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James Suggs

James attended Youngstown State University in Ohio with a scholarship, where he received a Bachelor’s Degree in music performance with a jazz emphasis. In those four years, he gained valuable experience performing in the University’s big bands and was featured on the CD’s “Biddle De Bop” and “Lester Left Town.” He also performed in jazz combos, classical orchestras, salsa, and Latin jazz groups under the direction of esteemed professors, Tony Leonardi, Kent Engelhardt, Stephan Gage and Chris Krummel to name a few. In his junior year, James was selected to perform with a jazz quintet comprised of faculty and students, in Beijing, China

Musicians On The Suncoast Jazz Festival Roster Say They Are Looking Forward To Upcoming Performances At Three Day Event

November 9, 2019

A Variety of Artists Express Their Enthusiasm for the Festival’s Evolving and Eclectic Line Up As autumn begins its inevitable turn toward winter, the chance to enjoy a combination of jazz and sunshine becomes even more tempting. From November 22 through 25, the Suncoast Jazz Festival, which takes place on the travel-award-winning Clearwater Beach, will provide ...

Duke Ellington, Hugh Masekela and Harry James

by Joe Dimino
May 10, 2019

From the talented collective Sammy Miller and the Congregation out of Los Angeles, California, we start a new hour of jazz with episode 594. Over the hour, we hear from some exceedingly cool cats like Duke Ellington, Hugh Masekala, Fess Williams and Harry James. A look into the music and words of the book Jazz on ...

Greg Murphy, Art Blakey & More

by Joe Dimino
March 11, 2019

The legend of the jazz drum kit and a survivor Ralph Peterson opens this week's episode of Neon Jazz, along with a few of his mentors, Art Blakey and Walter Davis Jr.. From there, we throttle into a new crop of tunes from some great jazz cats like James Suggs, Greg Murphy and Hilary Gardner. Then, ...

Nate Najar: This Is Nate Najar

by Edward Blanco
February 26, 2017

Hailing from St. Petersburg, FL, guitarist Nate Najar unveils his third full length recording for the Candid Records label on the simply-titled This Is Nate Najar where he touches on the music of Chick Corea and Antonio Carlos Jobim as well as delivering a straight jazz sound with several cover tunes and a couple of originals. ...

What a wonderful change of pace

June 26, 2015

The jazz concert season is pretty much gone in Florida from May until the snowbirds start returning in the fall. While there are regular club and restaurant gigs to fill in the gap, it was a treat to have an actual concert to attend. The Venice Art Center and the South County Jazz Club teamed up ...