Subject: ALI BROS feat. Enlight & Phatt Al - Sat Oct 22 Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 05:58:32 -0400 From: The BROWNMAN Organization: Brownman Music Inc. -- http://www.brownman.com To: Brownman's Big Ass Mailing List Hey guys, And a big welcome to all those new to the Big Ass Mailing List. Last July 1st - Canada Day - the ALI BROS feat. Phatt Al & Enlight performed at the Lula Lounge... it was billed as "2 of Canada's hottest hornmen team up with 2 of Canada's most conscious freestyle rappers for a night of ground-breaking urban music."... and the night was unbelievable, one reviewer calling it "mythology in the making": http://Brownman.com/Interviews/2005-08-FilmFest/Mythology.html Well - we're gonna do it again THIS Sat Oct 22, *and* the club, (the Speak Easy), has graciously agreed to let Brownman.com advance guest list folks in for $10 ($15 at the door)! It's really a delight to perform with these 2 unbelievable freestyle rappers - those who were there for WEEK 5 of Five Weeks for Miles got a taste of Enlight - and those there for WEEK 4 - got a taste of my kid brother and I together. Please come check it out - it's gonna be a very very VERY funky night. :) Also - just a reminder that my salsa band MARRON MATIZADO will be performing this friday (Oct 21) in a kind of "Super Band" format, with 10 bodies on stage and some big name special guests at the Old Mill... check the Gig Schedule at brownman.com for more on that... ================================================= Sat Oct 22, 2005 ALI BROS feat. ENLIGHT & PHATT AL http://alibros.brownman.com ================================================= 9:30pm | $15 door | $10 advance guest list (email seb@brownman.com to get on the advance guest list) @ Speak Easy, 120 Church St, Toronto http://SpeakEasyToronto.com "2 of Canada's hottest hornmen team up with 2 of Canada's most conscious freestyle rappers for a night of ground-breaking urban music." ================================================= Info page (all you need to know to get to the gig etc...): http://brownman.com/PressReleases/AliBros-Oct22-2005.html Ali Bros Website: http://alibros.brownman.com Poster: http://brownman.com/Images/AliBros-Oct22-2005_sm.jpg Stellar Review of the "mythical" July 1st, '05 show: http://Brownman.com/Interviews/2005-08-FilmFest/Mythology.html Not to be missed! (check the above review if you need convincing) ================================================= ALI BROS BAND for Oct 22: ================================================= Nick "Brownman" Ali - electryc trumpet / flugelhorn Marcus Ali - alto sax / bari sax / electryc saxes Dane Wedderburn - 6-string electric bass Chris Lamont - drums FEATURING Enlight - microphone Phatt Al - microphone ================================================= PRESS RELEASE: ================================================= After a monsterous Canada Day July 1st performance (see the review if you missed it). It will feature the Brothers alongside two of Canada's most eloquent and conscious free-style spoken word cyphers - the luminous Enlight (of Gruvasylum fame) and the mighty Phatt Al (from God Made Me Funky). Conceived in the spirit of multi grammy winning outfit - "The Brecker Bros" the ALI BROS embody the essence of jazz improvisational ideology erupting against a backdrop of powerful urban grooves. Latin, funk, hip-hop, drum'n'bass, R'n'B all colliding with modern jazz textures. Their uncanny musical relationship enhanced by blood, Brownman and Marcus Ali together form an incredibly synergetic, almost telepathic bond making them one of the most called upon horn men in the city and often seen on the Lula Lounge's stage. They have appeared side by side countless horn sections in the Canadian professional music scene most nobably as the backbone to the multi-award winning latin-jazz ensemble CRUZAO, Juno nominated reggae artist Jason Wilson & TABARRUK, with reggathon superstar FITO BLANKO, modern house outfit FUNKY HI-LIFE, african masters RADIO NOMAD, merengue specialists DOMINICANADA and Lula Lounge's resident Salsa powerhouse MARRON MATIZADO (appearing the first Sat of every month at Lula). ================================================= UPCOMING : http://www.brownman.com/GigSchedule.htm ================================================= 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 (9:30pm) Wed Oct 26 - ELECTRYC TRIO @ Trane Studio, Toronto (9pm) Fri Oct 28 - DJ+HORN=RAD+BROWN @ Laurentian Room (10pm) Mon Oct 31 - CHIVA Halloween Party! @ Trane Studio, Toronto (8:30-11pm) Wed Nov 02 - ELECTRYC TRIO @ Trane Studio (9pm) Mon Nov 07 - CHIVA @ Trane Studio, Toronto (8:30-11pm) Wed Nov 09 - ELECTRYC TRIO @ Trane Studio (9pm) Fri Nov 11 - MARRON MATIZADO feat. HILARIO DURAN!! @ Lula Lounge (10pm) Sat Nov 12 - ELECTRYC TRIO opening for SOULIVE!! @ El Macambo (10pm) Mon Nov 14 - CHIVA @ Trane Studio, Toronto (8:30-11pm) Wed Nov 16 - ELECTRYC TRIO @ Trane Studio (9pm) Thr Nov 17 - NICK ALI TRIO @ Red Guitar Arthouse Cafe, Toronto (9pm) (feat. Stich Wynston - drums, Scott Peterson - bass) Fri Nov 18 - NICK ALI TRIO @ Red Guitar Arthouse Cafe, Toronto (9pm) (feat. Stich Wynston - drums, Scott Peterson - bass) Sun Nov 20 - HAVANA JAZZ FEST SEND-OFF PARTY @ Lula Lounge (9pm) Mon Nov 21 - CHIVA @ Trane Studio, Toronto (8:30-11pm) Wed Nov 23 - ELECTRYC TRIO @ Trane Studio (9pm) Sun Nov 27 - JAZZ BY GENRE feat. Roy Ayers @ Mod Club, Toronto) Mon Nov 28 - CHIVA @ Trane Studio, Toronto (8:30-11pm) Tue Nov 29 - depart for tour!! Nov'05/Dec'05/Jan'06 Brownman on tour in South & Central America... starting at the Havana Jazz festival, continuing to Cancun, Mexico City, Belize, Honduras, Argentina and more... ================================================= BROWN NEWS: ================================================= Nick "Brownman" Ali and CRUZAO HAVANA to headline the 2005 Havana Jazz Fest. While there Brownman will also appear as a member of Stich Wynston's TIGHTROPE, the legendary IRAKERE, Oscar Valdes' DIAKARA and Chucho Valdes himself. Fundraiser to raise money for Havana Jazz Festival Expenses Sun Nov 20. More info: http://brownman.com/PressReleases/CRUZAO-HavanaJazzFest2005.html The legendary Cuban pianist Hilario Duran to perform with MARRON MATIZADO @ Toronto's Lula Lounge Fri Nov 11. Brownman & the ELECTRYC TRIO (feat. Larnell Lewis & Pat Kilbride) to open for SOULIVE Sat Nov 20 @ El Macambo, Toronto ================================================= 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 NEWS: CRUZAO asked to represent Canada again at 2005 Havana Jazz Fest!