Check the musical pedigrees on the guys from Phil’s Juke Joint – they play the Side Door Saturday

Just in the years I’ve been running the Palladium, I’ve seen the caliber of musical talent in Tampa Bay grow exponentially. One prime example is the band that we are bringing in Saturday night that performs as  “Phil’s Juke Joint.”

 

 

These guys are stellar players, with national and international resumes, who call our area home. Band members have played, toured and recorded with folks like Arturo Sandoval, Blood Sweat and Tears, Spyro Gyra, Richard Elliott, Mindi Abair, Diane Schuur, Barry Manilow, Doc Severinsen, and Engleburt Humperdinck!

 

 

And I’m not even including the featured vocalist, Gisele Jackson, a former Ray Charles “Raylette.” I’ll be posting my interview with Gisele tomorrow.

 

Saturday’s show features tunes by Chaka Kahn, Stevie Wonder, Pink Floyd,  The Beatles, Steely Dan, Rodgers & Hart, Aretha Franklin, Jeff Beck and even some ’70’s TV themes!

 

 

Tickets for this show in our intimate Side Door are going fast. Call the box office at 727 822-3590 or follow this link for tickets.

 

 

In the meantime, check out this lineup of talent:

 

 

Phil Magallanes – Bandleader, Keyboards:

 

A native New Yorker, Phil Magallanes started playing piano at age four. Blessed with perfect pitch, prodigious technique and a burning curiosity about how music works, Phil majored in Jazz Piano Performance at North Texas State on full scholarship and studied privately with Barry Harris, Bill O’Connell, Sonny Dallas and Hal Galper.

 

Phil went on to tour and record with Arturo Sandoval, Blood, Sweat & Tears and Engelbert Humperdinck. Phil also composed for Spyro Gyra (“Planet J” on their album “In Modern Times”) and worked with with Debbie Gibson, Joel Rosenblatt, Rick Braun, Funk Filharmonik, Jeff Andrews, Guru, Lucky Peterson, Mario Cruz, Eric Alexander, Harvie Swartz, Dave Mann, Ernest Ranglin, Bruce Arnold, Teddy Kumpel, Butch Thomas, Richie Castellano, Gumbi Ortiz, Tony Janflone Jr, Paula Atherton, Gil Parris, Bobby Rondinelli, Terry Silverlight, Ed Calle, Mary Wilson and Lew Soloff, among many others.

 

In addition to Phil’s Juke Joint, Phil currently leads Show Biz Kids (a 12-piece Steely Dan tribute), and the Phil Magallanes Trio (featuring bassist Elias Tona and drummer Matthew Buckner.)

 

Tim George – Electric Bass & Synth Bass:

 

Bassist Tim George has performed with some of the biggest names in smooth jazz. He received his B.S. in Music Education from Kansas State University in 1985 and has never looked back.

 

Tim has played bass and in some cases served as Musical Director with such smooth jazz artists as Richard Elliott, Peter White, Mindi Abair, Jeff Golub, Marc Antoine, Rick Braun, Jeff Kashiwa, Steve Cole, Kim Waters, The Sax Pack, Euge Groove, Warren Hill, Jeff Lorber, Paul Taylor, Marion Meadows, Nic Colionne, Brian Simpson, and Chuck Loeb.

 

Other notable traditional jazz and blues artists Tim has played with are Mel Torme, Ray Charles and Louis Bellson.

 

Ric Craig – Drums:

 

Originally from Tampa Florida (via Cleveland Ohio), Ric is known for his supportive and uplifting approach to drumming. He has toured with Diane Schuur, New York Tenors, Michael Crawford, Barry Manilow, Alvaro Torres, Rare Silk, Doc Severinsen, Ringling Bros & Barnum Bailey Circus, David Arkenstone and Ben Vereen, to name a few.

 

With a Bachelors in Percussion Performance from University of South Florida and a Masters in Studio Music and Jazz from University of Miami, Ric subsequently went on to teach drum set as an Adjunct Professor at University of Redlands, as well as at University of South Florida. While living in Los Angeles for 25 years, Ric performed throughout the area with the Steely Dan tribute “Pretzel Logic” and various Los Angeles-based artists. Ric is currently on the USF Jazz faculty teaching drum set and is one of the most versatile and sought-after drummers in the Tampa Bay Area. Ric also plays with Show Biz Kids.

 

Kenny Anderson – Saxophones:

 

Kenny Anderson emerged in the late ’90’s as a kind of “King Curtis” in Cleveland, before moving to Nashville, where he became a sought-after studio musician.

 

After 22 years of touring with several major artists (Arturo Sandoval, Tower Of Power, Miami Sound Machine and Tom Jones, just to name a few). Kenny returned to his hometown of Dunedin and is part of the Tampa Bay music scene. He also plays in Show Biz Kids.

 

Geoff Jakob – Guitar:

 

Geoff has been playing, teaching, and recording guitar professionally since 1988 in various musical situations spanning from his hometown in Key West to New York State. Notable projects include recording the guitar track to the piece, “Splinter” on the pioneering progressive rock/fusion bassist Sean Malone’s Cortlandt album which also featured Reeves Gabrels & Trey Gunn.