Tampa Bay Area Music Calendar (An Entirely Subjective and Selective Listing)

Parameters for this list: All the shows I'd want to see, given all the $$ and, mostly, time, in the world. Feel free to send concert info, but please understand that this list is not intended to be comprehensive. Got corrections/updates? Send them.

Trombone Shorty (photo, above) w/ Elliott Cohn's Cosmic Sweat Society - Saturday, Jan 9, Skipper's, 8 p.m.

Zach Deputy w/ Rob Anthony - Sunday, Jan. 10, Skipper's, 5 p.m.

James Gibbs III/Jordan Richardson Quintet - Jan. 15, Mahaffey Theater, 7:30 p.m.

Marcia Ball w/ The Venturas - Jan. 17, Skipper's, 6 p.m.

Statesmen of Jazz: Bucky Pizzarelli (guitar), Bob Wilber (clarinet/sax), Rosanno Sportiello (piano), Antii Sarpila (sax), Nicki Parrott (bass), Jeff Barnhart (piano), Ed Metz, Jr. (drums) - Jan. 20, Palladium Theater, 7:30 p.m.

Gov't Mule - Jan. 21, Ritz Theatre, 8:30 p.m.

Subdudes w/ Beth McKee - Jan. 29, Skipper's, 8 p.m.

Big Sam's Funky Nation w/ Rosie Ledet - Jan. 30, Skipper's, 8 p.m.

Boogie Woogie/Blues Piano Stomp: Bob Seeley, Liz Pennock, Ricky Nye, Barry Cuda - Jan. 30, Palladium Theater, 8 p.m.

Ira Sullivan - Jan. 31, HCC Performing Arts Building Theater, Ybor City (details TBA; Tampa Jazz Club show)

B.B. King & Buddy Guy - Feb. 5, Ruth Eckerd Hall, 8 p.m.

Harry Connick Jr. - Feb. 12, Ruth Eckerd Hall

The Wailers - Feb. 12, Ritz Theatre

Yonder Mountain String Band - Feb. 13, The Ritz, 9 p.m.

Whitney James - Feb. 13, Palladium Theater

Willie Nelson - Feb. 14, Busch Gardens

Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk w/ The Jim Morey Band - Feb. 21, Skipper's

Dave Alvin & Two Guilty Women w/ Amanda Shires - Feb. 27, Skipper's, 8 p.m.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo - March 2, Mahaffey Theater, 7 p.m.

Roy Book Binder - March 5, Palladium Theater, 8 p.m.

Chuck Prophet w/ Peter Mulvey - March 13, Skipper's, 8 p.m.

Zakir Hussain - March 18, Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center Ferguson Hall, 8 p.m.

Wilco - March 23, Ruth Eckerd Hall

G. Love and Special Sauce - March 26, Ritz Theatre, 9 p.m.

Pat Metheny - April 9, Ruth Eckerd Hall, 8 p.m.

VENUES--------------------------------------------------------

Mahaffey Theater @ Progress Energy Center for the Arts, 400 First St. S., St. Petersburg; (727) 892-5798

New World Brewery, 1313 E. Eighth Ave., Ybor City (Tampa); 813 248-4969

The Palladium Theater at St. Petersburg College, 253 Fifth Ave. N., St. Petersburg; 727 822-3590

The Ritz Theatre, 1503 E. Seventh Ave., Ybor City (Tampa); 813 247-2555

Ruth Eckerd Hall, 1111 N. McMullen Booth Road, Clearwater; 727 791-7400

Skipper's Smokehouse, 910 Skipper Road, Tampa; (813) 971-0666