Looking ahead: Southwest Florida jazz preview

Here is a rundown of noteworthy jazz events, principally in the Sarasota to Naples territory, from now through January.

NOVEMBER

• Wednesday, November 28 – Guitarist Romero Lubambo guests with the Naples Philharmonic Jazz Orchestra in the sextet’s 2018-2019 concert series. Artis-Naples’ Daniels Pavilion, Naples. 6 and 8:30 p.m.

Lew Del Gatto, Dan Miller

DECEMBER

• Sunday, December 9 – Manhattan Transfer, Herb Alpert & Lani Hall in concert. Artis-Naples’ Hayes Hall. Naples, 7 p.m.
• Monday, December 10 – The Dan Miller-Lew Del Gatto Quintet performs in the Charlotte County Jazz Society’s concert series. William H. Wakeman III Theater, Cultural Center of Charlotte County. Port Charlotte. 7 p.m.
• Wednesday, December 12 – Alto saxophonist Vincent Herring guests with the Naples Philharmonic Jazz Orchestra in the sextet’s 2018-2019 concert series. Artis-Naples’ Daniels Pavilion, Naples. 6 and 8:30 p.m.
• Thursday, December 13 – Guitarist Nate Najar’s annual Jazz Holiday concert features saxophonist Adrian Cunningham. Hough Hall, Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg. 7:30 p.m.
• Friday, December 14 – Guitarist Nate Najar’s annual Jazz Holiday concert features saxophonist Adrian Cunningham. A South County Jazz Club concert at the Glenridge Performing Arts Center. Sarasota. 8 p.m.



Nate Najar

• Sunday, December 16 – Trumpeter Byron Stripling is special guest performer at the Naples Philharmonic Youth Jazz Orchestra’s winter concert. Daniels Pavilion, 3 p.m. free.

JANUARY

• Sunday, January 6 – Trumpeter Randy Sandke quintet. A South County Jazz Club concert. Venice Presbyterian Church. 2 p.m.
• Sunday, January 13 – Tenor saxophonist Harry Allen’s Four Others band digs into the classic sound of Woody Herman’s Four Brothers sax section. A South County Jazz Club concert at the Glenridge Performing Arts Center. Sarasota. 4 p.m. (time change)
  
• Monday, January 14 – The South Carolina-based Mike Frost Band performs in the Charlotte County Jazz Society’s concert series. William H. Wakeman III Theater, Cultural Center of Charlotte County. Port Charlotte. 7 p.m.
• Wednesday, January 16 – Tenor saxophonist Harry Allen guests with the Naples Philharmonic Jazz Orchestra in the sextet’s 2018-2019 concert series. Artis-Naples’ Daniels Pavilion, Naples. 6 and 8:30 p.m.
• Friday, January 18 – Singer Carla Cook performs with the Dan Miller-Lew Del Gatto Quintet in the Jazzy Nights concert series. Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, Fort Myers. 7 p.m.
• Friday, January 25 – Pink Martini brings its zany take on jazz and swing to Artis-Naples’ Hayes Hall. Naples, 8p.m.



Veronica Swift, Jeff Rupert

• Sunday, January 27 – The Jeff Rupert quartet with singer Veronica Swift. A South County Jazz Club concert at the Glenridge Performing Arts Center. Sarasota. 2 p.m.

Several local venues (including J.D.’s in Port Charlotte, 88 Keys Florida and The Blue Turtle in Punta Gorda, Amore, the Art Ovation Hotel and the Starlite Room in Sarasota, The Roadhouse and The Barrel Room at Twisted Vine Bistro in Fort Myers, and Slate’s in Cape Coral), offer jazz steadily.  A variety of matinee concerts sponsored all season by the Jazz Club of Sarasota and the South County Jazz Club also keep things swinging for jazz lovers.