 Biography
Captain Dave Jones formed Prime Time
Big Band in 1994 after serving in the
Canadian Forces Music Branch as a
trumpeter and conductor for over 27
years. Comprised of Calgary’s top
professional musicians, the band
rehearses weekly and since the beginning
they have performed hundreds of
engagements featuring jazz artists such
as P.J. Perry, Guido Basso, Alastair
Kay, Bobby Shew, Phil Nimmons, Hugh
Fraser, Mike Tomaro, Peter Appleyard,
Phil Woods, Bob Mintzer, George Robert,
Ian McDougall, Paul Wertico, Mike
Herriott, Andrea Tofanelli, Adam Rapa,
Ingrid Jensen, Chris Jaudes, Walter
White, Sean Jones, Wycliffe Gordon,
Allen Vizzutti and Doc Severinsen.
The band has a current library of
over six hundred compositions including
Big Band Swing, BeBop, Latin,
Contemporary Jazz Standards, Popular
Tunes and Rock. It also has a dance
library of over four hundred
arrangements of all styles from the
1940’s to the present day.
The
current members include: Richard
Harding, Eric Friedenberg, Pat Belliveau,
John Roggensack and Bryan Vance on
saxophones and woodwinds; Jim Murray,
Kim Beachum, Dave Jones, Al Muirhead and
Leanne Paisley on trumpets and
flugelhorns; Brian Walley, Jim Scott,
Dave Reid and Paul Toutant on trombones,
Derek Stoll on piano, Kai Poscente on
bass, John deWaal on drums, Keith Smith
on guitar and Shari Chaskin on vocals.
Over the past six years, Prime Time
Big Band has enjoyed a “steady” Saturday
afternoon two-hour jazz gig at the
Ironwood Stage and Grill in Calgary,
Alberta. Big band jazz from the 1940’s
to the present day including hits from
the Buddy Rich Band, the Bob Florence
Big Band, the Stan Kenton Band, the
Count Basie Big Band, the Thad Jones Mel
Lewis Big Band and Gordon Goodwin’s Big
Phat Band and other big bands are
featured.
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Prime Time Big Band
Dave Jones - Director
Prime Time Big Band
with Bandleader David Jones is composed of Calgary's most prominent musicians and features
renowned vocalist Shari Chaskin |
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