Free event is Friday, June 7 at Webster Schroeder High School
Rochester, NY – Following its eighth year as house band for April’s Rochester Music Hall of Fame awards concert at Kodak Hall and its 23rd anniversary show at Lovin’ Cup earlier this month, Prime Time Funk (PTF) will return to Webster Schroeder High School (875 Ridge Rd.) for the seventh annual Spry Evening of Jazz on Friday, June 7 at 7 p.m. The free event is sponsored by Spry Cultural Arts.
“The evening concert features all three Spry Jazz Ensembles – sixth, seventh, and eighth grade – as well as the professional band, members of which come in to work with each of our groups during the day in a clinic setting,” explains the event’s organizer and Spry Middle School Band Director Allen Lis. “It’s a very exciting experience for the kids to play and interact with professional musicians, and a real nice way to end our school year.”
This will be Prime Time Funk’s third time headlining Spry Evening of Jazz.
“They always do a fantastic job with the kids during the day and their evening performance is always top-notch,” says Lis. “Kids, as well as parents, really enjoy hearing PTF.”
About Prime Time Funk: Prime Time Funk is a 10-piece powerhouse of passionate musicians from Western NY who write, arrange and perform a world-class combination of funk, jazz and R&B that’s hard to categorize but easy to feel. Along with co-founder/sax-player James Richmond, the band includes vocalist Ronnie Leigh, drummer David Cohen, saxophonist Vince Ercolamento, guitarist Joe Chiappone, Andy Calabrese on keyboards, bass player Ron France, Mike Edwards on baritone sax, and trumpeters Ron D’Angelo and Derrick Lipp. In its 23 years, PTF has performed with some of the world’s most respected acts at local, regional and international venues. PTF’s debut CD, Ready and Willing, was co-produced by Grammy® Award-winning producer/RPO Principal Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik. Its self-produced follow-up CD, Hear and Now, is a tribute to the band’s co-founder and original bass player, Ralph Ortiz. PTF is the official house band of the Rochester Music Hall of Fame annual awards ceremonies at Eastman Theatre. Find out more at www.primetimefunk.com.
Media please note: High-resolution photos are available, and interviews and photo/footage opportunities can be arranged. Please visit www.primetimefunk.com for more information.