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March 2010 Bookings/Gig Schedule
( the schedule will return to it's original look soon. I hope.  Maybe.  We'll see. )
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Fri-Mar-05 - TYPE RELEVANT feat. BROWNMAN in Buffalo, NY
10:00pm......MNM Presents a night of all-live Jazz & Hip-Hop collaborations featuring award winning hip-hop
.............band "Type Relevant" and highly decorated Canadian jazz artist: Brownman (soloist for Guru's
.............Jazzmatazz / Electryc Trio) .  This is sure to be one of the most energetic and entertaining
.............shows of the year.
.............TYPE RELAVANT Band Bio -> For nearly a decade, Type Relevant has been captivating audiences
.............leaving them mesmerized and wanting more. Type Relevant is a powerhouse trio that can
.............impress a wide range of crowds with a blend of jazz, funk, blues, and hip-hop, increasing
.............revenue and patronage at any venue. Originally a duo, the group formed in 1999..
.............Brownman Electryc trio feat. Brownman - electric trumpet,  Tim Webb - drums, Rodney Appleby - bass
.............Type Relevant feat. Brian Herlihy (Relevant) - 7-string guitar, John Hunter (TypeNice) - drums, Mad Dukes - rapper
.............@ Nietzsches, Buffalo, NY
.............248 Allen Street, Buffalo, New York  |  716-886-8539  |  (MAP)
.............cost: $8


Sun-Mar-07 - Jarek Darodabrowski & ETHNOCITY in Toronto
5:00-8:00pm..Ethnocity is a cutting edge blend of new jazz, funk, and world music. The repertoire of the band 
.............currently features a wide range of original pieces and arrangements that incorporate ethnic folk themes,
.............rhythmic motives, and sounds found mainly in Eastern Europe and Asia. Based in Toronto, one of the most 
.............culturally diverse cities around the globe, Ethnocity embraces the artistic language of local ethnic 
.............minorities and subcultures within the context of jazz.
.............feat. Jarek Darobabrowski - guitar, Brownman -  trumpet,  Bartek Kozimski - drums, 
.............Michael Goutman - bass, Allison Au - flute
.............@ Gate 403, Toronto
.............403 Roncesvalles Ave., Toronto, Ontario, Canada  |  416-588-2930  |  (MAP)
.............cost: FREE!


Sun-Mar-14 - KATHLEEN GORMAN GROUP feat. BROWNMAN in Buffalo, NY
8:00pm.......Accomplished and innovative vocalist/pianist/composer Kathleen Gorman teams up with Trinidadian-born
.............multi-award winning trumpet player Brownman for an evening of jazz reinvention. Performing her own 
.............imaginative arrangements of reworked pop tunes, hard-swinging original compositions and a selection of 
.............cool standards, Kathleen enlists Brownman - one of the nation's most creative improvisers as her quintet's 
.............featured soloist. Backed by an all-star cast of supporting musicians, this will be an evening of highly
.............original and dynamic genre-spanning music you won't want to miss.
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.............The Calgary Herald writes:
............."A brilliant composer and lyricist, the talented Kathleen Gorman invites us on a journey
.............of the heart, exposing universal intimacies which resonate from the opening note" 
.............The NewYork Village Voice writes:
............."Brownman... Canada's preemient jazz trumpet player... one of the most energized &
.............unique improvising voices on trumpet out there today"
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.............:: Kathleen Gorman- voice, piano, compositions KathleenGorman.com
.............:: Brownman - trumpet Brownman.com
.............:: Jarek Dabrowski - guitar  MySpace.com/JarekDabrowski
.............:: Brendan Davis - bass  MySpace.com/bDavisMusic
.............:: Ernesto Cervini - drums  ErnestoCervini.com
.............Doors open for dining at 6pm. For dinner reservations, send us an email or call (416) 913-8197. 
.............@ Trane Studio, Toronto
.............964 Bathurst St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada  |  (416) 913-8197  |  (MAP)
.............cost: $10


Fri-Mar-19 - GUEST SOLOIST for the JAZZ ARTISTS ON THE GREENS FEST in Trinidad & Tobago
.to..........The eighth edition of the premier open-air Jazz Concert in Trinidad and Tobago, Jazz Artists on the Greens, 
Wed-Mar-24...presented by Production One Ltd., will be held at the Centre for Creative and Festival Arts, U.W.I., St. Augustine, 
.............on Saturday March 20th, 2010. The 2010 edition of the event will highlight Local and Caribbean Jazz performers,
.............and further expand the repertoire for jazz lovers on the island. Prior to the 5PM main stage event WOODBROOK
.............PLAYBOYZ will perform on the lawn and also as a new highlight, the HOLISTIC MUSIC SCHOOL YOUTH
.............ORCHESTRA will perform a couple jazz standards on stage . Starting at 5PM the featured performers on
.............the main stage are:
.............* Caribbean jazz group KALABASH, based in Canada featuring Anthony Pierre of Trinidad and Tobago.
.............* AFROLYPSO featuring steelpan master Jason Baptiste
.............* Cuban violin sensation William Roblejo performing with his trio
.............* Hot young jazz vocalist, R'kardo St'von
.............* Powerhouse vocalist Brenda Butler
.............* The Jazz Artists On The Greens All-Stars 2010
.................comprising Ming, Russel Durity, Dean Williams, Modupe Onilu, Richard Joseph and BROWNMAN.
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.............From Festival press release:
.............Internationally acclaimed jazz trumpet player BROWNMAN comes to Trinidad & Tobago as a featured 
.............guest performer for the Jazz Artists On The Greens. Born in San Fernando and schooled in New York City 
.............under Grammy winner Randy Brecker's personal mentorship, Brownman now resides in Toronto, Canada 
.............and has been captivating audiences around the globe in recent years with his dynamic and fiery playing style. 
.............He is heralded as "Canada's preeminent jazz trumpet player" by New York's Village Voice magazine, and is widely
.............considered to be a vanguard for the evolution of jazz in Canada. Has been the featured soloist for the legendary
.............jazz-hip-hop group GURU's JAZZMATAZZ for the last 3 years, having replaced Donald Byrd in that legendary
.............ensemble, and tirelessly leads no less than 6 award-winning ensembles of his own.
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.............This is outdoor festival styled seating. The Centre for Creative and Festival Arts provides a concert experience
.............like no other. We encourage JAOTG-goers to bring your lawn chairs, hats, sun screen, and blankets to sit on
.............the ground so as to enjoy the festival up-close and outdoors on the gently-sloping lawn.
.............@ Centre For Creative and Festival Arts, UWI, Trinidad & Tobago
.............University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago  All info: www.JAOTG.org
.............cost: $250.00 TT in advance.  Buy tix online at jaotg2010trinidad.eventbrite.com


Sun-Mar-28 - BROWNMAN AKOUSTIC TRIO in Toronto
5:00pm.......Press release: "Recently returning to Toronto after a winter of juggling touring schedules between the
.............Brownman Electryc Trio and Guru's Jazzmatazz, 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."
.............feat. Brownman - trumpet, Mark Cashion - upright bass, Jeff Halischuk - drums
.............@ Gate 403, Toronto
.............403 Roncesvalles, Toronto, Canada  |  (416) 588-2930  |  (MAP)
.............cost: FREE!

same day.. - STRANGE ATTRACTORS in Toronto
8:00pm.......Press release: "Acclaimed tenor saxophonist Ryan Oliver, recently back in Toronto after years in New York
.............City to jorces with one of Canada's top-shelf trumpeters - Brownman - to co-lead this new quintet dedicated
.............to exploring the sonic soundscapes of modern jazz with New York City intensity.  The group also features
.............5-timeNational Jazz Award winner for piano player of the year, Dave Restivo; on drums - also recently
.............returning from NYC - Ernesto Cervini, and much in demand upright bassist Mark Cashion."
.............@ Trane Studio, Toronto
.............964 Bathurst St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada  |  (416) 913-8197  |  (MAP)
.............cost: $10


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UPCOMING

Coming soon:
Brownman Electryc Trio
tour dates in support of the
new release of Juggernaut
on Browntasauras Records

Please grab a copy at
Browntasauras.Brownman.com

Fri-Apr-09 - w/ BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO
National Jazz Award winners for "Electric Jazz Group of the Year" burn down NY state!
@ Hardware Cafe, Buffalo, NY (10:30pm)

Fri-Apr-16 - w/ LUANDA JONES
Brownman and Brazilian songstress team up for a night of funkified and electrified Brazilian music feat. Ian D'Souza, Mahninho D'Costa, Luanda & Brown.  Don't miss this one!
@ Trane Studio, Toronto (8pm)

Thr-Apr-22 - T.B.A.
To be announced...
@ Trane Studio, Toronto (8pm)

Sat-Apr-24 - Trane Studio 7 Year Anniv.
The Trane Studio celebrates it's 7 year anniversary with 7 featured soloists throughout the night (incl. Brown). 
@ Trane Studio, Toronto (8pm)

May/June - additional tour dates for the BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO


Brown is focused heavily
on recording sessions:
He was, or is, currently locked in
studios with the following artists:
Guru (hip-hop)
Nelly Furtado (pop)
Brownman Electryc Trio (electric 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)
Chiva (Colombian latin-jazz)
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Jazzmatazz Vol. 4

For the last 3 years Brownman has been  the touring trumpet soloist with with legendary rapper GURU (of Gangstarr fame) in his JAZZMATAZZ ensemble. 

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 producer Solar 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 Solar, 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 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.

Guru and Brownman - Brazil


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
(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
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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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