In this age of rampant impersonator acts, and legacy bands that tour with the drummer as the sole original member, sometimes an honest-to-goodness musical legend comes...
On this week’s edition of Arts Alive! we welcome David Manson, founder and director of the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival, which celebrates its 15th year April...
St. Petersburg has a tightly-knit jazz community, where musicians often come together in small or larger groups, or play in duos or trios, or simply show...
A Celebration of Life is planned for bay area jazz drummer Pat Close. The Ohio-born musician, who had lived in the Clearwater area since 1988, lost...
It’s Hispanic Heritage Month, and this weekend is packed with sizzling Latin Jazz, served up in different tasty combinations. Musician and educator David Manson’s annual EMIT...
Sunday afternoon, Tampa Bay jazz musicians will come together on the Palladium Theater’s Hough Hall stage (that’s the big one) to celebrate the life and times...
Seminole’s Trace Zacur didn’t always want to be a musician. As a pencil-wielding school kid, in fact, he drew and drew, and hoped that one day...
A famous portrait of a meditative Louis Armstrong used to hang over the fireplace in the home photographer Herb Snitzer shared with his wife, artist Carol...
The name David Manson has been synonymous with jazz in St. Petersburg for over three decades. He began teaching music at St. Petersburg Junior College long...
Family and friends remembered Herb Snitzer as a caring, compassionate man with a strong sense of conviction, an equally strong sense of humor and blessed with...