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November 2008 Bookings/Gig Schedule
Yes, yes... I know it's ghetto looking for now... but it'll return to it's original look soon, promise
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Sat Nov 01 - DAVE WARD BAND
09:30pm......Born in Galway, Ireland David Ward moved to Canada with his family at the age of 10. He began 
.............performing and writing folk songs in Waterloo, Ontario where he grew up. After college he spent two 
.............years travelling through Ireland and Spain performing in cafes and bars. David then moved to Chicago 
.............to study Journalism where he also immersed himself in the city's vibrant indie music scene. Upon
.............completing his post-grad in Journalism David moved to Toronto and formed The Dave Ward Band
.............with childhood friends Matt Buller on sax and Shawn Harrigan on bass. After only two shows the band
.............was offered a music residency at C'est What in Toronto and has been selling out the venue since.
.............@.Cameron House, Toronto, ON


Nov 02-17  - GURU's JAZZMATAZZ EUROPEAN TOUR
.............Legendary rapper of Gangstarr fame & his Jazzmatazz crew head to Europe
.............feat. Guru, Solar, DJ DooWop, Brownman & David Scott
.............Sat Nov 02: fly to Portugal
.............Sun Nov 03: @ Casino Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
.............Mon Nov 04: day off
.............Wed Nov 05: @ Jazz Café, London, UK
.............Thr Nov 06: @ Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, UK
.............Fri Nov 07: @ Southport Weekender, Southport, UK
.............Sat Nov 08: @ Noumatrouff, Mulhouse, France
.............Sun Nov 09: @ Tivoli, Utrecht, Holland
.............Mon Nov 10: @ Nordik Impakt, Caen, France
.............Tue Nov 11: @ La Maroquinerie, Paris, France
.............Wed Nov 12: @ Quasimodo, Berlin, Germany
.............Thr Nov 13: @ Soul Sugar, Vienna, Austria 
.............Fri Nov 14: @ Blue Note, Biel, Switzerland
.............Sat Nov 15: @ Gagarin 205, Athens, Greece
.............Sun Nov 16: @ Arenbergschouwburg, Antwerp, Belgium
.............Mon Nov 17: fly back to Toronto.  (Sleeeeep!)


Sat Nov 29 - CRUAZO LATIN-JAZZ TRIO w/ special guests
09:30pm......"3 members of latin-jazz supergroup CRUZAO come together in rare trio format to delight
.............Trane Studio audiences with their energized Brazilian and Cuban vibes"
.............feat. Brownman - trumpet/electric trumpet/perc, Paco Luviano - bass, Max Senitt - drumset
.............@.Trane Studio, Toronto, ON
.............$15/door, $10/advanced list, $5 students


Sun Nov 30 - CRUAZO LATIN-JAZZ TRIO PRIVATE PARTY
06:00pm......"3 members of latin-jazz supergroup CRUZAO come together in rare trio format"
.............feat. Brownman - trumpet/electric trumpet/perc, Paco Luviano - bass, Max Senitt - drumset
.............@ Distillery, Toronto, ON


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UPCOMING
Fri Dec 12 - BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO
2007 National Jazz Award winners for "Electric Jazz Group of the Year" burn down NY state!  featuring Aaron Staebell - drums, Rodney Appleby - bass
@ Hardware Cafe, Buffalo, NY (10:30pm)

Sat Dec 13 - BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO
2007 National Jazz Award winners for "Electric Jazz Group of the Year" return to Toronto's Trane Studio.
@ Trane Studio, Toronto, ON (9pm)

Thr Dec 18 - BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO
2007 National Jazz Award winners for "Electric Jazz Group of the Year" host CBC's acclaimed morning show METRO MORNING.  The trio will play a few tunes and talk about the upcoming release of their debut record "Raw & Unadulterated".  Tune in to 99.1FM, 7:00am (Toronto).
@ CBC's METRO MORNING, live broadcast,(7am)

Sun Dec 21 - MIKE CELIA feat. Brownman
Award-winning acoustic soul singer/songwriter brings his Trio with special guest Brownman to Toronto's Trane Studio.
@ Trane Studio, Toronto, ON (9pm)

Wed Dec 31 - BROWNMAN QUARTET
Bring in the new year with the Brownman Quintet.  A Blue Note New Years!
@ Trane Studio, Toronto, ON (9pm)



Brown is focused heavily
on recording sessions:
He was, or is, currently locked in
studios with the following artists:
Guru (hip-hop)
Trey Mills (singer/songwriter)
Rex Mann (folk)
Sheldon Barkley (Calypso)
Fernando Maar (jazz-rock)
Tia Brazda (singer/songwriter)
Jued (hip-hop)
John Eccelston (singer/songwriter)
Professor D (hip-hop)
Third Word (hip-hop)
Rikoshay (hip-hop)
Brownman Electryc Trio (electric jazz)
Jason Wilson (progressive reggae)
CRUZAO (latin-jazz-urbania)
Chiva (Colombian latin-jazz)
Gerardo Brizuela (Latin house / electronica)



**Released Summer 2007
Brownman is currently the touring trumpet soloist with with legendary rapper GURU (of Gangstarr fame) in his JAZZMATAZZ ensemble. 

Brownman & Guru
- a brief history -

2006 ended for Brownman with the explosive "Jazz By Genre" presentation of legendary rapper of Jazzmatazz and Gangstarr fame - GURU, held in Toronto's revered Mod Club.  The chemistry between Brown and Guru was evident, Guru even dragging him to the front of the stage to solo while the hip-hop legend held a mic in front of his horn's bell.  This single performance would lead to a phone call from Guru's producer Solar a month later asking Brown if he was available to make an appearance on the upcoming 2007 release of 'Jazzmatazz Vol. 4' due out in stores nationwide in April 2007, replacing the luminious Donald Byrd as the featured trumpet soloist.  Brown, accepting immediately, would write a special horn arrangement of "Universal Struggle" and solo throughout the tune.  In early Feb '07 he was again contacted by Solar, thrilled by Brown's work on the track, to ask him to tour America for the release of JAZZMATAZZ VOL. 4. 

Since then Brownman is deeply honoured to have been touring the world as the featured soloist with GURU's JAZZMATAZZ as they bring their unique breed of jazz-hip-hop through The United States, Europe, Japan & South America.  The world tour continues...

See extensive YouTube archive of tour footage.


BROWN NEWS
(by publicist Andrew McIntosh) :

Brownman nonimated for a 2008
Toronto Independant Music Award w/ the
BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO for
2008 Toronto Jazz Group of the Year
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Brownman nonimated for a 2008
National Jazz Award w/ the
BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO for
2008 Electric Jazz Group of the Year
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Brownman named Toronto's
NOW Magazine's
2007 Toronto Jazz Trumpeter of the Year
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Featured cover story for the Oct/Nov 2007 issue
of CODA magazine, Canada's most acclaimed
jazz publication since 1958. 
http://www.Coda1958.com

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After being nominated in 5 categories at the 2007 Canadian National Jazz Awards, the BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO was honoured to have been awarded the 2007 National Jazz Award for Electric Jazz Group of the Year.  Thanks to all that voted!
Brownman was nominated for :
- Canadian National Jazz Composer of the Year
- Canadian National Jazz Musician of the Year
- Canadian National Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year
- Canadian National Latin-jazz Artist of the Year
- Canadian National Electric Group of the Year
    (w/ Brownman Electryc Trio)
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Brownman asked to tour with legendary NYC hip-hop rapper Guru (of Gangstarr and Jazzmatazz fame).  After replacing the unavailable Roy Hargrove on Guru's Jazzmatazz Vol. 4 recording session (hits the store in June), Brownman was asked to tour America.  He departs June 9th for Zurich, Switzerland for 3 days of rehearsals before embarking on a blistering tour European tour before the U.S.A. tour dates being July 15.  Check out the tour dates:
http://www.brownman.com/GigSchedule/2007-06-sched.htm
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Brownman was nominated for a 2006 Canadian National Jazz Award for "Latin-jazz Artist of the Year".  The prize was awarded to the luminous and deserving Hilario Duran, but we at Brownman Music Inc. would like to thank all those who voted for this dynamic performer!
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Shortly after returning from the last South American tour in Jan '06, the BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO began a new jazz residency at Buffalo's ultra hip Allen St. Hardware Cafe... this residency will continue through summer and all of upstate NY is invited to join the party! 
http://ElectrycTrio.brownman.com
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No longer able to deny the undeniable - Brownman Music now has a MySpace.com page. There are 4 tunes and some video from CRUZAO is 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.
http://www.MySpace.com/BrownmanMusic
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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. http://Brownman.com/pages-AudVid.htm  (Under VIDEO)
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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.
http://www.praguejazzopen.cz
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Brownman toured ARGENTINA for 3 weeks - beginning with the Buenos Aires Jazz Festival and includes feature concert presentations with some of Argentina's finest jazz and tango artists!  May 21 to June 15 2006 - arriving back in Toronto just in time to perform 8 times for the Toronto Jazz Festival.  More Argentine info as it comes in...
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Collaborations seems to be the name of the game in 2006 and we'd like to mention some of those fantastic groups that have featured Brown in recent months: IRAKERE, CHISPA Y LOS COMPLICES, TUMBAO INC., DUB TRINITY, KUSH, FERTILE GROUND, SOULIVE, KOBOTOWN, KELLY LEE EVANS, MR. SOMETHING SOMETHING, METHODOLOGY, JAH-B, MAPALE, CHIVA, RITA DI GHENT & The SPRAWL PROJECT, AVE RD. & CESCO. All are world-class ensembles and we encourage those reading this to put their names into Google and check out their artistry.


OLDER BROWN NEWS
(by publicist Andrew McIntosh) :
Brownman voted Toronto's 2005 BEST JAZZ ARTIST by NOW Magazine:

http://brownman.com/PressReleases/NowAward-Oct27-2005_v13.PDF

Errol Nazereth's feature article on FIVE WEEKS FOR MILES:
http://Brownman.com/Interviews/Eye-Sept2005/StyleForMiles.html

ALI BROS "mythological" Canada Day performance:
http://Brownman.com/Interviews/2005-08-FilmFest/Mythology.html

Interview with View Magazine (in depth)
http://Brownman.com/Interviews/ViewMag-Mar2005/VIEW-Gruv-Mar24to30-2005.htm


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