Subject: Brown Gigs this week Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:13:15 -0500 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 all those new to the Big Ass Mailing List. I've got a busy musical week in Toronto for those music seekers with a diverse palette: ELECTRYC TRIO opens for Blowfly tonight Wed Mar 29 at Lula, then I run - not walk - to the Rivoli to join urban funksters METHODOLOGY who will no doubt be tearing it up... Thurs Mar 30 METHODOLOGY will again do some damage at the Century Room... Fri Mar 31 will be a very special presentation at the Old Mill for my 10-man salsa band MARRON MATIZADO featuring Venezuelan world music diva ELIANA CUEVAS - I've written some hard-hitting salsa orchestrations of her own material and we're all excited about this collaboration... Sat I'll be prepping for another double-hit on Sun Apr 2 - first at 3:30pm with National Jazz Award winner LAILI BIALI, then run over to the Mod Club for JazzByGenre.com's "Caribbean Jazz" program featuring ANDY NARELL where Toronto's own Trinidadians KOBO TOWN will open up (with both myself and the stellar singing KELLY LEE EVANS guesting). Monday - I'll sleep. Soundly. Check the Brown News section beeeeeelow for some exciting new news too! Big love! - Brown Here's some some specific info on each gig: ========================================================== Wed Mar 29 - 9:00pm ========================================================== w/ BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO (electryctrio.brownman.com) :::sounds like: think Miles Davis' electric period opening for BLOWFLY - the original dirty rapper @ Lula Lounge (lula.ca), Toronto See lula.ca for ticket info (same night) - 10:30pm w/ METHODOLOGY (MethodologyMusic.com) :::sounds like: think Jamiroquai meets Prince with MELISSA BATHORY (MelissaBathory.com) @ Rivoli (rivoli.ca), Toronto See rivoli.ca for cover charge info ========================================================== Thur Mar 30 - 9:30pm ========================================================== w/ METHODOLOGY (MethodologyMusic.com) :::sounds like: think Jamiroquai meets Prince @ Century Room (CenturyRoom.com), Toronto See CenturyRoom.com for cover charge info ========================================================== Fri Mar 31 - 9:00pm - Special Presentation: ========================================================== w/ MARRON MATIZADO featuring Eliana Cuevas (matizado.brownman.com) :::sounds like: an 11 man Salsa powerhouse featuring Venezuelan world music diva ELIANA CUEVAS (ElianaCuevas.com) @ Old Mill (OldMillToronto.com), Toronto :::Eye Magazine writes:"acclaimed progressive Salsa outfit Marron Matizado fronted by sultry world music diva Eliana Cuevas under the leadership of latin-jazz trumpet icon Brownman? This could be the Latin collaboration of the year!" $69 - 3 course dinner, dance lesson, 3 sets of music Reservations: 1-866-653-6455 ========================================================== Sun Apr 2 - 3:30pm ========================================================== w/ LAILA BIALI - 2005 National Jazz pianist of the year (LailaBiali.com) :::sounds like: Bill Evans meets Diana Krall @ Pilot (thePilot.ca), Toronto See thePilot.ca for cover charge info (same night) - 9:00pm w/ KOBO TOWN (MySpace.com/Kobotown) :::sounds like: spirited Trinidadian folkloric calypso opening for steel pan legend ANDY NARELL - part of JazzByGenre's"Caribbean Jazz" programme @ Mod Club (theModClub.com), Toronto See JazzByGenre.com for ticket info. --------------------------------------------------------------------- BROWN NEWS : (by publicist Andrew McIntosh) : --------------------------------------------------------------------- Brownman nominated for a 2006 Canadian National Jazz Award for "Latin-jazz Artist of the Year". Some fanatastic contenders in the nominee list in this brand new category, so your brown vote of support would be very welcomed and appreciated: NationalJazzAwards.com/vote/vote.php Voting Booth closes Apr 1 - so hurry! Early May will see BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO doing a mini-tour including dates in both Ontario and New York state. 2 Nights at the Rex in Toronto will be featured dates in the tour (Wed & Thurs May 3 & 4). Featuring Brown on electric trumpet, Larnell Lewis on drums & Dane Wedderburn on 6-string electric bass. The trio will be recording their debut CD just as the snow's melting... watch for it! ElectrycTrio.brownman.com Brownman to tour Argentina for 3 weeks - beginning with the Buenos Aires Jazz Festival! May 21 to June 15 - arriving back in Toronto just in time to perform 8 times for the Toronto Jazz Festival. More Argentine info as it comes in... Shortly after returning from the last South American tour the BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO began a new jazz residency at Buffalo's ultra hip Allen St. Hardware Cafe, appearing every second friday in the month. All of upstate NY is invited to join the party! ElectrycTrio.brownman.com No longer able to deny the undeniable - Brownman Music now has a MySpace.com page. There are 4 tunes from CRUZAO 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. 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. 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. www.praguejazzopen.cz Fri March 31 - MARRON MATIZADO will mount an exclusive salsa concert presentation at the Old Mill on Fri March 31 featuring Venezuelan World Music vocal Diva ELIANA CUEVAS. Brown will be writing salsa orchestrations of her own material for this unique collaboration. Matizado.Brownman.com and ElianaCuevas.com CRUZAO GRUPO MONSTRUOSO - the 15-man version of Brown's award-winning latin-jazz-urban flagship ensemble CRUZAO - is gearing up for summer festival dates. Watch Brownman.com for more info. Monster.Brownman.com *NEW*: Just confirmed - Toronto Jazz Festival - Fri June 30 @ Nathan Philips Square - noon to 2pm under the sun! --------------------------------------------------------------------- OLDER BROWN NEWS : --------------------------------------------------------------------- Brownman voted Toronto's 2005 BEST JAZZ ARTIST by NOW Magazine : more info... Errol Nazereth's feature article on FIVE WEEKS FOR MILES : more info... Review of ALI BROS "mythological" 2005 Canada Day performance : more info... In depth GRUVASYLUM profile from View Magazine : more info... --------------------------------------------------------------------- UPCOMING : Brownman.com/GigSchedule.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri Mar 10, 10:00pm - BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO @ Hardware Cafe, Buffalo Sat Mar 18, 09:00pm - CHIVA TRIO @ Red Guitar, Toronto Mon Mar 20, 02:00pm - recording session w/ JAH-B (reggae), Toronto Thr Mar 23, 09:00pm - BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO @ Manhatten's, Guelph Fri Mar 24, 10:00pm - BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO @ Hardware Cafe, Buffalo Wed Mar 29, 09:00pm - BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO @ Lula Lounge, Toronto (same day), 11:00pm - METHODOLOGY @ Rivoli, Toronto Thr Mar 30, 10:00pm - METHODOLOGY @ Century Room, Toronto Fri Mar 31, 08:00pm - MARRON MATIZADO @ Old Mill, Toronto (special presentation feat. ELIANA CUEVAS) Sun Apr 02, 03:30pm - LAILA BIALI TRIO feat. BROWNMAN @ Pilot, Toronto (same day), 09:00pm - KOBO TOWN @ Mod Club (opening for ANDY NARELL) Fri Apr 07, 10:00pm - MAPALE (Colombian Salsa) @ Lula Lounge Tue Apr 11, 09:00pm - RITA DI GHENT & SPRAWL INDIGO @ Lula Lounge Thr Apr 13, 09:00pm - KOBO TOWN @ Lula Lounge Fri Apr 14, 10:00pm - BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO @ Hardware Cafe, Buffalo Fri Apr 28, 10:00pm - BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO @ Hardware Cafe, Buffalo ::::::::BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO MINI-TOUR BEGINS::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Mon May 01, 09:00pm - BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO @ T.B.A., Windsor Tue May 02, 09:00pm - BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO @ T.B.A., Guelph Wed May 03, 09:00pm - BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO @ Rex, Toronto Thr May 04, 09:00pm - BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO @ Rex, Toronto Fri May 04, 10:00pm - BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO @ Hardware Cafe, Buffalo Sat May 05, 09:00pm - BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO @ T.B.A., Rochester Sun May 06, 09:00pm - BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO @ T.B.A., Rochester ::::::::BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO MINI-TOUR ENDS::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Sat May 13, 08:00pm - NICK ALI TRIO feat. Enlight @ Red Guitar, Toronto Mon May 15, 07:00pm - BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO @ Distillery, Toronto Launch party for "Hearts Open Toronto" Fri May 19, 10:00pm - BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO @ Hardware Cafe, Buffalo ::::::::ARGENTINA TOUR BEGINS::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: May 21 to June 15 - BROWNMAN ARGENTINA TOUR, begins at Buenos Aires Jazz Fest and continues thoughout Argentina for 3 weeks. ::::::::ARGENTINA TOUR ENDS::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::TORONTO JAZZ FESTIVAL BEGINS:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Fri June 23, 09:00pm - NICK ALI TRIO @ Old Mill Sun June 25, 09:00pm - CHIVA @ Havana Feelings Tue June 27, 09:00pm - T.B.A. Wed June 28, 09:00pm - BROWNMAN ACOUSTIC QUARTET @ Dominion on Queen Thr June 29, 09:00pm - CHIVA @ Havana Feelings Fri June 30, noon - CRUZAO GRUPO MONSTRUOSO @ Nathan Philips Square main stage (2 sets - noon to 2pm) (same day), 10:00pm - T.B.A. Sat July 01, 09:30pm - GRUVASYLUM feat. DJ J-Tec (of Turntable Monkz) @ Trane Studio, Toronto ::::::::TORONTO JAZZ FESTIVAL ENDS::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: --------------------------------------------------------------------- A'ight... I'm out. Peace. - Brown ---- Nominated for a 2006 National Jazz Award for "Latin-jazz Artist of the Year" You don't gots'ta vote fuh me - but please vote fuh SOMEONE! www.nationaljazzawards.com/vote/vote1.php (But it'd make me all warm and fuzzy if you'd vote for me.) ---- 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) Official Website : Brownman.com MySpace site : MySpace.com/BrownmanMusic Gig Schedule : Brownman.com/GigSchedule.htm