Jazz

The Prime Time Big Band are putting together a very special show for May featuring some of their favourite songs from past!

Aeolian Hall provides a wonderful acoustic space for listening and dancing. You won’t want to miss this evening of great swing and jazz standards. Guaranteed to put a smile on your face and a swing in your step!

The Prime Time Big Band is one of the most popular Swing Big Bands in Ontario. The band has recorded three albums and numerous performances over almost two decades. The band has many exceptional jazz soloists and singers who always put on a great evening of entertainment.

Aeolian Hall provides a wonderful acoustic space for listening and dancing. You won’t want to miss this evening of great swing and jazz standards. Guaranteed to put a smile on your face and a swing in your step!

The Prime Time Big Band is one of the most popular Swing Big Bands in Ontario. The band has recorded three albums and numerous performances over almost two decades. The band has many exceptional jazz soloists and singers who always put on a great evening of entertainment.

Aeolian Hall provides a wonderful acoustic space for listening and dancing. You won’t want to miss this evening of great swing and jazz standards. Guaranteed to put a smile on your face and a swing in your step!

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London’s Prime Time Big Band is one of the London’s most popular and long running Jazz Orchestras. Specializing in Big Band Jazz from Ellington, Basie, Sinatra, Fitzgerald to more contemporary arrangers and singers like Stevie Wonder and Michael Buble. The PTBB has made three albums including one recently recorded with Grammy winning Matt Alber. We have several vocalists who sing with the band including Gina Farrugia and Bruce Hoadley as well as many great instrumental soloists.  Prime time especially loves playing at Aeolian Hall with its wonderful acoustics and the best grand piano in the city. Aeolian’s cabaret seating allows the audience to dance or just sit back and listen while enjoying their favorite refreshment. This cabaret concert will bring back memories of the Cotton Club featuring the original arrangements of Duke Ellington and his musical partner Bill Strayhorn. Prime Time, Aeolian Hall and Duke Ellington.  There just isn’t a better way to spend the evening.

Forest City London Music Week is the biggest celebration of London and area music and musicians. Planning for the event dates back to the early years of the project and with the help of our volunteer Board of Directors and some 60 volunteers forming the FCLMA Steering Committee we highlight the areas best in music.

The week is comprised of a number of events celebrating, encouraging and supporting musicians from this area of Ontario. FCLMA week is anchored by the FCLMA Classical, Jazz, World Music Awards Gala on opening night at the famed Aeolian Hall and closes with the FCLMA Pop & Rock Awards Gala Show at the London Music Hall.

Musical Guests Include:

The Mark Swan Band

Rachelle Courtney and Nevin Campbell

Rob Larose

Chad Louwerse

Katy Clark and Paul Grambo

River White

Hot Sauce Band

Magisterra Soloists

Syncopate Tap Co.

Forest City London Music Week is the biggest celebration of London and area music and musicians. Planning for the event dates back to the early years of the project and with the help of our volunteer Board of Directors and some 60 volunteers forming the FCLMA Steering Committee we highlight the areas best in music.

The week is comprised of a number of events celebrating, encouraging and supporting musicians from this area of Ontario. FCLMA week is anchored by the FCLMA Classical, Jazz, World Music Awards Gala on opening night at the famed Aeolian Hall and closes with the FCLMA Pop & Rock Awards Gala Show at the London Music Hall.

Forest City London Music Week is the biggest celebration of London and area music and musicians. Planning for the event dates back to the early years of the project and with the help of our volunteer Board of Directors and some 60 volunteers forming the FCLMA Steering Committee we highlight the areas best in music.

The week is comprised of a number of events celebrating, encouraging and supporting musicians from this area of Ontario. FCLMA week is anchored by the FCLMA Classical, Jazz, World Music Awards Gala on opening night at the famed Aeolian Hall and closes with the FCLMA Pop & Rock Awards Gala Show at the London Music Hall.

Jack Richardson London Music Week (#JRLMW2018) is the biggest celebration of London and area music and musicians. Planning for the event dates back to the early years of the project and with the help of our volunteer Board of Directors and some 60 volunteers forming the JRLMA Steering Committee we highlight the areas best in music.

The week is comprised of a number of events celebrating, encouraging and supporting musicians from this area of Ontario. JRLMW is anchored by the JRLMA Jazz and Classical Awards Show on opening night at the famed Aeolian Hall and closes with the JRLMA Pop & Rock Awards Gala Show at the London Music Hall.

Events throughout the week include the annual SoundCheck for Success, our career development panel/seminar/mentorship day, Jack’s London Crawling featuring many of London’s downtown live music venues, Jack’s Battle of the High School Bands supporting young musicians and a variety of showcases cutting across genres and styles to present the areas musicians to the community at large.

For the final Western Performs! concert of the season, head to Aeolian Hall to hear the award-winning Western University Jazz Ensemble, led by artistic director Dr. Kevin Watson.

The Western Performs! concert series is a collaboration between the Don Wright Faculty of Music, the School for Advanced Studies in the Arts and Humanities (SASAH), and Western Libraries. It is an opportunity to build community by bringing music of all forms to public spaces both on and off campus.

No pre-registration or ticket purchase required. Free admission. Simply attend and enjoy!

Recorded over 3 nights in December 2017, production work is nearing completion and release is expected for February 2018. Invited guests will be able to participate in a Listening Party on Thursday, January 18, 2018, at Aeolian Hall.

Guests of Clark Bryan, Artistic & Executive Director will include members of Prime Time Big Band, the sound and engineering team, Aeolian Volunteers, Board of Directors and the staff team, recording pre-sale purchasers AND existing and new donors to the GoFundMe campaign.

Donate to the project by clicking HERE.