It is apparent Sonny LaRosa does not like to be interviewed. He hands a reporter a sheaf of clippings. "It's all there," he says, noting that reporters always ask the same questions. The 82-year-old LaRosa can be forgiven. As founder of America's Youngest Jazz Band, a group of Suncoast 4- to 13-year-olds who know how to make sweet notes on trumpets, saxophones and other instruments in the style of the Big Band era, he has had to contend with nosey reporters for 30 years. ...more

February 21, 2009

The room buzzed with nervous excitement as performers scrambled around, pinpointing their place on stage and in the music. ...more

December 17, 2008

The room buzzed with nervous excitement as performers scrambled around, pinpointing their place on stage and in the music. ...more

December 17, 2008

Tampa native Eric Darius is a rising star on the smooth jazz scene. He promises that his CD release party will be a "Hollywood-style event with a red carpet." ...more

June 19, 2008

Chris LaRosa caught the jai alai bug as a child but hung up his cesta 10 years ago after Tampa's fronton closed. ...more

May 28, 2008

First United Methodist Church, here, will open it 2007-2008 concert series with the big band sounds of Sonny Larosa's America's Youngest Jazz Band. ...more

November 3, 2007