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Jan 11 2008 -- the concert of the year |
7:00pm ---- Show 8:00pm to 10:00pm |
in concert with the BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO Click here for more event info. -- From Press Release: "Grammy Award winning legendary trumpeter RANDY BRECKER joins his former prodigal student, now Canadian jazz trumpet icon BROWNMAN on stage for a night of uber-modern electrified trumpet madness you won't soon forget." |
Electric Jazz -- Toronto meets NYC as 2 generations of modern jazz trumpet players go head to head. |
Info: 416-588-0307 (MAP) $54 dinner+show package (buy now) -- $20 at door -- $15 advanced (buy now) -- $12 students |
Toronto |
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Jan 25 2008 |
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PAVLO From Press Release: "Known widely as "the Greek God Of Guitar", the 38-year-old musician from Toronto, who plays a blend of latin and Greek folk music he calls "Mediterranean," will tape his first PBS television special Friday at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center in Dearborn. The 75-minute concert special, titled Pavlo's Mediterranean Nights, will be offered to public television stations across the U.S. during annual pledge drives, starting in March on Detroit's WTVS (channel 56, cable 67). |
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Performing Arts Centre Info: 313.943.2350 (MAP) |
Dearborn, USA (just outside Detroit) |
Sat.
Jan 26 2008 |
7:00pm ---- Show 8:00pm to 11:00pm |
BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO winners of the 2007 Canadian National Jazz Award for "Electric Jazz Group of the Year" featuring Brownman - electric trumpet Tyler Emond - acoustic bass Colin Kingsmore - drumset -- 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 -- 2007 Canadian National Jazz Award winner for "Electric Jazz Group of the Year" |
Info: 905-928-3865 (MAP) $20 at the door ---- $15 advance ---- Email BiggySounds to get on the advance guest list |
Hamilton |
Thur.
Jan 31 2008 |
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Chet Singh & featuring Brownman |
minded Dub Reggae |
Room Info: (416) 975-0845 (MAP) |
Toronto |
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COMING in 2008 Sat-Feb-02, 08:00pm featured soloist in BRENDA CAROL's RENAISSANCE JAZZ FAIR @ Renaissance Cafe, T.O. Thr-Feb-07,
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BROWN NEWS (by publicist Andrew McIntosh) : Brownman named NOW Magazine's 2007 Toronto Jazz Trumpeter of the Year -- Featured cover story for the Oct/Nov 2007 issue of CODA magazine, Canada's most acclaimed jazz publication since 1958. http://www.Coda1958.com -- After being nominated in 5 categories at the Canadian National Jazz Awards, the BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO was honoured to have been awarded the 2007 National Jazz Award for Electric Jazz Group of the Year. Thanks to all that voted! Brownman was nominated for : - Canadian National Jazz Composer of the Year - Canadian National Jazz Musician of the Year - Canadian National Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year - Canadian National Latin-jazz Artist of the Year - Canadian National Electric Group of the Year (w/ Brownman Electryc Trio) -- Brownman asked to tour with legendary NYC hip-hop rapper Guru (of Gangstarr and Jazzmatazz fame). After replacing the unavailable Roy Hargrove on Guru's Jazzmatazz Vol. 4 recording session (hits the store in June), Brownman was asked to tour America. He departs June 9th for Zurich, Switzerland for 3 days of rehearsals before embarking on a blistering tour European tour before the U.S.A. tour dates being July 15. Check out the tour dates: http://www.brownman.com/GigSchedule/2007-06-sched.htm -- Brownman was 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:
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BROS "mythological" Canada Day performance:
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