OC Session: Ed Lister’s Prime Rib Big Band

Since last March, trumpeter and bandleader Ed Lister has been beefing up Ottawa’s jazz scene with his Prime Rib Big Band.
The 11-piece band has a standing gig at Irene’s Pub in the Glebe, playing the first Wednesday of every month. Lister’s band has also played two noon-hour concerts at Southminster United Church, plus shows at jazz festivals in Ottawa, Aylmer and Merrickville. Not bad at all given the cost of hiring a big band.
Next up for the Prime Rib Big Band is an appropri