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April 2012 Bookings/Gig Schedule
Date / Time
Band
Idiom
Venue
City
Fri.
Apr 06
2012
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8:00pm
Toronto's Trane Studio
presents
SHELLEY HAMILTON QUINTET

featuring :
Shelley Hamilton - vocals
Brownman Ali - trumpet
Paul Morrison - piano
Ross MacIntyre - bass
Mike Kosowski - drums
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From Press Release:
A talented singer/writer/actor, released her first CD Feeling Good, 2004 at CBC’s Glenn Gould Theatre. Along with the critically acclaimed cd of the same name, Shelley has also wrote and performed Feeling Good, a one-woman cabaret show that debuted to rave reviews at the 2004 Atlantic Fringe Festival and in Toronto (Yorkville). Her music video, Cali Alone (filmed in Costa Rica) aired in 2006 on Bravo Television. Her television credits include: CBC’s Rita McNeil & Friends, Anne Murray’s Christmas, The Newsroom, Breakfast Television and several shows on the Comedy Network.
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Jazz
Trane Studio
Info:
416-913-8197
(MAP)
$15

at the door
$10
w/ dinner
reservation
964 Bathurst St.
(north of Bloor
at Follis)
Toronto
Sun.
Apr 08
2012
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8:00pm
Donald Quan's NEW Monthly Series
launches this Sunday at the gorgeous Musideum
with
Brownman + 1
(Mark Keiswetter)

featuring :
Brownman - electric trumpet
Mark Keiswetter - piano
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From Press Release:
"Multi-award-winning jazz trumpet player Brownman Ali, best known for his creatively bombastic & energized playing style, strips down to a bare bones configuration in this new Musideum +1 series. Each month Brown will appear with 1 other mystery musician -- could be piano, could be bass, could even turntables - who knows! Each duet will showcasing his lesser known introspective & self-reflective playing approach accompanied by a mystery +1 each month."
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 Jazz
 Musideum
Info:
416-599-7323
(MAP)

$15
at the door
401 Richmond W.
Toronto 
Fri.
Apr 13
2012
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5:00pm
to
7:00pm
Private party booked by
DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
See the poster
featuring :
Brownman - electric trumpet
Private Party
Private Party
Not open to public
Ontario
Sat.
Apr 14
2012
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9:00pm
Toronto's Trane Studio
presents
Brownman &
GRUVASYLUM

featuring :
Brownman - electric trumpet
(Brooklyn/Toronto) [Guru's Jazzmatazz]
Mad Dukez - rapper
(NYC) [acclaimed NY rapper)
Enlight - rapper
(Toronto) [original Gruvasylum rapper]
Ben Miller - 6-string electric bass
(Toronto) [God Made Me Funky]
Robin Claxton - drums
(Toronto) [Astrodroids]
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From Press Release:
Jazz & hip-hop have long been cross-pollinated by geniuses from both genres. From the appearance of rappers on the legendary Miles Davis' "DooBop" recording, to jazz superstars like Herbie Hancock and Donald Byrd guesting in hip-hop legend GURU's JAZZMATAZZ. Jazzmatazz is now historically recognized as the 1st successful amalgamation of jazz & hip-hop -- and from 2006 to 2010 Canada's own nationally acclaimed trumpet playing jazz icon BROWNMAN would replace Donald Byrd in Guru's Jazzmatazz, doing 4 world tours, appearing on Jazzmatazz Vol. 4, and catapulting him to international acclaim in the hip-hop community. Guru tragically died in 2010 of cancer, but Brownman continues his legacy in the exploration of jazz-hip-hop in his own group GRUVASYLUM. This 5-man ensemble features BROWNMAN with his now famous electric trumpet effects rig; MAD DUKEZ - a berserker freestyle rapper from NY; ENLIGHT - the original Gruvasylum rapper; BEN MILLER from God Made Me Funky on electric bass & ROBIN CLAXTON from the Astrodroids on drums. This all-star quintet, with Guru alumni and multiple National Jazz Award Winner Brownman at the helm, reminds us that the essence of the jazz solo is not so different from the essence of freestyle -- in that improvisation and spontaneous creation is at the heart of both idioms. Gruvasylum is about modern, thoughtful, conscious hip-hop that tells tales of the world we live in - yet rooted in the jazz lineage. It is not what you hear on MTV. No one in Gruvasylum will ever discuss the merits of gunplay, SUVs with spinning rims, or big-booty girls. You will however hear lyrics that emphasize living life with irreverence and taking risks in that living. It is what you hear in every Miles Davis solo... or Guru's lyrics. Brownman & GRUVASYLUM -- hip-hop with a jazz ideology. You do NOT want to miss this.
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GRUVASYLUM videos - live:
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6CB4B96E76AC15DC
Jazz-Hip-Hop
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2 all-star rappers - one from NY, one from T-DOT providing for a veritable clash of the titans as Dukez & Enlight go head-to-head!
Trane Studio
Info:
416-913-8197
(MAP)
$15

at the door
$10
advance
$8
students
964 Bathurst St.
(north of Bloor
at Follis)
Toronto
Sun.
Apr 15
2012
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9:00pm
Lou Dawgs Southern Sandwiches
presents
IRENE TORRES &
The SUGAR DEVILS

featuring
Irene's energized 9-piece band 
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From Press Release:
The Sugar Devils has several layers like any living organism. Starting from the first layer which is the deep rich culture which each members musical influences originate from (new orleans, africa, brazil to cuba). The second layer are the vast rhythmic, harmonic, and melodic sounds that come from everywhere. the third Layer is the blend of older and new material, both well known and not so well known songs, from pop, blues, jazz, world, instrumental and vocal, original and standards, all blended into a fresh sound. The fourth layer is the blend of acoustic and electric together, with both hypnotic and up-beat rhapsidizing music that will serve as therapeutic and groovy.
New Orleans,
Street Beat,
Gumbo,
Second Line
Jazz
Lou Dawgs
Info:
647-347-329
(MAP)

$10
at the door
589 King St. W.
Toronto
Tues.
Apr 17
2012
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9:00pm
The Rex - Toronto's highest rated jazz club
presents
JOHN CHEESMAN
JAZZ ORCHESTRA

featuring:
John Cheesman (drums & compositions)
Jason Logue, Sandy Barter, Brownman Ali, Bruce Cassidy
(trumpets)
Andy Ballyntyne, Colleen Allen, Don Englert
(saxes)
RJ, Will Carn, Bob Livingston
(trombones)
Ted Quinlin (guitar)   |   Gary Williamson (piano)
Scott Alexander (bass)
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From Press Release:
"A unique and progressive big band under the direction of drummer/composer John Cheesman."
Modern
Progressive
Big Band
The Rex
Info:
416-598-2475
(MAP)
$7
194 Queen St. West
Toronto
Thurs.
Apr 19
2012
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7:00pm
to
10:00pm
Toronto's Winchester Kitchen & Bar
continues  their Thursday Jazz Night with
CRUZAO
LATIN-JAZZ TRIO
Click to see full poster
featuring
Brownman Ali - trumpet  (Trinidad)
Paco Luviano - bass (Mexico)
Amhed Mitchel - drums (Cuba)
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From Press Release:
"3 members of Trinidadian-born NYC-schooled, iconic Toronto-based trumpet player Brownman's latin-jazz supergroup CRUZAO. They are the winners of the Montreal Jazz Fest's coveted "Grand Prix du Jazz" award, the CBC Galaxie Rising Star award, a 4-time nominee at the National Jazz Awards, and a 3-time Independent Music Award nominee -- this group, in it's full 5-man configuration, has been called "Canada's premiere latin-jazz ensemble" by the Toronto Star. CRUZAO LATIN-JAZZ TRIO is a compact, stripped down version of that award-winning ensemble at 3-man large. Sporting a modified reportoire written specifically for this smaller permutation the trio features the talents of Paco Luviano on bass (from Mexico), Amhed Mitchel on drums (from Cuba), under the leadership of trumpet player Brownman Ali (from Trinidad) heralded as "Canada's preeminent jazz trumpet player" by New York City's Village Voice magazine."
Latin-jazz
Trio
--
3 members of Latin-jazz supergroup CRUZAO
Winchester
Kitchen & Bar
Info:
416-323-0051
(MAP)
$TBA
51 Winchester St.
Toronto
Fri.
Apr 20
2011
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10:00pm
Buffalo's The Bend On Allen
presents
BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO
Brownman Electryc Trio
with the B.E.T. USA permutation:
Brownman - electric trumpet
Mike Wagner - 6-string electric bass
Aaron Staebell - drums
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JazzOnline writes: 
"Brownman Ali's powerful award-winning trio captures the essence of the later years in Miles Davis' life, his electric period, without imitation. Brownman's ELECTRYC TRIO is uniquely his own, yet echoes with the sounds of ‘Bitches Brew’ and ‘In a Silent Way’ right down to Miles’ use of electronics while still managing to stay grounded in the sounds of today, clearly paying apt tribute to Brownman's NYC mentor Randy Brecker. Impressive."
Modern Electric
Groove Jazz
--
National Jazz Award winners for "Electric Jazz
Group of the Year"
The Bend
On Allen
Info:
716-884-1030
(MAP)
$5
256 Allen St.
Buffalo,
New York
Sat.
Apr 21
2012
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Noon
to
4:00pm
----
all day
recording
Recording session 
with
OMEGA MEN
BROWNMAN & DJ CUTLER
A night of DJ + horn

featuring:
Brownman - electric trumpet
DJ Cutler - turntables
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from Press Release:
"Internationally acclaimed and heralded as Canada's preeminent jazz trumpet player, BROWNMAN - the featured soloist for Guru's Jazzmatazz from 2006 to 2010 - comes to Buffalo's Blue Monk to collaborate with Buffalo's own local legend DJ CUTLER (of Fat Beat Records fame & DJ to Jeru the Damaja for an evening of DJ+HORN madness you will not want to miss!"
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“OMEGA MEN -- the unique combination of Brownman and Cutler -- dangerous, daring, and best served in the dead of night” said The Good Neighborhood founder Seamus Gallivan.
RECORDING
SESSION
DJ + HORN
--
breakbeats and DJ mixes under an award-winning improvising jazz musician
Studio
Cutler
Buffalo
Sat.
Apr 21
2012
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5:00pm
to
7:00pm
Private party booked by
DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
See the poster
featuring :
Brownman - electric trumpet
Private Party
Private Party
Not open to public
Ontario
Sun.
Apr 22
2012
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8:00pm
Hamilton's Pearl Company Arts Facility
presents
KALEIDOSCOPE BROWN - Episode 9
Pearl's new monthly concert series featuring a different ensemble featuring Brownman Ali each month. "We are calling it the Kaleidoscope Brown Jazz Series! “Kaleidoscope” because of the startling diversity this artist always displays as evidenced by the breadth of music making he’s always a part of."
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This month:
CRUZAO
LATIN-JAZZ TRIO
Click to see full poster
featuring
Brownman Ali - trumpet  (Trinidad)
Paco Luviano - bass (Mexico)
Amhed Mitchel - drums (Cuba)
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From Press Release:
"3 members of Trinidadian-born NYC-schooled, iconic Toronto-based trumpet player Brownman's latin-jazz supergroup CRUZAO. They are the winners of the Montreal Jazz Fest's coveted "Grand Prix du Jazz" award, the CBC Galaxie Rising Star award, a 4-time nominee at the National Jazz Awards, and a 3-time Independent Music Award nominee -- this group, in it's full 5-man configuration, has been called "Canada's premiere latin-jazz ensemble" by the Toronto Star. CRUZAO LATIN-JAZZ TRIO is a compact, stripped down version of that award-winning ensemble at 3-man large. Sporting a modified reportoire written specifically for this smaller permutation the trio features the talents of Paco Luviano on bass (from Mexico), Amhed Mitchel on drums (from Cuba), under the leadership of trumpet player Brownman Ali (from Trinidad) heralded as "Canada's preeminent jazz trumpet player" by New York City's Village Voice magazine."
Latin-jazz
Trio
--
3 members of Latin-jazz supergroup CRUZAO
Pearl Company
Arts Facility
Info:
905-524-0606
(MAP)
$15 door

$10 artists 
& students
16 Steven St.
Hamilton
Thurs.
Apr 26
2012
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9:00pm
Toronto's Poetry Jazz Cafe
presents
The LIVE JAZZ EXPERIMENT -- DJ+HORN
 DJ Leo Love + Brownman
Episode 2
Click to see full poster
featuring
Brownman Ali - trumpet
DJ Leo Love - turntables
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From Press Release:
"Born in Trinidad, schooled in New York City and now based in Toronto -- the now internationally acclaimed BROWNMAN has been heralded by the New York Village Voice as "Canada's preeminent jazz trumpet player". He was the featured soloist for the legendary GURU's JAZZMATAZZ, replacing Donald Byrd in that iconic ensemble, and has since played with the likes of Mos Def, KRS-1, Big Daddy Kane and Kool Herc.  Brownman teams up with Poetry Jazz Cafe's incredibly versatile house Dj Leo Love to explore Jazz versus Vinyl live experimentation. Expect to hear: Deep House • Soul Jazz • Electro Tango •  Brazilian Groove
DJ + HORN
--
see poster
Poetry
Jazz Cafe
Info:
416-599-5299
(MAP)
$5
224 Augusta Ave
(this place has no sign - look for the giant painting of Miles Davis' hands on the entrance!)
Toronto
Sat.
Apr 28
2012
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5:00pm
to
7:00pm
Private party booked by
DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
See the poster
featuring :
Brownman - electric trumpet
Private Party
Private Party
Not open to public
Ontario
Sun.
Apr 29
2012
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9:00pm
Toronto's Gate 403
presents
BROWNMAN AKOUSTIC TRIO

featuring
Brownman - trumpet
Mark Cashion - upright bass
Eric West - drums
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From Press Release:
"Recently returning to Toronto after a summer of juggling touring schedules between the Brownman Electryc Trio and various US projects, the Toronto based Trinidadian-born multi-award winning jazz trumpeter brings his acoustic trio to Gate 403 for a Sunday night of 50's & 60's jazz ala Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Joe Henderson, Duke Ellington and the American jazz songbook."
Mainstream
Jazz
--
like Miles, Duke, 
Coltrane, Bird, etc...
Gate 403
Info:
416-588-2930 
(MAP)
$PWYC
403 Roncessvalles Ave.
Toronto
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UPCOMING
Sat-May-05: DIGITAL GROUP ENT. @ private party, Toronto (5-7pm)
Sun-May-06: BROWNMAN + 1 (duet) @ Musideum, Toronto (8pm)
Sat-May-12: DIGITAL GROUP ENT. @ private party, Toronto (5-7pm)
Mon-May-14: JOHN CHEESMAN BIG BAND @ The Rex, Toronto (9pm)
Tue-May-15: MODUS FACTOR @ Trane Studio,Toronto (8pm)
Thr-May-17: BROWNMAN AKOUSTIC TRIO @ Winchester, T.O. (7-10pm)
Fri-May-18: OMEGA MEN @ Merge, Buffalo (TBC)
Sat-May-19: GRUVASYLUM @ Pearl Company, Hamilton (8pm)
Sun-May-20: OMEGA MEN @ Pearl Brewery, Buffalo
Thr-May-24: CHEESMAN-6 @ Trane Studio, Toronto (8pm)
Fri-May-25: GRUVASYLUM @ Neitzches, Buffalo (10pm)
Sat-May-26: GRUVASYLUM @ TBA, New York state (TBC)
Sun-May-27: BROWNMAN AKOUSTIC TRIO @ Gate 403, Toronto (9pm)
Thr-May-31: BROWNMAN + DJ LEO LOVE @ Poetry Jazz, Toronto (9pm)
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Sat-Jun-02: ALI BROS @ Pearl Company, Hamilton (8pm)
Wed-Jun-06: DON LAWS @ Monachs Pub, Delta Chelsea,Toronto (8pm)
Sun-Jun-10: BROWNMAN + 1 (duet) @ Musideum, Toronto (8pm)
Mon-Jun-11: JOHN CHEESMAN BIG BAND @ The Rex, Toronto (9pm)
Fri-Jun-15: BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO @ The Bend, Buffalo (10pm)
Sat-Jun-16: Irene Torres & The SUGAR DEVILS @ TBA (9pm)
Sun-Jun-27: OMEGA MEN @ Pearl Brewery, Buffalo (TBC)
>>> Toronto Jazz Festival begins
Sat-Jun-23: BROWNMAN + 1 (duet), show 1 @ Musideum, Toronto (4-6pm)
Sat-Jun-23: LUANDA JONES QUARTET @ Winchester, Toronto (8pm)
Sun-Jun-24: BROWNMAN + 1 (duet), show 2 @ Musideum, Toronto (4-6pm)
Sun-Jun-24: BROWNMAN AKOUSTIC TRIO @ Gate 403, Toronto (9pm)
Mon-Jun-25: STRANGE ATTRACTORS @ Cherry St., Toronto (9pm)
Wed-Jun-27: CRUZAO LATIN-JAZZ TRIO @ Poetry Jazz Cafe, Toronto (9pm)
Thr-Jun-28: BROWNMAN AKOUSTIC TRIO @ Winchester, Toronto (8pm)
Fri-Jun-29: ARECIBO @ Winchester, Toronto (9pm)
Sat-Jun-30: BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO @ Trane, Toronto (9pm)
Sun-Jul-01: TBA @ TBA, Toronto (9pm)
>>> Toronto Jazz Festival ends

More Brownman Electryc Trio
tour dates in support of
the release of Juggernaut
on Browntasauras Records

Please grab a copy at
Browntasauras.Brownman.com

Brown is focused heavily
on recording sessions:
He was, or is laying tracks in
studios with the following artists:
Nelly Furtado (pop)
Brownman Electryc Trio (electric jazz)
Shifty (hip-hop)
Shyann (neo-soul)
Strange Attractors (modern jazz)
Arecibo (latin-jazz)
Chiva (Colombian latin-jazz)
Josh Goodman (jazz)
Gerardo Brizuela (Latin house / electronica)
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)
Jason Wilson (progressive reggae)
CRUZAO (latin-jazz-urbania)
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R.I.P. GURU
On Apr 19th, 2010 Keith "Guru" Elam died after a long battle with cancer.  Since 2006, Brownman has been touring as the featured soloist with Guru's Jazzmatazz, and appeared on Jazzmatazz Vol. 4

Visit the Guru & Brownman memorial page:
Guru.Brownman.com

Guru & Brownman
- a brief history -

Guru and Brownman - Belgium

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.  This could have been just another 'backing band for out-of-town act' session for the often called Trinidadian trumpeter, but the chemistry between Brown and Guru was evident even back then on their first meeting.  During that show Guru would push him out of his regular horn position 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 team a month later asking Brown if he was available to make an appearance on the upcoming 2007 release of 'Jazzmatazz Vol. 4', 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 Guru's people, impressed by Brown's work on the track, to ask him to tour America for the release of JAZZMATAZZ VOL. 4.

Brownman soloing hard - Portugal (photo: Alexandre Vaz)

Since then Brownman has been touring the world as the featured soloist with GURU's JAZZMATAZZ as they brought their unique breed of jazz-hip-hop through The United States, Europe, Japan & South America. 

See extensive YouTube archive of tour footage.

Update:
In Jan 2010, Both Brownman & DJ DooWop left Jazzmatazz together, their exit precipitated by the often reported meglomaniacal ways of Solar - Guru's producer.  Guru had, over time, had slowly given up control of all affairs to Solar who, in turn, continued to abuse and manipulate the entire team, from Guru himself through the organization's entire infra-structure.

On Apr 19th, 2010 Keith "Guru" Elam died after a long battle with cancer.

For more on the fiasco behind Solar's dominance over Guru visit :  FuckSolar.com - a fan driven website dedicated to documenting Solar's downfall.

See Brownman's unabridged 3000 word interview with the Boston Phoenix, reprinted with permission by FuckSolar.com, where he details all he saw while with Jazzmatazz.

Guru and Brownman - Brazil


BROWN NEWS
(by publicist Andrew McIntosh) :
On Nov 22nd, 2010 Brownman Ali was inducted into the WHOS WHO IN BLACK CANADA - the famous comprehensive national biographical directory & website of outstanding Black-Canadian achievers - alongside jazz legend Oliver Jones and former Governor General Rt. Hon. Michaëlle Jean.  This rather impressive look at this life, includes an interview, and embedded video from the BRAVO! Channel documentary on his life entitled "the life and times of Brown":

www.WhosWhoInBlackCanada.com/2010/11/22/brownman-ali
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Artvoice magazine nominates
BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO for
2010 Jazz Act of the Year
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Brownman nonimated for a 2010
Toronto Independant Music Award w/ the
BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO for
2010 Toronto Jazz Group of the Year
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Brownman named
2009 Favourite Touring Soloist
(w/ Jazzmatazz) 
by London, UK's Jazz After Dark 
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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
(the group won in this category last year)
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Brownman named Toronto's
NOW Magazine's
2007 Toronto Jazz Trumpeter of the Year
--
Featured cover story for the Oct/Nov 2007 issue
of CODA magazine, Canada's most acclaimed
jazz publication since 1958. 

Read the whole article
here (2.3meg PDF file)
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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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