{"id":320753,"date":"2026-06-26T16:03:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T16:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/320753\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T16:03:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T16:03:24","slug":"jazz-composer-simon-lasky-used-his-palladium-fellowship-money-on-new-work-being-showcased-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/320753\/","title":{"rendered":"Jazz composer Simon Lasky used his Palladium fellowship money on new work being showcased this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"663\" data-attachment-id=\"259067\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/music-2\/uk-jazz-composer-simon-lasky-comes-out-of-the-studio-to-tease-new-album-in-st-pete-16374709\/attachment\/simonlasky_hr01_photoby_jaynedrooger-scaled-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/simonlasky_hr01_photoby_jaynedrooger-scaled-1.webp?fit=1200%2C1021&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1021\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"simonlasky_hr01_photoby_jaynedrooger-scaled-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Simon Lasky&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/simonlasky_hr01_photoby_jaynedrooger-scaled-1.webp?fit=780%2C663&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/simonlasky_hr01_photoby_jaynedrooger-scaled-1.webp\" alt=\"A portrait of composer and pianist Simon Lasky sitting in front of an open grand piano. The musician, with short blonde hair and wearing a grey button-up shirt with dark pants, sits with hands clasped, looking forward. The warm overhead lighting illuminates the piano keys and the polished wood interior of the instrument.\" class=\"wp-image-259067\"  \/>Simon Lasky Credit: Photo by Jayne Drooger<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2021,  has doled out cash as part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/mypalladium.org\/home\/creative-fellowships\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCreative Fellowship\u201d<\/a> program for homegrown artists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pianist and composer <a href=\"https:\/\/simonlasky.com\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/simonlasky.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Simon Lasky <\/a>got support last year, and in response, he created new works meant for New York musicians including saxophonist Lucas Pino, trumpeter Dave Smith, drummer Jimmy MacBride, and bassist Peter Slavov. On vocals for Lasky\u2019s New York Quintet is his frequent collaborator, Allison Nash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The troupe lets New Tampa get a taste of its fruit on Wednesday before <a href=\"https:\/\/mypalladium.org\/events\/simon-laskys-new-york-quintet-ft-allison-nash\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a set at Palladium on Thursday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/event\/simon-lasky-new-york-quintet-and-allison-nash-in-new-tampa-21504514\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/event\/simon-lasky-new-york-quintet-and-allison-nash-in-new-tampa-21504514\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets to see the Simon Lasky New York Quintet featuring Allison Nash at New Tampa Performing Arts Center in Tampa on Wednesday, July 1 are still available and start at $30.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782489804_767_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Youtube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/altnewsfoundation.org\/cl-tampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tampa-newslettersignup-page\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiECLjru3gB6BLYKOKFLfkVZsqFAgKIhAi467t4AegS2CjihS35FWb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/@c\/1599764?s=01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CreativeLoafingTampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cltampabay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cltampabay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cltampabay.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/collections\/june-25-july-01-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June 25 \u2013 July 01, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead his 2016 intro letter\u00a0and disclosures from 2022 and 2021.\u00a0Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/rroa\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Ray Roa\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Simon Lasky Credit: Photo by Jayne Drooger Since 2021, has doled out cash as part of a \u201cCreative&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320754,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[17590,6616,133029,202,204,203,199,201,200,1865],"class_list":["post-320753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-new-tampa-performing-arts-center","tag-palladium-theater","tag-simon-lasky","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-tampa-bay-concerts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}