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. In its 22 years, PTF has played multiple times at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Club in Paris as well as at the Rochester International Jazz and Rochester Fringe Festivals.

PTF’s debut CD, Ready and Willing, was co-produced by Grammy® Award-winning producer Jeff Tyzik, RPO Principal Pops Conductor. 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.