Meet Brownman Ali, Canada's Preeminent Jazz Trumpeter @ Annette Street, Toronto, ON - Fri Feb 1st!

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Meet Brownman Ali, Canada's Preeminent Jazz Trumpeter

Fri Feb 01, 2019
12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
60 mins

Location: Annette Street, 145 Annette Street, Toronto, ON

As part of TPL's Black History Month activities, come meet one of Canada's preeminent jazz artists - trumpet player Brownman Ali. but We'll take a look at a short film BRAVO! did on his life, then Brownman will speak, and finally give us some live music! You won't want to miss this special event!

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Brownman Akoustic Quartet @ Home Smith Bar, Old Mill, Toronto, ON - Sat Feb 24th!

                                                                                    Photo from the Old Mill Website

Back in Toronto after recent tour dates in Hawaii, Trinidadian-born multi-award winning jazz trumpeter BROWNMAN ALI brings his straight-ahead hard-swinging acoustic quartet to the Old Mill's Home Smith Bar for a night of 50s & 60s jazz ala Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Joe Henderson, Duke Ellington and the great American jazz songbook. Ali has won 2 National Jazz Awards, a SOCAN award for composition, 4 Toronto Independent Music Awards, Montreal Jazz Fest's "Grand Prix du Jazz" award, an International Independent Music Award, is heralded as "Canada's preeminent jazz trumpet player" by the New York Village Voice and was named "one of the top 10 reasons to visit Toronto" by Air Canada.

:: Brownman Ali - trumpet
:: Nick Maclean - piano
:: Lauren Falls - bass
:: Tyler Goertzen - drums

Location:  Home Smith Bar, 9 Old Mill Road, Toronto, ON

Time:  7:30-10:30pm

AkousticTrio Website
Brownman Website

NOTE: There is no cover charge to patrons, but the Old Mill requires a minimum per person food/beverage expenditure of $20.

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ABOUT BROWNMAN ALI
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Heralded as “Canada’s preeminent Jazz trumpeter” by NYC’s Village Voice, Trinidad-born BROWNMAN ALI is a multiple award-winning NYC-schooled protégé to his teacher, Grammy-winning trumpet legend, Randy Brecker.

A highly decorated player, his awards and accolades include two National Jazz Awards (with 11 nominations over the years), Montreal Jazz Festival’s “Grand Prix Du Jazz” award, a CBC Galaxie Rising Star award, a SOCAN Composers Award, an International Independent Music Award for “Album of the Year”, 3 Toronto Independent Music Awards for “Jazz Artist Of The Year” (8 nominations), a Black Canadian Award nomination for “Jazz Musician of the Year”, a Caribbean Music Award nomination for “Jazz Artist of the Year”, an induction into “Who’s Who in Black Canada”, a Bravo! TV channel documentary on his life, NOW Magazine naming him “Toronto’s Best Jazz Musician”, CBC Radio Canada naming him “one of the most recorded trumpet players in Canadian history”, NPR in New York calling him “the new standard in electric jazz”, the Trinidad & Tobago Consulate General awarding him a citation as a “Distinguished National of Trinidad”, and listing by Air Canada as one of the “Top 10 reasons to visit Toronto”.

Brownman delivers a wide range of styles from bebop to hip-hop. A unique and provocative trumpet player, he is In high demand in the studio world with over 300 CD appearances to date, working with notables from Quincy Jones, Paul Simon, Mos Def, Gary Bartz, Jay-Z, Missy Elliot, and Chucho Valdes, to Guru’s Jazzmatazz and the Mingus Dynasty Band. He leads seven unique ensembles including the internationally-acclaimed Miles Davis influenced Brownman Electryc Trio, the award-winning Cruzao Latin Jazz Quintet, and tonight’s hard-swinging Brownman Akoustic Quartet.

Snaggle Album Release featuring Brownman Ali @ The Rex, Toronto, ON - Sun Oct 2nd!

SUN-OCT-02, 2016
Location:  The Rex, 194 Queen St W, Toronto,ON
Doors at 9:00pm
$10 cover
$15 cover + album

Snaggle celebrates the release of their second studio album and their first under the Browntasauras record label, THE LONG SLOG. Come see this powerhouse ensemble perform with their fearless producer, internationally acclaimed jaz trumpet iconoclast, Brownman Ali!

Here's whats been said about THE LONG SLOG

"A very personal and compelling musical statement bursting with wide-ranging influences tied together by a sense of unified purpose, chock-full of hidden treasures and layers to be uncovered through repeated listening."
- David Restivo, jazz piano icon

"So now my main man Brownman has opened the doors of his label Browntasaurus Records to local artists he's been associated with in Toronto and other locales, and the first label release from young pianist Nick Maclean's 6-man electric-jazz group SNAGGLE is most impressive! The music on Long Slog is very, very challenging, yet groovy, soulful & exploratory at the same time. Brown himself guests on 2 tunes and fits in with flying colors -- no easy task given how difficult some of this music is! Extremely well performed, written and executed you Snagglers, with high-end production from Brown in the producer's chair. Very impressive work. Reminds me of a band I used to play in! Really well done guys."
- Randy Brecker, multi-Grammy winning trumpet legend / Brownman's mentor

BUY THE ALBUM: here

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Brownman Akoustic Trio Live @ Old Mill, Toronto, ON - Sat May 14th!

Trinidadian-born multi-award winning jazz trumpeter BROWNMAN ALI brings his straight-ahead hard-swinging acoustic trio to the Old Mill's Home Smith Bar for a night of 50s & 60s jazz ala Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Joe Henderson, Duke Ellington and the great American jazz songbook. Ali has won 2 National Jazz Awards, a SOCAN award for composition, 4 Toronto Independent Music Awards, Montreal Jazz Fest's "Grand Prix du Jazz" award, an International Independent Music Award, is heralded as "Canada's preeminent jazz trumpet player" by the New York Village Voice and was named "one of the top 10 reasons to visit Toronto" by Air Canada.

:: Brownman Ali - trumpet
:: Mike Downes - bass
:: Ernesto Cervini - drums

Location:  The Home Smith Bar, 21 Old Mill Road, Toronto, ON

Time:  7:30pm -10:30pm

$No Cover

Brownman Akoustic Trio
Brownman's website

NOTE: There is no cover charge to patrons, but the Old Mill requires a minimum per person food/beverage expenditure of $20.

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Brownman & CRUZAO LATIN-JAZZ TRIO @ Poetry Jazz Cafe, Toronto, ON - Sat Oct 10th!

CRUZAO in it's full 5-man configuration, has been called "Canada's premiere latin-jazz ensemble" by the Toronto Star, has won a National Jazz Award, the Montreal Jazz Fest's "Grand Prix du Jazz Award", a CBC Galaxie Rising Star award & have been nominated 4 times at the Toronto Independent Music Awards.

The CRUZAO LATIN-JAZZ TRIO is a compact, stripped down version of that award-winning ensemble at 3-man large. Sporting a modified repertoire written specifically for this smaller permutation the trio features the talents of acclaimed Mexican bass master PACO LUVIANO and Cuban JOAQUIN NUNEZ on drums (2 of the most in demand Latin-jazz musicians in the country), under the leadership of iconic Trinidadian trumpet player BROWNMAN ALI heralded as "Canada's preeminent jazz trumpet player" by New York City's Village Voice magazine, just returning to Canada after a year of touring with hip-hop queen Missy Elliot.

Brownman Ali - trumpet (Trinidad)
Paco Luviano - bass (Mexico)
Joaquin Nunez - drums (Cuba)

Time: 9pm, 

Cost:  $10

Location:  Poetry Jazz Café, 224 Augusta Ave, Toronto, ON

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Tribute to Freddie Hubbard @ May Cafe, Toronto, ON - Sat Jun 27th!

TRIBUTE TO FREDDIE HUBBARD
[ part of the TD Toronto Jazz Festival ]
featuring
:: Brownman Ali trumpet & electric trumpet
:: David Restivo - piano & keyboards
:: Julian Anderson-Bowes - acoustic & electric basses
:: Geoffrey Bruce - drums

Trinidadian-born multi-award winning jazz trumpeter BROWNMAN ALI takes on the exciting task of paying tribute to one of his personal heroes and one of the greatest jazz trumpet players in the history of the artform - Freddie Hubbard. The night will feature a set of Hubbard's early acoustic period while on the Blue Note label ("Ready for Freddie", "Open Sesame") and the second set will showcase his later electric period while on the CTI label ("Red Clay", "Skydive").

Time: 9pm

Location:  Mây, 876 Dundas St. W. , Toronto, ON

$15 at the door
$10 advanced list
(email andrew@brownman.com to get on the advanced list)

Website

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Luanda Jones Braziian-Jazz Quartet @ May Cafe, Toronto, ON - Sat May 23rd!

In a collaboration that’s sure to delight audiences who love jazz and Brazilian music, award-winning Trinidadian born trumpet player Brownman Ali joins forces with acclaimed Brazilian vocalist Luanda Jones for a unique & exciting cross-pollination of New York electric-jazz and modern Brazilian style, playing a combination of both Brownman’s and Luanda’s compositions & re-inventions of classics.

LUANDA JONES BRAZILIAN-JAZZ QUARTET
:: Luanda Jones - Voice & guitar (Brazil) Website
:: Brownman Ali - flugelhorn (Trinidad) Website
:: Ian de Souza - bass & effects (Uganda)
:: Marito Marques - drums & perc (Portugal) Website

Brownman & Luanda have collaborated in the past – he appearing as a guest soloist with her regular quartet, her often sitting in with the Electryc Trio. Their unique combination of sounds always prove infectious to audiences. Both are masterful with their respective instruments, both deliver passionate performances as leaders. Having them co-lead an ensemble is recipe for musical wonderment.

LUANDA JONES BRAZILIAN-JAZZ QUARTET
Sat-May-23, 9pm, $15 door, $10 advanced list
email andrew@brownman.com to get on adv list
@ May Cafe, 876 Dundas St. West, Toronto, ON
Website

Jazz Wednesdays with Snaggle featuring Brownman Ali @ Monarch's Pub, The Eaton Chelsea Hotel, Toronto, ON - Wed Apr 15th!

Jazz Wednesdays at Monarchs Pub in The Eaton Chelsea Hotel proudly present:

Snaggle with special guest Brownman Ali

The Eaton Chelsea Hotel,
33 Gerrard St West, Toronto, ON

Show starts at 7:00pm

No Cover

On April 15th Snaggle's brash sound will once again be joined by acclaimed trumpet player Brownman Ali. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Brown  -- he is an incredibly accomplished trumpet player, musician & composer and when he’s not touring the world with the titans of the music industry (Jay-z, Paul Simon, Dave Matthews Band to name only a few) he’s got some killer projects on the go including our favorite - the BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO (National Jazz Award winners for "electric jazz group of the year" and whose recent recording "Gravitation" hit number 4 on the iTunes USA jazz charts!). So make sure you don’t miss it, 7:00pm, no cover!

For more info about Snaggle click here
For more info about Brownman Ali click here

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Brownman + 1 featuring Brownman Ali and Adrean Farrugia Live @ Musideum, Toronto, ON - Sun Mar 30th!

Donald Quan's Musideum presents:
BROWNMAN + 1 feat. Brownman Ali (tpt) + Adrean Farrugia (pno)
Sun-Mar-30, 8pm, $15 door, $10 students, artists
@ Musideum, 401 Richmond St. W., Toronto, ON
416-599-7323 www.Musideum.com

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. Sunday's intimate duet show will feature with the Juno-nominated piano veteran ADREAN FARRUGIA. Brown has had a long friendship and musical association with Farrugia, both representing the top-shelf jazz improvisers in the city, both sharing uncanny time-feel sensibilities. Farrugia best expresses this shared rhythmic concept as, "we seem to practice with the same metronome!". This pairing of Ali & Farrugia is a remarkable example of modern jazz interactivity and connectivity at it's finest.

The BROWNMAN+1 series continues throughout the year at Musideum, each month Brown appearing with 1 other mystery musician -- could be piano, could be bass, could even turntables - who knows! Each duet showcasing Brownman's lesser known introspective & self-reflective playing approach accompanied by a mystery +1 each month.

www.Brownman.com | www.AdreanFarrugia.com