March 2012 Gig Schedule

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**March 2012 Bookings/Gig Schedule**
Date / Time	Band	Idiom	Venue	City
Fri. Mar 09 2012 ---- 8:00pm	Toronto's Trane Studio presents ARECIBO (latin-jazz) featuring Brownman Ali – trumpet (Trinidad) Paul Morrison – piano (Canada) Paco Luviano – bass (Mexico) Amhed Mitchel – drums (Cuba) ---- From Press Release: A brand new latin-jazz outfit delving deeply into both Cuban and Brazilian modern jazz traditions in the New York latin-jazz spirit of Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band featuring some of the city’s most acclaimed jazz and latin music specialists. The group is named after the Arecibo radio telescope housed in Puerto Rico – the largest radio telescope in the world, responsible for the deepest exploration of space mankind has achieved to date.	Latin-jazz	Trane Studio Info: 416-913-8197 (MAP) $20 at the door $15 advance $10 students/seniors	964 Bathurst St. (north of Bloor at Follis) Toronto
Sat. Mar 10 2012 ---- 8:00pm	Hamilton's Pearl Company Arts Facility presents: KALEIDOSCOPE BROWN - Episode 8 Pearl's monthly concert series, launched in Aug '11, features 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", states Pearl Co. director Barbara Milne. ---- This month: ARECIBO (latin-jazz) featuring Brownman Ali – trumpet (Trinidad) Paul Morrison – piano (Canada) Paco Luviano – bass (Mexico) Amhed Mitchel – drums (Cuba) ---- From Press Release: A brand new latin-jazz outfit delving deeply into both Cuban and Brazilian modern jazz traditions in the New York latin-jazz spirit of Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band featuring some of the city’s most acclaimed jazz and latin music specialists. The group is named after the Arecibo radio telescope housed in Puerto Rico – the largest radio telescope in the world, responsible for the deepest exploration of space mankind has achieved to date.	Latin-jazz	Pearl Company Arts Facility Info: 905-524-0606 (MAP) $15 door $10 artists & students	16 Steven St. Hamilton
Fri. Mar 16 2012 ---- 8:00pm	Buffalo's Blue Monk presents OMEGA MEN BROWNMAN & DJ CUTLER A night of DJ + horn featuring: Brownman - electric trumpet DJ Cutler - turntables ---- 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!" -- “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.	DJ + HORN -- breakbeats and DJ mixes under an award-winning improvising jazz musician	Blue Monk Info: 716-882-6665 (MAP) FREE!!	727 Elmwood Ave. Buffalo, New York
Sat. Mar 17 2012 ---- all day recording	OMEGA MEN BROWNMAN & DJ CUTLER A night of DJ + horn featuring: Brownman - electric trumpet DJ Cutler - turntables ---- 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!" -- “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.	DJ + HORN -- breakbeats and DJ mixes under an award-winning improvising jazz musician	recording session	New York State date
Sun. Mar 18 2012 ---- 9:00pm	Buffalo's Merge presents OMEGA MEN BROWNMAN & DJ CUTLER A night of DJ + horn featuring: Brownman - electric trumpet DJ Cutler - turntables ---- 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!" -- “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.	DJ + HORN -- breakbeats and DJ mixes under an award-winning improvising jazz musician	Merge Info: 716-842-0600 (MAP) FREE!!	439 Delaware Ave. Buffalo, New York
Thurs. Mar 22 2012 ---- 7:00pm to 10:00pm	Toronto's Winchester Kitchen & Bar launches their new Thursday Jazz Night with BROWNMAN AKOUSTIC TRIO [ B.A.T. will appear 1 Thursday a month at Winchester ] featuring Brownman - trumpet Mark Cashion - upright bass Ernesto Cervini - drums ---- From Press Release: "Recently returning to Toronto after a grueling period 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...	Winchester Kitchen & Bar Info: 416-323-0051 (MAP) $TBA	51 Winchester St. Toronto
Fri. Mar 23 2012 ---- TBA	BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO with the B.E.T. CANADA permutation: Brownman - electric trumpet Ben Miller - 6-string electric bass Colin Kingsmore - drums ---- 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"	private party	New York
Sat. Mar 24 2011 ---- 8:30pm	Toronto's Trane Studio presents BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO with the B.E.T. CANADA permutation: Brownman - electric trumpet Alex St. Kitts - 6-string electric bass Colin Kingsmore - drums ---- 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"	Trane Studio Info: 416-913-8197 (MAP) $15 at the door $10 advance (email andrew@brownman.com to get on adv list)	964 Bathurst St. (north of Bloor at Follis) Toronto
Sun. Mar 25 2012 ---- 9:00pm	Toronto's Gate 403 presents BROWNMAN AKOUSTIC TRIO featuring Brownman - trumpet Mark Cashion - upright bass Norbert Botos - drums ---- From Press Release: "Recently returning to Toronto after a grueling period 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
Fri. Mar 30 2012 ---- 10:00pm	Toronto's Poetry Jazz Cafe presents The LIVE JAZZ EXPERIMENT -- DJ+HORN DJ Leo Love + Brownman featuring Brownman Ali - trumpet DJ Leo Love - turntables ---- 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. Mar 31 2012 ---- Midnight	Lorraine's afterhours presents BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO with the B.E.T. Canadian permutation: Brownman - electric trumpet Ben Miller - 6-string electric bass Colin Kingsmore - drums ---- JazzOnline writes: "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."	Modern Electric Groove Jazz -- National Jazz Award winners for "Electric Jazz Group of the Year"	Lorraine's Toronto's best late night after-hours party! (MAP) $10 at the door	106 Ossington is the address BUT, the entrance is in the back lane between Argyle & Humbert Toronto

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UPCOMING

Fri-Apr-06: SHELLEY HAMILTON @ Trane Studio, Toronto (8pm)
Sun-Apr-08:BROWNMAN + 1 @ Musideum, Toronto (7pm)
Fri-Apr-13: GRUVASYLUM @ tba, Hamilton
Sat-Apr-14: GRUVASYLUM @ Trane Studio, Toronto (9pm)
Sun-Apr-15: GRUVASYLUM @ Euphonic Sound Studios (recording)
Tue-Apr-17: SUGAR DEVILS @ Lou Dawgs, Toronto (9pm)
Fri-Apr-20: BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO @ Bend, Buffalo (10pm)
Sat-Apr-21: OMEGA MEN: DjCUTLER+BROWNMAN @ (recording)
Sun-Apr-22: CRUZAO LATIN-JAZZ TRIO @ Pearl Co., Hamilton (8pm)
Mon-Apr-23: JOHN CHEESMAN BIG BAND @ The Rex, Toronto (9pm)
Sun-Apr-29: BROWNMAN AKOUSTIC TRIO @ Gate 403, Toronto (9pm)

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)
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 -

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.

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.

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
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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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