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Feb 11 2007 |
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Toronto |
Wed
Feb 14 2007 -- Valentine's Day |
7:00pm to 8:00pm -- 9:00pm to 10:00pm |
A special VALENTINE'S DAY presentation: BROWNMAN LOVE TRIO featuring Brownman (trumpet) Dustin Shaskin (bass) Scott Metcalfe (piano) -- from press release: Nationally acclaimed Trinidadian born, NYC schooled jazz trumpet player Nick "Brownman" Ali comes to Toronto's Laurentian room for 2 sets of the most romantic of jazz horn work in the city. In the spirit of Miles Davis and Chet Baker, this unique Valentine's Day only presentation of the "Love Trio" will perform a special repertoire of classic jazz love standards such as Cole Porter's "I love you" and Duke Ellington's "Sentimental Mood". A Valentine's Day to remember for you and yours. " |
Love Songs |
Room Info: 416-925-8680 (MAP) |
Toronto |
Fri
Feb 16 2007 |
9:00pm -- show 10:00pm to 11:00pm |
presents: BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO featuring Brownman - electric trumpet Tyler Emond - 5-string electric bass Paul DeLong - drums -- WE'RE FILIMING A LIVE CONCERT DVD!!! COME OUT AND BE PART OF IT!! -- JazzOnline writes: "Nick "Brownman" Ali's powerful trio captures the essence of the later years in Miles Davis' life, his electric period, without imitation. Brownman's ELECTRYC TRIO is uniquely his own, yet echoes with the sounds of ‘Bitches Brew’ and ‘In a Silent Way’ right down to Miles’ use of electronics while still managing to stay grounded in the sounds of today, clearly paying apt tribute to Brownman's NYC mentor Randy Brecker. Impressive." -- Gladstone event info |
Groove Jazz |
Hotel Ballroom Info: 416-531-4635 (MAP) $10 door |
(just E of Dufferin) Toronto |
Sat
Feb 17 2007 |
between 5:00pm and 7:00pm |
The Downtown Grapevine presents: BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO featuring Brownman - electric trumpet Tyler Emond - 5-string electric bass Colin Kingsmore - drums -- JazzOnline writes: "Nick "Brownman" Ali's powerful trio captures the essence of the later years in Miles Davis' life, his electric period, without imitation. Brownman's ELECTRYC TRIO is uniquely his own, yet echoes with the sounds of ‘Bitches Brew’ and ‘In a Silent Way’ right down to Miles’ use of electronics while still managing to stay grounded in the sounds of today, clearly paying apt tribute to Brownman's NYC mentor Randy Brecker. Impressive." |
Groove Jazz |
Much Music |
Toronto |
Thrs
Feb 22 2007 |
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The LIVE WIRE weekly series, this week featuring: ALI BROS featuring Marcus Ali - saxohones Brownman Ali - trumpets Marc Rogers Ali - 6-string electric bass Colin Kingsmore Ali - drums -- JazzOnline writes: The Ali Bros embody the essence of jazz improvisational ideology erupting against a backdrop of powerful urban grooves. Funk, hip-hop, drum'n'bass, R'n'B all colliding with modern jazz textures. Their uncanny musical relationship enhanced by blood, Brownman and Marcus Ali together form an incredibly synergetic, almost telepathic bond making them one of the most called upon horn men in the city. They have appeared side by side in countless horn sections in the Canadian professional music scene most nobably as the backbone to the multi-award winning latin-jazz ensemble CRUZAO. |
urban-jazz grooves -- Blazing horn-lines -- Introspective funk |
Info: 416-913-8197 (MAP) $7 adv by email $10 door |
(N. of Bloor at Follis) Toronto |
Fri
Feb 23 2007 |
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BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO featuring Brownman - electric trumpet Tyler Emond - 6-string electric bass Aaron Staebell - drums -- JazzOnline writes: "Nick "Brownman" Ali's powerful trio captures the essence of the later years in Miles Davis' life, his electric period, without imitation. Brownman's ELECTRYC TRIO is uniquely his own, yet echoes with the sounds of ‘Bitches Brew’ and ‘In a Silent Way’ right down to Miles’ use of electronics while still managing to stay grounded in the sounds of today, clearly paying apt tribute to Brownman's NYC mentor Randy Brecker. Impressive." |
Groove Jazz |
Hardware Cafe Info: 716-882-8843 (MAP) FREE!! |
Buffalo, New York |
Sat
Feb 24 2007 |
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RBR Restivo, Brown, Ross feat. Dave Restivo (piano) Brownman (trumpet) Ross MacIntyre (bass) -- From press release: "Three of Canada's most acclaimed jazz musicians team up in Guleph's Manhattan's jazz club for an evening of New York City style mainstream jazz." SEE POSTER |
Jazz |
Info: 519-767-2440 (MAP) |
Guelph |
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BIG UPCOMING GIGS (by publicist Andrew McIntosh) : Jan to Mar will see Brown focused heavily on recording sessions and not performing live as much as in the summer. He
is currently locked in
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BROWN NEWS (by publicist Andrew McIntosh) : Brownman was recently nominated for a 2006 Canadian National Jazz Award for "Latin-jazz Artist of the Year". The prize was awarded to the luminous and deserving Hilario Duran, but we at Brownman Music Inc. would like to thank all those who voted for this dynamic performer! Shortly
after returning from the last South American tour in Jan '06, the BROWNMAN
ELECTRYC TRIO began a new jazz residency at
Buffalo's ultra hip Allen St. Hardware Cafe... this residency will continue
through summer and all of upstate NY is invited to join the party!
No
longer able to deny the undeniable - Brownman Music now has a MySpace.com
page. There are 4 tunes and some video from CRUZAO is currently loaded
(though they will be on weekly rotation), pics, and a ton more. Feel
free to drop in and make Brown your MySpace friend.
The AUDIO/VIDEO section at Brownman.com now has new audio up - as well as a 2 minute movie trailer from film maker Vitold Vidic's Documentary "CRUZAO: The Movie" which first aired at the 2005 Toronto film festival and documents the trials and tribulations of Brownman's struggle to get CRUZAO GRUPO MONSTRUOSO - the 15-man version of CRUZAO - prepped for it's inaugural performance at the 2004 Distillery Jazz Festival with the clocking ticking down and problems mounting. http://Brownman.com/pages-AudVid.htm (Under VIDEO) Brownman
recently appointed to the Prague Jazz Open Festival's Board of Artistic
Directors where his knowledge and expertise will aid in shaping the vision
of the festival's 2006/2007 programming.
Brownman toured ARGENTINA for 3 weeks - beginning with the Buenos Aires Jazz Festival and includes feature concert presentations with some of Argentina's finest jazz and tango artists! May 21 to June 15 2006 - arriving back in Toronto just in time to perform 8 times for the Toronto Jazz Festival. More Argentine info as it comes in... Collaborations seems to be the name of the game in 2006 and we'd like to mention some of those fantastic groups that have featured Brown in recent months: IRAKERE, CHISPA Y LOS COMPLICES, TUMBAO INC., DUB TRINITY, KUSH, FERTILE GROUND, SOULIVE, KOBOTOWN, KELLY LEE EVANS, MR. SOMETHING SOMETHING, METHODOLOGY, JAH-B, MAPALE, CHIVA, RITA DI GHENT & The SPRAWL PROJECT, AVE RD. & CESCO. All are world-class ensembles and we encourage those reading this to put their names into Google and check out their artistry.
OLDER BROWN NEWS (by publicist Andrew McIntosh) : Brownman voted Toronto's 2005 BEST JAZZ ARTIST by NOW Magazine: http://brownman.com/PressReleases/NowAward-Oct27-2005_v13.PDF Errol
Nazereth's feature article on FIVE WEEKS FOR MILES:
ALI
BROS "mythological" Canada Day performance:
Interview
with View Magazine (in depth)
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