MUSIC SCENE: Simon Lasky - British Jazz Pianist & Composer
Season 2, Episode 815, Jun 16, 06:52 PM
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In this episode of MUSIC SCENE, host Nanette Wiser catches up with Simon Lasky after his 50th Birthday Celebration concert at The Palladium this spring and before his appearance at the Clearwater Jazz Holiday Jazz Jam July 19 at Central Park Performing Arts Center, free to the public! He will also perform at Suncoast Jazz Festival in November and again at The Palladium this fall. The charming Lasky also revealed his NEXT project with Alejandro Arenas and a fabulous female singer ! Web. simonlasky.com YouTube: @simonlasky Instagram: @simon_lasky Spotify: Simon Lasky Group LISTEN NOW https://youtu.be/XvaynpdPvO4?si=BiymOXFvLLQOA5Xj
** We love For The Dreamers, a CD The Simon Lasky Group released recently featuring Simon Lasky: piano, keyboards, composer Ona K: vocals
James Suggs & Shanti Jayasinha: trumpet Paul Booth & Jack Wilkins: tenor saxophone Sam Mayne & Aaron West: alto saxophone Elias Tona: electric bass
Alejandro Arenas: upright bass, co-producer Peter Mongaya: guitars
Jonathan Thomas: drums and special guest Tim Garland: soprano sax
**British jazz pianist/composer, Simon Lasky, has received major awards for his music in the U.S. and the U.K., including a 2018 British Composer Award, two 2024 Creative Loafing Best of The Bay Awards, a 2025 Palladium Creative Fellowship, and regular endorsements from ISJAC (the International Society of Jazz Arrangers & Composers) - his music selected for high profile presentations at ISJAC’s bi-annual symposia. Simon’s 3 albums as a leader showcase dozens of compositions for jazz ensembles. His music has been performed in London’s Barbican Hall and Wigmore Hall, and broadcast extensively on BBC radio and NPR. He has performed and recorded with leading jazz artists from the U.S. and European jazz scenes, including Tim Garland, Sara Caswell, Alexis Cole, Danny Gottlieb, Herlin Riley, Paul Booth, Ant Law, Jack Wilkins and James Suggs. Simon relocated from London, England to Tampa, Florida in 2018 on the receipt of a Fellowship to study jazz composition at the University of South Florida with multiple GRAMMY nominated big band composer, Chuck Owen. Simon has recently performed in New York City jazz clubs, Florida jazz festivals, and he leads his Tampa Bay based jazz group in sold out concerts throughout South and Central Florida. In demand as a soloist, a lecturer, a clinician and a sideman, Simon is currently an Adjunct Faculty Music Professor at the University of South Florida and Hillsborough Community College.
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** We love For The Dreamers, a CD The Simon Lasky Group released recently featuring Simon Lasky: piano, keyboards, composer Ona K: vocals
James Suggs & Shanti Jayasinha: trumpet Paul Booth & Jack Wilkins: tenor saxophone Sam Mayne & Aaron West: alto saxophone Elias Tona: electric bass
Alejandro Arenas: upright bass, co-producer Peter Mongaya: guitars
Jonathan Thomas: drums and special guest Tim Garland: soprano sax
**British jazz pianist/composer, Simon Lasky, has received major awards for his music in the U.S. and the U.K., including a 2018 British Composer Award, two 2024 Creative Loafing Best of The Bay Awards, a 2025 Palladium Creative Fellowship, and regular endorsements from ISJAC (the International Society of Jazz Arrangers & Composers) - his music selected for high profile presentations at ISJAC’s bi-annual symposia. Simon’s 3 albums as a leader showcase dozens of compositions for jazz ensembles. His music has been performed in London’s Barbican Hall and Wigmore Hall, and broadcast extensively on BBC radio and NPR. He has performed and recorded with leading jazz artists from the U.S. and European jazz scenes, including Tim Garland, Sara Caswell, Alexis Cole, Danny Gottlieb, Herlin Riley, Paul Booth, Ant Law, Jack Wilkins and James Suggs. Simon relocated from London, England to Tampa, Florida in 2018 on the receipt of a Fellowship to study jazz composition at the University of South Florida with multiple GRAMMY nominated big band composer, Chuck Owen. Simon has recently performed in New York City jazz clubs, Florida jazz festivals, and he leads his Tampa Bay based jazz group in sold out concerts throughout South and Central Florida. In demand as a soloist, a lecturer, a clinician and a sideman, Simon is currently an Adjunct Faculty Music Professor at the University of South Florida and Hillsborough Community College.
#musicscene #simonlasky #jazz #composer #pianist #educator #suncoastjazzfestival #thepalladium #clearwaterjazzholiday #nanettewiser #stpete #stpetefl #tampabay #radio #radiostpete