Prime Time Big Band ~ The Band
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, Moe Koffman, Hugh Fraser, Mike Tomaro, Peter Appleyard, Phil Woods, George Robert, Ian McDougall and many others.

The band has a current library of over five 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 Foley, Al Muirhead and leader Dave Jones 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 three years, Prime Time Big Band has enjoyed a "steady" Saturday afternoon two-hour jazz gig at a local club and now opens the fourth season at the Ironwood Stage 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 are featured.
 
    The Band...      
Director Saxophones Trombones Trumpets Vocalist
Dave Jones Richard Harding Brian Walley Jim Murray Shari Chaskin
  Eric Friedenberg Jim Scott Kim Beachum  
  Pat Belliveau Dave Reid Dave Foley  
  John Roggensack Paul Toutant Al Muirhead  
  Bryan Vance   Dave Jones  
In Memoriam Piano Bass Drums Guitar
Bob Day Derek Stoll Kai Poscente John deWaal Keith Smith


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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