BIG
UPCOMING GIGS
(by
publicist Andrew McIntosh) :
Apr saw Brown focused
heavily
on
recording sessions:
He
was, or is, currently locked in
studio
with the following artists:
Electryc
Trio (electric
jazz)
Professor
D (hip-hop)
Third
Word (hip-hop)
Rikoshay
(hip-hop)
Jason
Wilson (progressive
reggae)
CRUZAO
(latin-jazz-urbania)
Chiva
(Colombian
latin-jazz)
Brownman
is currently the touring trumpet players with with legendary rapper GURU
of Gangstarr & Jazzmatazz fame. He'll be on tour for most of
the Summer with Guru.
**NEWS**
Guru's
management has just asked Brown to come to Europe with JAZZMATAZZ 4 for
the summer of '07.
JUNE
12-13 (rehearsals in Europe)
JUNE
14-30 (European shows)
JULY
10-14 (European shows)
JULY
15-3rd week of AUGUST (US tour)
SEPT
T.B.A. (Australia / New Zealand)
Brownman
& Guru
2006
ended for Brownman with the explosive "Jazz By Genre" presentation of legendary
rapper of Jazzmatazz and Gangstarr fame - GURU, held in Toronto's revered
Mod Club. The chemistry between Brown and Guru was evident, Guru
even dragging him to the front of the stage to solo while the hip-hop legend
held a mic in front of his bell. This single performance would lead
to a phone call from Guru's producer Solar a month later asking Brown if
he was available to make an appearance on the upcoming 2007 release of
'Jazzmatazz Vol. 4' due out in stores nationwide in April 2007, replacing
Roy Hargrove as the featured trumpet soloist. Brown, accepting immediately,
would write a special horn arrangement of "Universal Struggle" and solo
throughout the tune. In early Feb he was again contacted by Solar
- who was thrilled by Brown's work on the track and ask him to tour America
for the release of JAZZMATAZZ VOL. 4. Brownman will be touring with
GURU throughout 2007 and is honoured to be Guru's featured trumpet soloist.
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The Madness begins on June 01
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Fri-Jun-01 w/ MARRON MATIZADO
@ Old Mill, Toronto
Sat-Jun-02 off
Sun-Jun-03 w/ BROWNMAN ACOUSTIC TRIO
@ 10 Feet Tall, Toronto
Mon-Jun-04 off
Tue-Jun-05 off
Wed-Jun-06 off
Thu-Jun-07 off
Fri-Jun-08 w/ CRUZAO
GRUPO MONSTRUOSO
@ Harbourfront, Toronto (Free!)
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GURU'S JAZZMATAZZ in Europe I - start
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Sat-Jun-09 : off (Brown
travels to Switzerland)
Sun-Jun-10 : arrival in Switzerland
Mon-Jun-11 : rehearsals in Switzerland
Tue-Jun-12 : rehearsals in Switzerland
Wed-Jun-13 : rehearsals in Switzerland
Thr-Jun-14 : Zurich, Switzerland @ Moods
Fri-Jun-15 : Lausanne, Switzerland @ D
Club
Sat-Jun-16 : Albi, France @
Summer Rock Fest
Sun-Jun-17 : off (travel to UK)
Mon-Jun-18 : London, UK @ Jazz Cafe
Tue-Jun-19 : London, UK @ Jazz Cafe
Wed-Jun-20 : London, UK @ Jazz Cafe
Thr-Jun-21 : off
Fri-Jun-22 : Amsterdam, Netherlands
@ Patronaat
Sat-Jun-23 : Sofia, Bulgaria @ Black Box
Sun-Jun-24 : off
Mon-Jun-25 : Innsbruck, Austria @ Treibhaus
Tue-Jun-26 : Dortmund, Germany @ FZW
Wed-Jun-27 : off (travel to Zaragoza,
Spain)
Thr-Jun-28 : soundcheck in Spain
Fri-Jun-29 : Zaragoza, Spain
@ Zaragaza Hiphop fest
Sat-Jun-30 : La Roche Sur Yon, France
@ Microcosm
Sun-Jul-01 : off (Brown flys to Canada)
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GURU'S JAZZMATAZZ in Europe I - ends
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Mon-Jul-02 off (Brown in Toronto)
Tue-Jul-03 off (in Toronto)
Wed-Jul-04 off (in Toronto)
Thr-Jul-05 off (in Toronto)
Fri-Jul-06 Brownman
& CRUZAO
@ Dundas Square, Toronto
Sat-Jul-07 off (Hendrik @ Sunfest?)
Sun-Jul-08 off (Hendrik @ Sunfest?)
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GURU'S JAZZMATAZZ in Europe II - start
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Mon-Jul-09 off (fly to France)
Tue-Jul-10 Marseille, France
- confirmed
Wed-Jul-11 Europe dates tba
Thu-Jul-12 Europe dates tba
Fri-Jul-13 Ghent, Belgium
- confirmed
Sat-Jul-14 Prague, Czech Republic
- confirmed
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GURU'S JAZZMATAZZ in Europe II - end
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GURU'S JAZZMATAZZ in USA/CANADA - start
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Sun-Jul-15 Toronto, ON @ Mod Club
Mon-Jul-16 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
Tue-Jul-17 off
Wed-Jul-18 Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
Thu-Jul-19 Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave
Fri-Jul-20 Kansas City, MO @ Record Bar
Sat-Jul-21 Denver, CO @ Oriental Theater
Sun-Jul-22 off or SLC or Aspen, CO @ tba
Mon-Jul-23 off
Tue-Jul-24 Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
Wed-Jul-25 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore
Thu-Jul-26 Bend, OR @ Dominoes
Fri-Jul-27 Humbolt, CA @ Indigo or Mazzoti
Sat-Jul-28 San Francisco, CA @ Mezzanine
Sun-Jul-29 Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey
Mon-Jul-30 San Diego, CA @ Belly Up
Tue-Jul-31 off
Wed-Aug-01 Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa
Thu-Aug-02 Dallas, TX @ Granada
Fri-Aug-03 Little Rock, AR @ Revolution
Sat-Aug-04 Memphis, TN @ New Daisy (tbc)
Sun-Aug-05 New Orleans, LA or Atlanta,
GA
Mon-Aug-06 off
Tue-Aug-07 Winston-Salem, NC @ Ziggys
Wed-Aug-08 Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle
Thu-Aug-09 Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero
Fri-Aug-10 Baltimore, MD @ Ramshead Live
Sat-Aug-11 Boston, MA @ tba
Sun-Aug-12 Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
Mon-Aug-13 off
Tue-Aug-14 Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr Smalls
Wed-Aug-15 New York, NY @ tba
Thr-Aug-16 off
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GURU'S JAZZMATAZZ in USA/CANADA - end
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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!
http://ElectrycTrio.brownman.com
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.
http://www.MySpace.com/BrownmanMusic
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.
http://www.praguejazzopen.cz
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:
http://Brownman.com/Interviews/Eye-Sept2005/StyleForMiles.html
ALI
BROS "mythological" Canada Day performance:
http://Brownman.com/Interviews/2005-08-FilmFest/Mythology.html
Interview
with View Magazine (in depth)
http://Brownman.com/Interviews/ViewMag-Mar2005/VIEW-Gruv-Mar24to30-2005.htm
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