UPCOMING
Tue Apr 28 - FUNKMONZTAHZ
Pianist
Joshua
Goodman leads his new funk ensemble through their debut performance
in Toronto.
@ Not My Dog,
Toronto (9pm)
Sun May 03 - ANDREW
McINTOSH's Film debut
Brownman
Music publicist Andrew McIntosh, when not chained to his brown duties,
is a documentary film maker. His short film "Greetings From Mackenzie,
B.C." debuts at the Hot Docs Film festival. Soundtrack by Brownman.
@ Bloor Cinema,
as part of the Hot Docs Film Festival, Toronto (6pm)
Tue May 05 - JOSH
GOODMAN DUO
Pianist
Joshua
Goodman and Brownman do an intimate set in duo format at Toronto's
Gate 403 (early set starting at 5pm).
@ Gate 403, Toronto
(5-8pm)
Fri May 08 - BROWNMAN
ELECTRYC TRIO
2007
National Jazz Award winners for "Electric Jazz Group of the Year" burn
down NY state!
@ Hardware
Cafe, Buffalo, NY (10:30pm)
Sun May 10 - PAVLO
Acclaimed
Mediterranean guitarist, composer brings his captivating stage show to
Quebec. Performing as part of the Jewel
Radio Concert.
Get
ticket Info...
@ Casino Lac-Leamy, Gatineau, Quebec
Tue May 12 - BROWN
MAN CLOTHING CO.
at the MOUNT SINAI FASHION FUNDRAISER
Brown
Man Clothing Co. is a Toronto based clothing
company specializing in funky outfits with a South Asian flair. Brownman
was asked to be a celebrity
endorser for the company in 2008, and has worn their gear around the
world while on tour with Guru's Jazzmatazz. Tue. May 12 the company
will be part of the Mount
Sinai Hospital's Fashion Fundraiser, for which Brownman will be one
of the models.
Get
full info on the Fashion Fundrasier...
@ Berklee
Heritage, Toronto (6pm)
Wed May 13 - GURU's
JAZZMATAZZ
Legendary
rapper of Gangstarr fame & his Jazzmatazz crew feat.
Guru, Solar, DJ DooWop, Brownman & David Scott play
New York City!
See SOB's event
info page. Buy
tickets from TicketWeb.com
@ S.O.B.'s, New
York City (9pm)
May 14 - 18 - Brownman in NYC
Brownman
will be in NYC in meetings and recording sessions until Mon May 18th.
@ various locations, New York City
Thr May 28 - PAVLO
Acclaimed
Mediterranean guitarist, composer brings his captivating stage show to
the Festival des
Guitares du Monde in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec.
Get ticket
Info... (french website)
@ Salle de Concert du Centre de Congres, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec
(8pm)
Sat May 30 - GOD
MADE ME FUNKY
Toronto
based God Made Me Funky (GMMF) is a funky live ensemble, comprised of a
diverse array of musicians ranging from a classically trained Jazz artist
to street schooled Hip-Hop and RnB vocalists.
@ Private Party, Toronto (sorry y'all!)
.
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)
.
**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 -
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.
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.
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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
--
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)
--
Brownman
named Toronto's
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.
Read the whole article
here
(2.3meg PDF file)
--
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)
--
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...
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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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