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January 2009 Bookings/Gig Schedule
Date
Time
Band
Idiom
Venue
City
Fri.
Jan 9
2009
10:30pm
Hamilton's newest jazz room
Waltz Live Music
presents:
BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO
See the poster
featuring
Brownman - electric trumpet
Rodney Appleby - 6-string electric bass
Aaron Staebell - drums
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JazzOnline writes: 
"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."
Modern Electric
Groove Jazz
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2007 Canadian
National Jazz Award winner for
"Electric Jazz
Group of the Year"
Allen Street
Hardware
Cafe
Info:
716-882-8843
(MAP)
FREE!!
245 Allen St.
Buffalo,
New York
Fri.
Jan 16
2009

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Mon.
Jan 26
2009

10:00pm
most
nights
COLORADO STATE TOUR (USA)
with NYC hip-hop legend (of Gangstarr fame)
GURU's JAZZMATAZZ
Legendary rapper of Gangstarr fame & his Jazzmatazz crew
feat. Guru, Solar, DJ DooWop, Brownman & David Scott

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GURU'S JAZZMATAZZ in Colorado - start
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Fri-Jan-16 : travel day (Toronto -> Utah)
Sat-Jan-17: @ Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City, Utah 
Sun-Jan-18: @ 320 South, Breckenridge, Colorado
Mon-Jan-19: @ Sandbar, Vail, Colorado
Tue Jan 20: @ day off
Wed-Jan-21: @ Fly Me To The Moon, Telluride, Colorado
Thr Jan-22: @ Abbey Theatre, Durango, Colorado
Fri-Jan-23: @ Walnut Room, Denver, Colorado
Sat-Jan-24: @ Fox Theatre, Boulder, Colorado
Sun-Jan-25: @ Belly Up, Aspen, Colorado
Mon-Jan-26 : travel day (Colorado-> Toronto)
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GURU'S JAZZMATAZZ in Colorado - end
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Jazz
Hip-hop
Tour
Colorado
State
Tour,
USA
Sat.
Jan 31
2009
Doors &
dinner
6:30pm
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Set 1
Acoustic
9:30pm
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Set 2
Electric
11:00pm
Toronto's Trane Studio & The Black Underground 
presents
Brownman's
TRIBUTE TO
FREDDIE HUBBARD
Set 1: Acoustic  |  Set 2: Electric
[  Click to see full sized poster ]
see Brownsee Freddie
featuring
Brownman Ali - trumpet 
(of Jazzmatazz, Cruzao)
Dave Restivo - piano / keyboards
(of the Boss Brass, Mike Murley)
Marc Rogers - electric & acoustic basses
(of Holy Cole, Gruvasylum)
Colin Kingsmore - drums
(of Brownman Electyc trio, Elizabeth Shepherd)
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From press release:
The death of jazz legend Freddie Hubbard rocked the world in December.  Brownman, one of the thousands of trumpeters world-wide to be profoundly affected by the sound of Freddie Hubbard's horn over the years, pays tribute to the Hubbard legacy on Fri Jan 31 at Toronto's Trane Studio.  Recently returning to Toronto after recently touring with Guru's Jazzmatazz through America,  the Trinidadian-born multi-award winning jazz trumpeter - will once again take on the sombering task of playing a musical eulogy to one of his personal heros and one of the greatest jazz trumpet players in the history of the artform.  The evening will feature members of the Brownman Electryc Trio accompanied by keyboard great Dave Restivo through 2 sets of music - the 1st from Freddie's acoustic period ("Ready for Freddie", "Open Sesame") and the 2nd set will showcase his later electric period ("Red Clay", "Skydive").
Modern
Jazz Quintet
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Tribute to
Freddie Hubbard
Concert
Trane Studio
Info:
416-913-8197
(MAP)
$15 

at door
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$10
adults
advanced list
----
$7
students w/ ID 
964 Bathurst St.
(N. of Bloor at Follis)
Toronto
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UPCOMING
Tue Feb 03 - BROWNMAN & JOSH GOODMAN
@ Gate 403, Toronto (5-7pm)

Fri Feb 13 - BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO
@ Allen St. Hardware Cafe, Buffalo (10pm)

March 4-7 - GURU's JAZZMATAZZ
POLAND TOUR DATES T.B.A.
Legendary rapper of Gangstarr fame & his Jazzmatazz crew head to Poland
feat. Guru, Solar, DJ DooWop, Brownman & David Scott

Wed Mar 19 - MAX SENITT Y SU AMIGOS
@ Trane Studio, Toronto

Sat Mar 21 - PAVLO feat. Brownman
@ Hamilton Place, Hamilton

Mar 25 - Apr 12 - GURU's JAZZMATAZZ
EUROPEAN TOUR DATES T.B.A
Legendary rapper of Gangstarr fame & his Jazzmatazz crew head to Europe
feat. Guru, Solar, DJ DooWop, Brownman & David Scott

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Brown is focused heavily
on recording sessions:
He was, or is, currently locked in
studios with the following artists:
Guru (hip-hop)
Brownman Electryc Trio (electric jazz)
Josh Goodman (jazz)
Gerardo Brizuela (Latin house / electronica)
Trey Mills (singer/songwriter)
Rex Mann (folk)
Sheldon Barkley (Calypso)
Fernando Maar (jazz-rock)
Tia Brazda (singer/songwriter)
Jued (hip-hop)
John Eccelston (singer/songwriter)
Professor D (hip-hop)
Third Word (hip-hop)
Rikoshay (hip-hop)
Jason Wilson (progressive reggae)
CRUZAO (latin-jazz-urbania)
Chiva (Colombian latin-jazz)
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**Released Summer 2007
Brownman is currently the touring trumpet soloist with with legendary rapper GURU (of Gangstarr fame) in his JAZZMATAZZ ensemble. 

Guru & Brownman
- a brief history -
Guru and Brownman - Belgium
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.  This could have been just another 'backing band for out-of-town act' session for the often called Trinidadian trumpeter, but the chemistry between Brown and Guru was evident even back then on their first meeting.  During that show Guru would push him out of his regular horn position to the front of the stage to solo while the hip-hop legend held a mic in front of his horn's 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', replacing the luminious Donald Byrd 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 '07 he was again contacted by Solar, impressed by Brown's work on the track, to ask him to tour America for the release of JAZZMATAZZ VOL. 4. 
Brownman soloing hard - Portugal
Since then Brownman is deeply honoured to have been touring the world as the featured soloist with GURU's JAZZMATAZZ as they bring their unique breed of jazz-hip-hop through The United States, Europe, Japan & South America.  The world tour continues...

See extensive YouTube archive of tour footage.

Guru and Brownman - Brazil


BROWN NEWS
(by publicist Andrew McIntosh) :

Brownman nonimated for a 2008
Toronto Independant Music Award w/ the
BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO for
2008 Toronto Jazz Group of the Year
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Brownman nonimated for a 2008
National Jazz Award w/ the
BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO for
2008 Electric Jazz Group of the Year
(the group won in this category last year)
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Brownman named Toronto's
NOW Magazine's
2007 Toronto Jazz Trumpeter of the Year
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Featured cover story for the Oct/Nov 2007 issue
of CODA magazine, Canada's most acclaimed
jazz publication since 1958. 

Read the whole article
here (2.3meg PDF file)
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After being nominated in 5 categories at the 2007 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)
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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
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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!
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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...
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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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