Improvisation. Spontaneous creation. The essence of the jazz solo is not so different from the essence of freestyle. GRUVASYLUM is hip-hop with a jazz ideology. 100% improvised urban grooves, yet rooted in jazz lineage. Place these tenements in the hands of award-winning musicians and a berserker freestyle rapper...  . . . and watch the walls  b u r n  d o w n . . . . Groove Insanity Hip-hop with a jazz ideology Sample the madness from the 2002 release "Limited Edition Live": . play "Gruvasylum Theme" by Gruvasylum     100% improvised Jungle     5.6 meg . play "Red Clay" by Freddie Hubbard (arr. by Gruvasylum)     Gruvasylum's take on this old Freddie Hubbard classic     4.6 meg Brownman.com recommends Nullsoft's WINAMP MP3 player.  Click logo to get it. 2002 Release Limited Edition Live Live at Hugh's Room 2002 Fringe Jazz Festival Buy it online directly from CD Baby! Band bio Downloadable 2.3 meg full colour high-res printable JPG Interiews Hamilton's VIEW magazine profile Gruvasylum (Mar '05)

MC enlight microphone, beat-box   Brownman electric trumpet, latin percussion   Marc Rogers 7-string electric bass, Loop Station   Daniel Barnes drums, jungle grooves

GIGS For a listing of GRUVASYLUM events and performances please refer to  Brownman's Official Gig Schedule available at Brownman.com www.brownman.com/GigSchedule.htm

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