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August 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 Aug 02 - BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO - $20 (visit Muskokabana website for tix info)
10:00pm..,,..2007 National Jazz Award winners for "Electric Jazz Group of the Year" burn down Northern Ontario.
.............@ Muskokabana Summer Music Fest - main stage, Gravenhurst

Sun Aug 03 - SERAFIN - $free
03:30pm......NOW magazine wrotes: "The incredible voice of Serafin will dazzle you every time"
.............@ The Pilot, Toronto

Mon Aug 04 - BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO  POSTPONED:
POSTPONED:...2007 National Jazz Award winners for "Electric Jazz Group of the Year"
POSTPONED:...@ Burlington Jazz Fest, Burlington (new date to be announced)

Wed Aug 06 - "ART OF THE TRIO" Series - $10 adults, $5 students w/ ID
09:00pm......Part 1/3 feat. The BROWNMAN ACOUSTIC TRIO
.............feat. Brownman (trumpet), Ross McIntyre (bass), Ernestro Cervini (drums)
.............AllAboutJazz.com writes: "Award-winning Trinidadian/Canadian trumpeter Brownman brings his unique 
.............'Art of the Trio' Series back to Toronto's Trane Studio... featuring 3 different trios, over 3 wednesdays
............. exploring 3 different idioms of jazz."
.............@ Trane Studio, Toronto 

Fri Aug 08 - BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO
11:00pm......[ American Touring Band w/ Brownman (trumpet), Rodney Appleby (bass) & Daniel Powell (drums) ]
.............2007 National Jazz Award winners for "Electric Jazz Group of the Year"
.............@ Atma Rising Fest, Warsaw, New York

Sat Aug 09 - BROWNMAN Hosts The ATMA RISING FEST
all day......@ Atma Rising Fest, Warsaw, New York

Sun Aug 10 - BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO
2:00-6:00pm..2007 National Jazz Award winners for "Electric Jazz Group of the Year"
.............@ private party, Toronto

Wed Aug 13 - "ART OF THE TRIO" Series - $10 adults, $5 students w/ ID
09:00pm......Part 2/3 feat. The BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO
.............feat. Brownman (trumpet), Tyler Emond (bass), Colin Kingsmore (drums)
.............AllAboutJazz.com writes: "Award-winning Trinidadian/Canadian trumpeter Brownman brings his unique 
.............'Art of the Trio' Series back to Toronto's Trane Studio... featuring 3 different trios, over 3 wednesdays
............. exploring 3 different idioms of jazz."
.............@ Trane Studio, Toronto (9pm)

Mon Aug 18 - JOSH GOODMAN QUINTET - $10
09:00pm......NOW magazine writes: "A newcomer to the Toronto scene, Josh brings his original spirited
.............compositions to the fore accompanied by some of the city's jazz finest"
.............See a YouTube video of Josh Goodman Quartet feat. Brownman at Gate 403, Toronto (Apr 2008)
.............@ The Rex, Toronto

Wed Aug 20 - "ART OF THE TRIO" Series - $10 adults, $5 students w/ ID
09:00pm......Part 3/3 feat. The BROWNMAN LATIN TRIO
.............feat. Brownman (trumpet), Paco Luviano (bass), Max Senitt (drums)
.............AllAboutJazz.com writes: "Award-winning Trinidadian/Canadian trumpeter Brownman brings his unique 
.............'Art of the Trio' Series back to Toronto's Trane Studio... featuring 3 different trios, over 3 wednesdays
............. exploring 3 different idioms of jazz."
.............@ Trane Studio, Toronto

Fri Aug 22 - PAPPY MARTIN's LOVE SUPREME JAZZ ENSEMBLE w/ special guest: Brownman
07:30-.......feat. James “Pappy” Martin (bass), Craig Brown (voice), Greg Treadwell (piano), Danny Jay (drums), Marquell Green (sax) 
09:30pm......Pappy Martin brings together an all-star ensemble for the Lewiston Jazz Fest .
.............@ Lewiston Jazz Fest - Band Shell @ 7th & Center St, Lewiston, NY

Sat Aug 23 - BUFFALO FUNK ALL-STARS w/ special guest: Brownman
09:00pm......feat. members of Rick James touring band
.............Buffalo's Funk All-stars tear up the Empire State.
.............@ TBA, Buffalo, NY


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UPCOMING

Sun Sept 07 - BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO
2007 National Jazz Award winners for "Electric Jazz Group of the Year" burn down the Junction!
@ Junction Arts Festival, Toronto (4pm)

Fri Sept 12 - FREDDIE HUBBARD TRIBUTE
NIGHT 1 - The ACOUSTIC years
Over 2 nights Brownman pays tribute to one of his biggest influences - the legendary Freddie Hubbard.  The first night showcases Freddie's acoustic hard-bop period, the next night featuring his more electrified period on CTI records.
@ Trane Studio, Toronto, ON (9pm)

Sat Sept 13 - FREDDIE HUBBARD TRIBUTE
NIGHT 2 - The ELECTRIC period
Over 2 nights Brownman pays tribute to one of his biggest influences - the legendary Freddie Hubbard.  The first night showcases Freddie's acoustic hard-bop period, the next night featuring his more electrified period on CTI records.
@ Trane Studio, Toronto, ON (9pm)

Wed Sept 17 - AARON STAEBELL QUARTET (NYC)
Acclaimed New York drummer comes to Toronto!
@ Trane Studio, Toronto, ON (9pm)

Thr Sept 18 - AARON STAEBELL QUARTET (NYC)
Acclaimed New York drummer comes to Toronto!
@ Trane Studio, Toronto, ON (9pm)

Fri Sept 19 - BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO
2007 National Jazz Award winners for "Electric Jazz Group of the Year" burn down NY state!
@ Hardware Cafe, Buffalo, NY (10:30pm)

Sat Sept 20 - BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO
2007 National Jazz Award winners for "Electric Jazz Group of the Year" burn down NY state again!
@ private function, Buffalo, NY (6pm)

Sun Sept 21 - BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO
2007 National Jazz Award winners for "Electric Jazz Group of the Year" bur down NY state even more!
@ T.B.A., Rochester, NY (tba)

Sept 27 & 28 - GURU's JAZZMATAZZ BOSTON
Legendary rapper of Gangstarr fame & his Jazzmatazz crew celebrate John Coltrane's genius.
@ Coltrane Memorial Concert, 
..Northeastern University, Boston

Oct 16 & 17 - HENDRIK MEURKENS IN TORONTO
Legendary Brazilian harmonica player returns to Toronto, featuring Brownman on flugelhorn exclusively.
@ The Rex (16th), Toronto
& Lula Lounge (17th), Toronto

Oct 23-25 - GURU's JAZZMATAZZ SWEDEN
Legendary rapper of Gangstarr fame & his Jazzmatazz crew celebrate John Coltrane's genius.
Oct. 23:  Malmo, Sweden @ Jeriko
Oct. 24:  Umea, Sweden @ The Umea Jazz Festival
Oct. 25:  Stockholm, Sweden @ Berns Salonger
 
 

COMING IN NOV
The return of 
FIVE WEEKS FOR MILES!
- Brownman's month long tribute to Miles Davis -
5 Saturdays, 5 bands, 5 eras of Miles Davis!
Every Sat in Nov!!


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
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...


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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