WUSF 89.7-FM may have decided that its listeners don’t need jazz, but local promoters have kept the genre alive. Sand Key’s popular, nonprofit Suncoast Jazz Festival—set for Friday-Sunday Nov. 18-20 near Clearwater Beach—is among those devoted to preserving the scene and hosts its three-day jazz holiday this weekend when it takes over five ballrooms in two hotels (The Sheraton and Marriott) for dozens of scheduled performances.
WUSF 89.7-FM may have decided that its listeners don’t need jazz, but local promoters have kept the genre alive. Sand Key’s popular, nonprofit Suncoast Jazz Festival—set for Friday-Sunday Nov. 18-20 near Clearwater Beach—is among those devoted to preserving the scene and hosts its three-day jazz holiday this weekend when it takes over five ballrooms in two hotels (The Sheraton and Marriott) for dozens of scheduled performances.