Friday Night Jazz in the Garden-The LaRue Nickelson Trio

Friday Night Jazz in the Garden is New World's weekly celebration of Tampa's vibrant jazz community, showcasing the incredible local musicians who make our city such a special place to experience live music. Join us every Friday at 8:00 PM in our lush outdoor Biergarten for an evening of exceptional jazz under the stars.

This week features the LaRue Nickelson Trio. Trio. LaRue Nickelson is a jazz guitarist and composer from the Tampa Bay area. He has had a varied and diverse music career with many different groups. LaRue has played in New York, Italy, South Africa, New Orleans, Indianapolis, Russia, Montreux, and California as well as staying very busy doing festivals and clubs in the Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Orlando, and Sarasota, Florida areas. LaRue has performed with Rich Perry, Peter Erskine, Jeff Berlin, Ira Sullivan, Ingrid Jensen, Don Braden, Rufus Reid, Sheila Jordan, Hank Marr, David Leibman, Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge, Chick Corea, Conrad Herwig, Robbie Ameen, Giovanni Hildalgo, Gary Versace, Walt Weiskopf, Frank Foster, Mike Maineri, Adam Nussbaum, Steve Davis, Marcos Cavalcante, Bobby Floyd, Paquito D’rivera and Tony Monaco. He has also recorded with Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge, The Michael Ross Quartet and Cory Christiansen. As well as recording and performing, LaRue is also a composer with more than 100 compositions to his credit. He has released three solo projects, titled Dark Water, Labyrinthitis and Down…and Out. Recently, he has completed recording projects with Tom Brantley, Chuck Owen's tribute to Michael Brecker, and 2 duo albums with Jeremy Powell. He also has written for two Mel Bay anthologies. He is the jazz guitar instructor at the University of South Florida and currently resides in Tampa, FL with his beautiful wife, Joy, and his slightly less attractive cats, Kilgore Trout and Hodor.

LaRue is joined by Doug Matthews on Bass and Ian Goodman on Drums. Expect to hear anything from straight ahead to free jazz, funk to country , no tempo to all tempos...sometimes within the same song and all with a collective improv spirit.

While advance tickets are not required, purchasing one helps us support the musicians who make this series possible and ensures we can continue to bring outstanding live jazz to the New World Biergarten every Friday night.