New Tampa Jazz Nights — Dave Stryker

Dave Stryker is set to play New Tampa Jazz Nights on Saturday, April 25, with an 8 p.m. show at the New Tampa Performing Arts Center in Tampa. (newtampaartscenter.org) The concert is part of a series presented by Tampa Jazz Club in association with the New Tampa Performing Arts Center. The venue lists the address as 8550 Hunters Village Road, Tampa. (newtampaartscenter.org) Ticket listings show a low entry price aimed at students, with seats running from $10 to $35 depending on section. Tampa Jazz Club lists $35 reserved table seats, $30 theater seats, and $10 student tickets with identification. (tampajazzclub.com) This stop is built as more than a solo billing. Tampa Jazz Club says Stryker will be joined by Jack Wilkins on tenor saxophone, Mark Neuenschwander on bass, Per Danielsson on piano, and McClenty Hunter on drums. (tampajazzclub.com) The booking also shows how the New Tampa venue is using a recurring jazz series to bring nationally known players into a suburban Hillsborough County theater. Hillsborough County’s April events calendar listed the Stryker date alongside other touring acts at the center. (hcfl.gov) Stryker arrives with a long recording résumé that the venue and promoter both use to frame the show. The New Tampa events page says he has recorded nearly 40 albums and that his last seven reached No. 1 on the JazzWeek Radio chart. (newtampaartscenter.org) His official site also shows recent releases still coming in 2025 and 2026, including *Stryker with Strings Goes to the Movies* and *Blue Fire - The Van Gelder Session*. That gives the Tampa date the feel of a current working tour stop, not a nostalgia booking. (davestryker.com) Local event listings have treated the concert as one of the week’s marquee arts picks in Tampa Bay. Creative Loafing’s calendar called it the season finale for New Tampa Jazz Nights. (community.cltampa.com) For listeners, the practical details are simple: Saturday night, 8 p.m., in New Tampa, with entry starting at $10. For the series, it is a closing-night booking built around a guitarist the presenters describe as one of jazz’s most prolific bandleaders. (mytbtickets.com)