flawless enunciation, projection of voice and musical expression.  She toured as vocalist with The Glenn Miller Orchestra throughout the US and Japan and was also featured vocalist with Les Brown’s Band of Renown, and special guest vocalist with Buddy Morrow and The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.

NOVA 535 is the #1 rated event space and wedding venue in St. Petersburg for many good reasons. With its beautiful lighting, brick walls and rustic beams, high ceilings, attentive staff, cabaret seating, large wooden dance floor, full bar and more... there could not be a more perfect venue for an evening of big band music and dancing!  NOVA 535 is located at 535 Dr. MLK Jr St N, St. Petersburg, FL 33701!

This is a benefit for the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival presented by EMIT. General admission is $12 advance tickets and $15 at the door.  VIP admissions are available.  See http://nova535.com/event/18-piece-helios-jazz-band-returns/

Jovino Santos Neto & O Som Do Jazz
Sunday, May 22 at 3 PM
Music Center at St. Petersburg College

Three-time Latin Grammy nominee Jovino Santos Neto, a master pianist and composer, is among the top Brazilian musicians performing today. Jovino and Brazilian jazz sextet O Som Do Jazz, join forces for a concert of original works by Jovino fusing jazz and northeastern Brazilian styles, as well as classic Brazilian Bossa Nova & MPB.

Rio de Janeiro-born and Seattle-based pianist, composer and flutist Jovino Santos Neto was a member of Hermeto Pascoal's band from 1977 to 1992, He has toured with Sergio Mendes, Airto Moreira and Flora Purim's group, Fourth World, as well as leading his own Seattle-based Quinteto. O Som Do Jazz features Rio de Janeiro singer Andrea Moraes Manson backed by Austin Vickrey (saxophones), David Manson (trombone), Bill Pullicere (bass) and Mark Feinman (drums).





Brazilian Music Q & A with Jovino Santos Neto
Saturday, May 21 at 4 PM
Music Center at St. Petersburg College


Jovino gives a free workshop on Brazilian jazz as part of the Crossover Festival. Listen to Jovino as he performs and talks about various styles and rhythms found in modern Brazilian music.  This event is sponsored by EMIT and the F.E. Likes Foundation.  The SPC Music Center is located at 6605 Fifth Ave. North in St. Petersburg.



EMIT is a proud sponsor of the Crossover Festival - Crossover is a one-day festival on Saturday, May 21 that celebrates students as makers of music from popular music genres such as rock, alternative, blues, pop, R&B, hip hop, funk, folk, indie rock, electronic dance music, country, rap, punk, soul, metal, Southern rock, Latin, new age, reggae, etc. The 2016 inaugural event will be held on the Gibbs Campus of St. Petersburg College.  For more information, see http://floridamusiceducation.org/programs/crossover-festival/



O Som Do Jazz in Jazz at the Stacks
April 28 at 7 PM
West Community Library


Gasp! Fringe Fest
April 1
Tampa Museum
6 - 9 PM



MIFU (Mobile Itinerant Funk Unit) performs on Gasp!, the Gasparilla Fringe Fest, at the Tampa Museum.  MIFU is a core ensemble of EMIT.  See http://cltampa.com/tampa/Gasp2016/Page#.VvLo5U32bbh .











Chuck Wansley & the Helios Jazz Orchestra
Tuesday, December 15 at 7:30 PM
Side Door at the Palladium Theater
Vocalist Chuck Wansley joins the 18-piece Helios Jazz Orchestra, directed by David Manson, in a special concert of swinging big band music at the Side Door!

Native New Yorker Chuck Wansley began his professional singing and performing career at age 18 on an extended world tour with Up With People. In the early 80s he signed first with Prism Records and then Motown, as a founding member of the urban techno band WARP-9, performing live and producing two albums. He also performed and recorded an album with innovative international performance artist Tomek Lamprecht.

In 1984, Chuck moved to Los Angeles and matured into a dynamic performer, easily conveying a range of musical styles from Frank Sinatra and Harry Connick, to Fatboy Slim and Maroon 5. In 2007 Chuck expanded his business, creating a second band on the East Coast to enable him to perform in as many locales as his schedule allows. Chuck and his bands have performed from Connecticut to Napa, Los Angeles to Paris & Prague, along with numerous solo appearances in Japan.

The Helios Jazz Orchestra is the house big band for the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival (scheduled 2/24-28 in 2016) and is comprised of the best jazz musicians in the Tampa Bay area.


Jonathan Powell & nu Sangha featuring Jeremy Powell
The homecoming CD Release party of "Beacons of Light"
Friday, November 27 at 7:30 PM
Palladium Side Door
jonathan powell

 Trumpet player Jonathan Powell returns to hometown St. Petersburg, with his group nu Sangha to celebrate their new release "Beacons of Light" featuring brother and saxophonist Jeremy Powell. The two brothers, have been rising stars in the New York City jazz scene performing with Eddie Palmieri, Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Miguel Zenon and JT Taylor of Kool & the Gang to name a few.

The group will play an original and fiery mix of Jazz with modern influences such as John Coltrane, Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band, Squarepusher, Pat Metheney and Freddie Hubbard. Jonathan Powell & nu Sangha's release "Beacons of Light" is an album celebrating the great lives and contributions of exceptional men and women who have blessed humanity with enlightening teachings. The album was made possible by a Kickstarter project which backed by 224 backers partially funded "Beacons of Light". Musically speaking, each tune is written for an inspirational person or "beacon of light". Some examples are the composition "Daskalos", an adventurous upbeat tune dedicated to the christian mystic and Cypriot Stylianos Atteshlis; "Mawlana", a middle-eastern tinged song written for the Sufi mystic and poet Rumi; and "Liberation", penned for Aung San Suu Kyi who under house arrest for nearly two decades has fought for democracy in Burma.

Nova Musica with o Som Do Jazz
Saturday, September 19 at 7:30 PM
Music Center at St. Petersburg College

O Som Do Jazz premieres new music composed by David Manson on Saturday, September 19 at the SPC Music Center.  Supported by an Individual Artist Grant from the St. Petersburg Arts Alliance, this free concert features new works fusing various Brazilian styles (Samba, Afoxê, Coco, Baião, ) with Bossa Nova and jazz. Rio de Janeiro singer Andrea Moraes Manson will be featured with the sextet including Alejandro Arenas, Mark Feinman, Jeremy Douglass, Austin Vickrey & David Manson. This free concert is a jazz scholarship benefit for St. Petersburg College music students. Admission is free, but donations are welcome.



Lorri Hafer & the Helios Jazz Orchestra
Tuesday, September 8 at 7:30 PM
Palladium Theater Side Door


The 18-piece Helios Jazz Orchestra, directed by David Manson, backs Lorri Hafer in a special concert of swinging big band music at the Side Door!

Lorri is a favorite of the musicians in the Helios Jazz Orchestra because of her beautiful tone, flawless enunciation, projection of voice and musical expression.

She has shared the stage with Margaret Whiting, Frankie Laine, The Four Lads, Deana Martin, Maria Muldaur, Eric Darling of The Rooftop Singers, Jim Brady of The Sandpipers, and Denny Doherty and Michele Phillips of The Mamas and The Papas and Trini Lopez. Lorri also appeared as the opening act for comedian Bob Newhart. Most recently, Lorri made her debut at NYC’s famed Metropolitan Room. Her CD, "The Very Thought of You" has received both national and international airplay in the US, the UK, Italy, the Caribbean, and New Zealand.


July 21
Helios Jazz Education Fundraiser
7:30 at the SPC Music Center


Our next Helios Jazz Orchestra concert will be a jazz education scholarship fundraiser scheduled Tuesday, July 21 at the SPC Music Center! Donations will cover tuition fees for students enrolled in SPC jazz ensembles. The 18
-piece big band, (directed by David Manson), will perform works by Thad Jones, Sonny Rollins, Ray Bryant, Charles Mingus and more. Duke Ellington alumni John Lamb is featured with the big band.

The concert (starting at 7:30 PM) is free, but a donation to the student scholarship fund would be greatly appreciated! The 300-seat SPC Music is located at 6605 Fifth Ave. North in St. Petersburg. Just take the 66th St. entrance and park on the south side of the parking lot
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Friday, March 20
Free workshop with drummer/band leader Ronnie Burrage
2 PM at St. Petersburg College

Drummer/band leader Ronnie Burrage will be holding a free workshop hosted by EMIT & SPC on Friday, March 20th from 2 - 3:30 pm in the band room (HS 109) at St. Petersburg College.

Ronnie's performed with Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins, Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius, Frank Morgan, Wallace Roney, Jackie & Rene McLean, James Moody, Gary Bartz, Archie Shepp, Reggie Workman, Joe Zawinul, Cedar Walton, Wood Shaw, McCoy Tyner, and Pepper Adams - to name a few, in addition to being featured on more than 100 recordings. It's free. Drummers - bring your sticks!

2-3:30 PM HS 109 at the St. Petersburg College ‪#‎GibbsCampus‬ located at 66th St & 5th Ave. North in St. Petersburg.

http://www.ronnieburrage.biz

 

 




St. Petersburg Jazz Festival
Palladium Side Door - 2/19/14
Studio@620 - 2/20/14

First Night St. Petersburg
December 31

Eugene Chadbourne & Tatsuya Nakatani
SHIM
Salvador Dali Museum
November 8, 2013

Jimmy Luci & Side Show Drummer
Electric Zoo Studios
September 14, 2013

Ring-A-Ding-Ding Santa Baby!
Bryan Hughes & the Helios Jazz Orchestra
December 18

O Som Do Jazz at SPIFFS
Friday, November 2 at 10 AM

Tuesday, October 16
Michael Lynche & Helios Jazz Orchestra
NOVA 535 in St. Petersburg

Friday, August 3 6:30 pm
O Som Do Jazz at the MFA on August 3

Sunday, July 8
Oba Oba Brasil with O Som Do Jazz
3 PM
Side Door at the Palladium

Monday, June 4
Free Workshop with Amy Denio
1 – 2 PM in HS 117
St. Petersburg College

Sunday, March 25
Catherine Hickman Theatre
4 PM
Oba Oba Bossa Nova!

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 Wierbos, 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.


Saturday, March 31
SWARM! Trombone Workshop
Music Center at St. Petersburg College


Dutch trombonist Wolter Wierbos 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. 

Tatsuya Nakatani
Thursday, February 23
SPC Music Center at 7:30 PM




African America Heritage Month Concert
February 23 at 11:30 - 1 PM
Health Center at St. Petersburg College


Saturday, January 28 at 7:30 pm
SPC Jazz Festival - Jazz Brasil!
Antonio Adolfo


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

Tuesday, October 18
We Love Brasil! with O Som Do Jazz & Helios Jazz Orchestra
NOVA 535 in St. Petersburg



Friday, September 23
Drummer/vibraphonist Chuck Redd
Free Jazz Workshop at St. Petersburg College



Tuesday, September 20
Helios Jazz Orchestra at NOVA 535
7 PM at NOVA 535



Mobile Itinerant Funk Unit at the St. Pete Pride Promenade
Saturday, June 25 at 8:30 AM
Central Ave. between 20th & 29th St.

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 .

Saturday, April 30
Green Thumb Festival

EMIT sponsors the SPC Jazz Band in a concert at the Green Thumb Festival at 2 PM.
Walter Fuller Park is located at 7891 26th Avenue N., St. Petersburg, FL 33710