{"id":54991,"date":"2025-11-21T01:50:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T01:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/54991\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T01:50:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T01:50:21","slug":"miami-jazz-band-abstract-citizen-plays-intimate-tampa-concert-on-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/54991\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami jazz band Abstract Citizen plays intimate Tampa concert on Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" data-attachment-id=\"347910\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/abstractcitizen\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AbstractCitizen.jpg?fit=2048%2C1366&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1366\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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=\"AbstractCitizen\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Abstract Citizen&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AbstractCitizen.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AbstractCitizen.jpg?fit=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AbstractCitizen.jpg\" alt=\"A four-person band or group poses on a light-colored ground in front of a striking, graffiti-style pink and blue wall.\" class=\"wp-image-347910\"  \/>Abstract Citizen Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=922560656602522&amp;set=a.417923410399585\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AbstractCitizen \/ Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Guitarist Aaron Lebos is coming to the living room.<\/p>\n<p>Abstract Citizen\u2014his quartet with bassist Marty Quinn, drummer Lucas Apostoleris and vocalist Vania Junco\u2014is one of Miami\u2019s most-coveted jazz exports and joins Tampa\u2019s dean of jazz guitar, LaRue Nickelson, for an intimate show at one of the Bay area\u2019s coziest venues. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefarforest.com\/forest-sounds\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets to see Abstract Citizen play the Far Forest in Tampa on Friday, Nov. 21 are still available and start at $20.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763689821_182_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><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\/nov-20-26-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nov. 20 \u2013 26, 2025<\/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":"Abstract Citizen Credit: AbstractCitizen \/ Facebook Guitarist Aaron Lebos is coming to the living room. 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