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May 2 2006 |
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JAZZ FOR PEACE feat. BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO Brownman - electric trumpet Tyler Emond - 6-string electric bass Colin Kingsmore - drums -- "The War Resisters Support Campaign is a broad-based coalition of community, faith, labour and other organizations and individuals that have come together to support U.S. soldiers seeking asylum in Canada because they refuse to fight in the illegal war in Iraq... This is a benefit to assist these war resisters in their struggle to stay." |
Groove Jazz -- JazzOnline writes: "Nick "Brownman" Ali's powerful 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." |
Info: 416-588-0307 (MAP) Show $20 Reservations @ 416.588.0307 |
Toronto |
Wed
May 3 2006 |
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Brownman - electric trumpet Dane Wedderburn - 6-string electric bass Larnell Lewis - drums |
Groove Jazz -- JazzOnline writes: "Nick "Brownman" Ali's powerful 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." |
(MAP) Info: 416-598-2475 $7 cover |
(just W of University) Toronto |
Thr
May 4 2006 |
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Brownman - electric trumpet Dane Wedderburn - 6-string electric bass Larnell Lewis - drums |
Groove Jazz -- JazzOnline writes: "Nick "Brownman" Ali's powerful 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." |
(MAP) Info: 416-598-2475 $7 cover |
(just W of University) Toronto |
Fri
May 5 2006 |
to 2:00am |
BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO Brownman - electric trumpet Greg Chudzik - 5-string electric bass Aaron Staebell - drums The trio appears at the Cafe every other week SEE PRESS RELEASE |
Groove Jazz -- JazzOnline writes: "Nick "Brownman" Ali's powerful 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." |
Hardware Cafe (MAP) |
Buffalo, New York |
Tues
May 9 2006 |
screening 6:00pm -- Colombian Kidz 8:00pm -- CHIVA Set 1 8:45pm -- B-Boys w/ JTEC 9:45pm -- CHIVA & B-Boys 10:15pm -- CHIVA Set 2 10:45pm |
Ruben "Bennie" Esguerra & CHIVA with special guests BROWNMAN & J-TEC and featuring Juan Esguerra and the T-Dot B-Boys (break dance crew) "Columbian rhythms, funk bass-lines, jazz soloists, hip-hop DJ" featuring Bennie - congas, bata, Colombian percussion Brownman - trumpet, electryc trumpet, percussion Eric Boucher - keybaords Dane Wedderburn - 7-string electric bass Chris Lamont - drums DJ J-Tec - turntables - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Opening act: COLOMBIAN KIDZ (Colombian youth troupe) |
Latin-jazz meets Urban Groove |
Info: 416-588-0307 (MAP) Show only $10 Show + 3-course Dinner package $49 Reservations @ 416.588.0307 |
Toronto |
Sat
May 13 2006 |
-- three 45-minute sets |
presents: NICK ALI TRIO with special guest ENLIGHT (from Gruvasylum) featuring Brown - trumpet Scott Peterson - bass Ben Riley - drums Enlight - improvised spoken word "Performing organic jazz in the classic quartet setting, this unit strives to embody the jazz improvising spirit of the 60's - communication. Playing selections of standards linked together in one organic mish-mash of sonic goodness, this unit brings classic jazz themes and powerful Brownman compositions into the new era of jazz" - Scott McLaren, CHRY radio |
meets Spoken Word -- part of the Red Guitar's May Speaking of Jazz Series |
Info: 416-913-4586 |
(just S of Bloor) Toronto |
Mon
May 15 2006 |
to Midnight |
Celebrate the art of two great cities-Toronto and New Orleans-in a great cultural venue. feat. BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO Brownman - electric trumpet Dane Wedderburn - 6-string electric bass Larnell Lewis - drums MORE EVENT INFO... |
Groove Jazz -- JazzOnline writes: "Nick "Brownman" Ali's powerful 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." |
District's Boilerhouse Restaurant Info: 647.402.9601 |
Toronto |
Fri
May 19 2006 |
to 2:00am |
BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO Brownman - electric trumpet Greg Chudzik - 5-string electric bass Aaron Staebell - drums The trio appears at the Cafe every other week SEE PRESS RELEASE |
Groove Jazz -- JazzOnline writes: "Nick "Brownman" Ali's powerful 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." |
Hardware Cafe (MAP) |
Buffalo, New York |
May 21
to June 15 2006 |
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BIG UPCOMING GIGS (by publicist Andrew McIntosh) : Early May tour Early May will see BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO doing a mini-tour including dates in both Ontario and New York state. A night at Lula Lounge (Tues May 2) in support of the War Resistors Movement and 2 Nights at the Rex in Toronto will be featured dates in the tour (Wed & Thurs May 3 & 4). Canadian dates will featuring Larnell Lewis on drums & Dane Wedderburn on 6-string electric bass and America dates will feature Aaron Staebell on drums and Greg Chudzik on bass. The trio will be recording their debut CD just as the snow's melting... watch for it! http://ElectrycTrio.brownman.com Tues
May 9, 6pm
Sat
May 13, 8pm
Mon
May 15, 7pm
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19 - June 15
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July 1, 9pm
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June 30 (Toronto Jazzfest) & Fri July 07 (Montreal Jazzfest)
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July 08, 6pm & Sun July 09, 5pm - Toronto Street Fest!
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July 21, 8pm
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BROWN NEWS (by publicist Andrew McIntosh) : Brownman was recently 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! Brownman to tour 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 - 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 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!
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.
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) 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.
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:
ALI
BROS "mythological" Canada Day performance:
Interview
with View Magazine (in depth)
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