TICKETS
Reserved: $50, $40.
General Admission: $30.
This show was originally scheduled in Oct. 2024 and rescheduled due to Hurricane Milton. Tickets from the original date have transferred to this new May 15th date. Contact the box office at pal.tix@spcollege.edu if you have questions related to your tickets.
Doors open for seating one hour prior to show.
British jazz pianist/composer, Simon Lasky, returns to The Palladium to celebrate his 6 years as a Tampa Bay native (and 50 years on the planet!). The evening will feature brand new music performed by his core band – the Simon Lasky Group – plus an exciting array of special guest performers and favourite artists from The Tampa Bay jazz scene. Expect a celebratory night with new music, favourites from his current album, and some special guests and musical surprises.
His 2024 album release (‘For The Dreamers’ by Simon Lasky Group) has been receiving accolades, rave reviews, and radio play across the U.S. and was a Finalist in the 2024 Creative Loafing ‘Best of The Bay’ award in the ‘Best Jazz Release by a Local Band’ category and the ‘Best Jazz Ensemble’ category.
This concert promises to be a special night!
“Lasky’s music is atmospheric, melodic, airy, thoughtful and often influenced by the Pat Metheny Group without being too derivative.”
— Scott Yanow, Los Angeles Jazz Scene
ABOUT THE ARTIST
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 prestigious presentations at ISJAC’s bi-annual symposia.
Simon’s 3 albums as a leader showcase dozens of compositions for large and small jazz ensemble. 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, Paul Booth, Ant Law, Danny Bacher, 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.
Presented by The Palladium at SPC.
