Saturday Big Band Jazz at the Ironwood with the Fox Big Band

🎷🎺 Get Ready to Swing, Jazz Lover! 🎺🎷

We’ve got some thrilling news that’ll make your weekend rhythmically irresistible! The Big Band Jazz Brunch is making a grand return to The Ironwood, and this time, the Ironwood is rolling out the red carpet for the Fox Big Band! 🎶✨. The band is fresh from its 2024 season that included a show at the Ironwood with the world renowned singer and trumpeter Benny Benack III. Saturday’s show will feature the best of Duke Ellington’s music, with vocalist Angela Wrigley.

Join us for a Saturday afternoon jazz extravaganza where the vibrant sounds of big band jazz will mingle with delicious brunch delights - or just join us for a beverage! Whether you're a lifelong jazz aficionado or just looking for a fresh way to kickstart your weekend, this event promises a toe-tapping, heart-thumping experience you won't want to miss.

Mark your calendar and bring your friends—let's turn this brunch into a swingin' celebration of good food, great music, and even better company. See you there! 🥂🎉

Date: Saturday September 14
Time: 2:00
Venue: The Ironwood, 1229 9th Ave SE Reservations: (403) 269-5581

Grab your reservation now and get ready to let the music move you! 🎷💃🕺

FOX BIG BAND enjoys a growing audience in Calgary, performing at the Ironwood Stage and Grill and other venues. The Band’s repertoire explores a variety of different musical styles in blues, Latin jazz, rock, funk, bebop, fusion and contemporary music, all arranged in modern big band orchestration. With 13 horns, a full rhythm section and the occasional vocalist, the band impresses with the dynamic power of a big band—it can roar like the big band it is - or can quietly purr on a gentle ballad as well.

The band’s musicians include some of Calgary’s finest jazz musicians, featuring a lot of jazz solo work, along with some nifty ensemble playing. The band’s music ranges through well-known artists such as Pat Metheny, and Phil Collins, contemporary big bands such as Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band, and great classic big bands such as Count Basie, Buddy Rich, Duke Ellington and countless others. Some recent performances have featured the music of Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, pat Metheny, Count Basie, Buddy Rich and Mies Davis.

FOX BIG BAND, now under the direction of Brandon Oberhamer, was formed in the 1980s by Doug Fox, a Calgary trumpeter and bass player and jazz arranger. Doug always enjoyed playing the music of the classic swing big bands but was also interested in composing and arranging contemporary big band music that crossed into other genres of music in blues, Latin jazz, funk, rock and other contemporary styles.