Pianist Zachary Bartholomew’s 'Balancing Act' show tops Tampa Bay jazz calendar

He's flying in a lot of talented friends.

click to enlarge Dr. Zachary Bartholomew, who plays Palladium Theater in St. Petersburg, Florida on July 26, 2024. - Photo. via Dr. Zachary Bartholomew website
Photo. via Dr. Zachary Bartholomew website
Dr. Zachary Bartholomew, who plays Palladium Theater in St. Petersburg, Florida on July 26, 2024.
Dr. Zachary Bartholomew’s high-energy style has made him a sought after jazz pianist, and he takes center stage for this Balancing Act album release show.

The program features all original music from the music professor at Florida Memorial University, and finds him flying in friends from across the country including trumpeter Benny Benack III (an alum of Postmodern Jukebox and the 8-Bit Big Band), Latin Grammy award-winning saxophonist David Fernandez, plus University of Miami professor Marty Quinn on bass, and Fullerton Rodolfo Zuniga, a Costa Rican master drummer and Director of Jazz Studies at California State University, on percussion.

See more Tampa Bay jazz concerts below.

Tickets to see Dr.  Zachary Bartholomew play the Side Door Cabaret at Palladium Theatre in St. Petersburg on Friday, July 26 are still available and start at $30.

Friday Night Jazz Friday, July 26. 7:30 p.m. No cover. DI Coffee Bar, Tampa

La Lucha plays the '80s Friday, July 26. 8 p.m. Sold-out. freeFall theatre, St. Petersburg

Beats & Boba: Knux w/Rugawd/Ogxloop/Xzstnce/more
Saturday, July 27. 8 p.m. No cover. Boba House, Tampa

O Som do Jazz Saturday, July 27. 7:30 p.m. $25. Museum of American Arts and Crafts Movement, St. Petersburg

Sculpted Air w/Don’t Elaborate Saturday, July 27. 7:30 p.m. No cover. Shuffle, Tampa

Sunday Jazz in the Lounge: Boho Sideshow
Sunday, July 28. 2 p.m. No cover. Floridian Social, St. Petersburg

Sunday Jazz Project: Sandi Grecco w/James Suggs/Mark Moultrup
Sunday, July 28. 3 p.m. No cover. The Studio Public House, St. Petersburg

Sunday Jazz with The Crew
Sunday, July 28. 6 p.m. No cover with RSVP. Floridian Social, St. Petersburg

Kyle Schroeder
Tuesday, July 30. 6 p.m. No cover. The Fenway, Dunedin

Le Jazz Thursday, Aug. 1. 10 p.m. No cover. Ruby's Elixir, St. Petersburg

Readers are invited to submit their own events to Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s things to do calendar.


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Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief in August 2019. Past work can be seen at Suburban Apologist, Tampa Bay Times, Consequence of Sound and The...
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