Subject: Week 2 - FIVE WEEKS FOR MILES - Fri Sept 9 Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 11:23:01 -0400 From: The BROWNMAN Organization: Brownman Music Inc. -- http://www.brownman.com To: Brownman's Big Ass Mailing List Hey guys, and welcome to all who are new on the Big Ass Mailing List... After a dazzling opening night for the Week 1 installment, tomorrow night is the Week 2 performance of my FIVE WEEKS FOR MILES series at the Trane Studio in Toronto (a 5-part series every friday in Sept). Week 2 features the music from the years of Miles' deepest affiliations with John Coltrane and will feature the young Ryan Oliver on tenor saxophone and the mighty Bob McLaren on drums - a Toronto jazz veteren... hope you can make it out! Last week's "Young Miles" was really something magical. And don't forget - all those on the Big Ass Mailing List can get in for $15 (regular tix are $20) by emailing in... more details on that at http://miles.brownman.com - Brownman =========================================================== FIVE WEEKS FOR MILES - Every Friday in Sept @ Trane Studio http://miles.brownman.com for venue details, times, costs =========================================================== For 5 Fridays in Sept, I have the great honour of leading 5 different all-star ensembles through 5 historic eras of jazz which Miles Davis catalyzed & immortalized with his presence. The very detailed press release (link above) has alllll kinds of info about this event - times, ticket prices, who's performing (some of Canada's top-shelf jazz musicians - and each week is a different band), and a little synopsis I've written about each night and what that era was in the Miles historic time-line. Please check it out. Paying tribute to the greatest icon in jazz history is no small task and I hope you'll come check out the artistry of these assorted killer ensembles. =========================================================== Fri Sept 9, 2005 Week 2 - "Birth Of The Cool & Kind Of Blue" - Post-Bop Miles =========================================================== The term "cool" came to particular prominence in the 1950s to describe a more cerebral, less impassioned way of playing jazz. It's generally supposed that these sessions were part of the inspiration for the 'cool school' of jazz which flourished, particularly on the West Coast, in the 50s. Miles would confound the public's expectations by departing the bop world of Charlie Parker and embracing this new order of jazz as heard on "Birth Of The Cool" (Capitol Records, '49). This 'cooler' form of expression would gradually lead over the next 10 years to the modal approaches of "Kind Of Blue" (Columbia, '59) free of fixed harmony and the now legendary collaboration with the then rising tenor saxophone icon John Coltrane. Nick "Brownman" Ali - trumpet Ryan Oliver - tenor & sop saxophone Robi Botos - piano Jon Maharaj - upright bass Bob McLaren - drums =========================================================== UPCOMING : http://www.brownman.com/GigSchedule.htm =========================================================== Fri Sep 02 - FIVE WEEKS FOR MILES - Week 1 @ Trane Studio (9pm) "Young Miles" - The Bird Years Sun Sep 04 - MARRON MATIZADO @ S.A.V. party (8pm) *now open to public! 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) Tue Sep 20 - recording session w/ Bruce Ley (all day) Wed Sep 21 - DJ+HORN=RAD+BROWN @ Ultra Supper (8pm) 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) Sun Sep 25 - BENEFIT CONCERT FOR NEW ORLEANS, Distillery (7pm) Fri Sep 30 - FIVE WEEKS FOR MILES - Week 5 @ Trane Studio (9pm) "Doo-bop" - Had he lived... Wed Oct 05 - ELECTRYC TRIO @ Trane Studio (9pm) Fri Oct 07 - NICK ALI TRIO @ Hardware Cafe, Buffalo (10pm) Tue Oct 11 - NICK ALI TRIO @ Rex - hosting jam, Toronto (9pm) Wed Oct 12 - ELECTRYC TRIO @ Trane Studio (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) Wed Oct 19 - ELECTRYC TRIO @ Trane Studio (9pm) Fri Oct 21 - MARRON MATIZADO @ Old Mill, Toronto (Special Presentation) Sat Oct 22 - ALI BROS feat. Enlight & Phatt Al @ SpeakEasy (9pm) Wed Oct 26 - ELECTRYC TRIO @ Trane Studio (9pm) Sun Nov 20 - HAVANA JAZZ FEST SEND-OFF PARTY @ Lula Lounge (9pm) BROWN NEWS: Nick Ali & CRUZAO was honoured to have represented Canada at the Havana Jazz Festival in Cuba this past Dec. We have just been asked by Chucho Valdez to return again this coming Dec! 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