Subject: CHIVA this Fri, Bacchanal All-stars, FIVE WEEKS FOR MILES Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 23:54:25 -0400 From: The BROWNMAN Organization: Brownman Music Inc. -- http://www.brownman.com To: Brownman's Big Ass Mailing List Hey gang, And a big welcome to those new on the Big Ass Mailing List. Please check http://www.brownman.com/GigSchedule.htm for more detailed info on all dates. 1) Ruben "Bennie" Esguerra & CHIVA appears at Red Guitar Arthouse this Fri (details below). This is a fiery Afro-Colombian latin-jazz group led by young Colombian conga player "Bennie" fusing rare atlantic coast Colombian rhythms with urban grooves and jazz... I have the honour of being the musical director of this unique group and primary composer. Please support them at Toronto's newest jazz venue this Fri. (more info below) http://chiva.brownman.com 2) After this CHIVA gig I'm running to the Laurentian Lounge to do a fast midnight DJ+Horn set with famed latin-house DJ Radames. Fri'll be a busy one! http://www.toronto.com/profile/875687/ 3) Wed Aug 31 is the Trinidad Independence Day Celebration at the Lula Lounge and will feature a Calypsonian legend AJALA - in town from Trinidad recording. This is gonna be a HELLUVA party! $15 at the door - or - thanks to the Lula Lounge - there's now a $10 guest list for those on the Big Ass Mailing List. Please email Sebastian Cook - seb@brownman.com - to get on the list (and include your first and last name and number of guests). http://bacchanal.brownman.com 4) FIVE WEEKS FOR MILES runs every Fri in Sept at Trane Studio Every Friday in September at Toronto's Trane Studio, I'll lead a different all-star ensemble through each of the 5 historic eras of jazz which Miles Davis catalyzed and immortalized with his presence. A huge honour to be producing this monster production. Please check the miles website below for more information: http://miles.brownman.com ======================================================= Fri Aug 19 CHIVA @ Red Guitar http://chiva.brownman.com 9:00pm $9+tax @ Red Guitar Arthouse Cafe, 603 Markham (S. of Bloor) 416-913-4586 http://theredguitar.com ======================================================= Ruben "Bennie" Esguerra - congas, percussion, voice Brownman - electryc trumpet, perc, musical director/tyrant Eric "Fu-mancu" Boucher - keyboards, moustache Dane "Bassman" Wedderburn - 6-string electric bass, big bald head Chris "Montruo" Lamont - drums, freakishly funky backbeats "Stacked with all-star musicians, CHIVA - under the leadership of Colombian conguero Ruben 'Bennie' Esguerra - uses jazz standards, Brownman originals and seductive rhythms from across South America mixed with jazz harmonies, improvised solos and urban textues like hip-hop, drum'n'bass and R'n'B to make this ensemble one very unique and highly energized latin-jazz group." - JazzWorldOnline ======================================================= Wed Aug 31 TRINIDAD INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION with TRINIDAD BACCHANAL ALL-STARS feat. AJALA & BROWNMAN http://bacchanal.brownman.com 9:30pm $15 Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. (west of Dufferin) 416-588-0307 http://lula.ca ======================================================= From Press Release - "43 years ago, on Aug 31, 1962 the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago became independent within the British Commonwealth. On Wed Aug 31, 2005 multi-award-winning Trinidadian born jazz trumpeter Nick "BROWNMAN" Ali will lead the TRINIDAD BACCHANAL ALL-STARS highlighted by steel pan virtuoso MARK MOSCA in a night of jump-up music to celebrate and commemorate this historic date. Legendary Trinidadian calypsonian AJALA - in Toronto to record his new release - will join the Bacchanalists lending his vocal prowess to the festivities. The All-stars are a collective of the top Trinidadian and Caribbean musicians in the city performing inspired and energized modern genre-twisting forms of island music - mixing jazz and urban ideologies with Calypso, Reggae, Soca, Rapso & Chutney." I'm quite honoured to be in charge of this one... the cross-section of talent is staggering... More info: http://bacchanal.brownman.com Ajala - vocals (Trinidad - calypso legend) Mark Mosca - steel pan (Trinidad - from Canefire) Brownman - trumpet / musical director (Trinidad - from Cruzao) Marcus Ali - alto sax (Trinidad - from Marron Matizado) Enlight - rapper (Trinidad - from Gruvasylum) Derek Thorne - percussion (Trinidad - from Moka) DJ S-LUV - turntablist (Trinidad - from Pocket Dwellers) Eddie Bullen - keyboards (Grenada - Juno award winner) Dane Wedderburn - bass (Jamaica - from Chiva) Larnell Lewis - drums (St. Kitts - from Jully Black) ======================================================= FIVE WEEKS FOR MILES - every Friday in Sept http://miles.brownman.com 9:00pm $20 door $15 advance (email miles@brownman.com) @ Trane Studio, 964 Bathurst St 416-913-8197 http://TraneStudio.com ======================================================= FIVE WEEKS FOR MILES returns to the Trane Studio every Fri in Sept!!... For 5 fridays in Sept I'll be leading 5 different all-star ensembles through 5 different historic eras of jazz for which Miles Davis catalyzed & immortalized with his presence. Some of the country's finest jazz musicians will comprise each group - changing members each week - focusing on a different era of Miles' life. I can't begin to tell you how large an undertaking it is to pay homage to jazz's greatest, most towering figure... and how intricate each show will be to try and encapsulate each Milesean era's ideologies adequately. We all hope we do this legend's work justice. Take a look at the press release to see all the stellar musicians involved over the full five weeks: http://miles.brownman.com Fri Sep 02: Week 1 - "Young Miles" - The Bird Years Fri Sep 09: Week 2 - "Birth Of The Cool & Kind Of Blue"- Post-Bop Fri Sep 16: Week 3 - "Plugged Nickel" - The Shorter Years Fri Sep 23: Week 4 - "From Bitches Brew to Tutu" - Electric Miles Fri Sep 30: Week 5 - "Doo-bop" - Had he lived... ======================================================= UPCOMING http://www.brownman.com/GigSchedule.htm ======================================================= Fri Aug 19 - NICK ALI TRIO @ private party (4pm) (same day) - CHIVA @ Red Guitar Arthouse Cafe, Toronto (9pm) (same day) - DJ+HORN (Brown+Rad) @ Laurentian Room (1am) Thr Aug 25 - CHIVA @ Supermarket, Toronto (10pm) Fri Aug 26 - NICK ALI TRIO @ Old Mill, Toronto (7pm) Sat Aug 27 - DUB TRINITY @ Peterborough Folk Fest (9pm) Sun Aug 28 - DUB TRINITY @ Peterborough Folk Fest (6pm?) Wed Aug 31 - TRINIDAD BACCHANAL ALL-STARS @ Lula, Toronto (9pm) Fri Sep 02 - FIVE WEEKS FOR MILES - Week 1 @ Trane Studio (9pm) "Young Miles" - The Bird Years Sun Sep 04 - MARRON MATIZADO @ private party (6pm) Mon Sep 05 - CHIVA @ Trane Studio, Toronto (9pm) Fri Sep 09 - CHIVA @ Ryerson College (2pm) (same day) - FIVE WEEKS FOR MILES - Week 2 @ Trane Studio (9pm) "Birth Of The Cool & Kind Of Blue" - Post-Bop Miles Sat Sep 10 - NICK ALI QUARTET @ Guelph Jazz Fest - Manhatten's (8pm) Mon Sep 12 - CHIVA @ Trane Studio, Toronto (9pm) Thr Sep 15 - NICK ALI TRIO @ Dominion On Queen, Toronto (9pm tbc) Fri Sep 16 - FIVE WEEKS FOR MILES - Week 3 @ Trane Studio (9pm) "Plugged Nickel" - The Shorter Years Mon Sep 19 - CHIVA @ Trane Studio, Toronto (9pm) Thr Sep 22 - KUSH @ Jazz By Genre Fest, Toronto (8pm) Fri Sep 23 - FIVE WEEKS FOR MILES - Week 4 @ Trane Studio (9pm) "From Bitches Brew to Tutu" - Electric Miles Sat Sep 24 - NICK ALI TRIO @ Red Guitar Arthouse, Toronto (9pm) Fri Sep 30 - FIVE WEEKS FOR MILES - Week 5 @ Trane Studio (9pm) "Doo-bop" - Had he lived... Fri Oct 07 - NICK ALI TRIO @ Hardware Cafe, Buffalo (10pm) Tue Oct 11 - NICK ALI TRIO @ Rex - hosting jam, Toronto (9pm) Fri Oct 14 - NICK ALI TRIO @ Dominion On Queen, Toronto (9pm tbc) Sat Oct 15 - NICK ALI TRIO @ Dominion On Queen, Toronto (9pm tbc) Fri Oct 21 - MARRON MATIZADO @ Old Mill, Toronto (Special Presentation) DEC: Nick Ali & CRUZAO was honoured to have represented Canada at the Havana Jazz Festival in Cuba last Dec 2004. We have been asked by Chucho Valdez to return again this coming Dec - but we'll need to raise some bread to do so... so watch for a fund-raiser or two coming up! A'ight... I'm out. Peace. - Brown ---- If there's a heaven, they must have one hell of a big band... ---- brownman@brownman.com 416-738-9449 (24 hr number - leave message and I'll be paged) The BrownZone : http://www.brownman.com Gig Schedule : http://www.brownman.com/GigSchedule.htm