Alexander Brown Trio @ Lula Lounge, Toronto, ON - Fri Apr 12th!

Friday Jazz @ Lula
Each week Lula presents the city's finest world and jazz music performers. This week as part of our CD Launch celebrations, we present one of the finest Cuban jazz artists in the country.

Alexander Brown Trio
Cuban born Alexander Brown has worked with Cesar Lopez (of Cuba's Havana Ensemble), American sax player David Murray and Canadian luminaries such as Amanda Martinez, Hilario Duran and Luis Mario Ochoa.

Dinner & Show Special
Arrive early and enjoy Lula's famous dinner and show package. The three course prix fixe special includes choice of appetizer, main, and dessert as well as the dance lesson and all entertainment. Starting at just $49 per person, the dinner special guarantees seating for the whole evening. Perfect for a small intimate dinner or large parties!

Dinner Menu
Recently featured on NEWSTALK 1010 and at Harbourfront's popular Hot and Spicy Festival, our culinary team has created distinctive menu that like Lula itself is decidedly international with a latin soul. Check out Lula's distinctive tropical fusion menu here.

Beginner Salsa Lesson
You don't need a partner to enjoy our beginner salsa lesson! Featuring Toronto's top instructors, the class will lead beginners through the salsa basics while more experienced dancers warm up for the best salsa party in town. Lessons are at 9:30 pm on Fridays, 9 pm on Saturdays and at noon on Sundays.

Live Salsa Orchestra
After the lesson the party really begins with Toronto's top DJs playing dancefloor friendly salsa, merengue, bachata and top 40 between sets and until closing time. At 10:30 a full salsa orchestra takes the stage. For details of this week's band, check out the salsa listings.

Doors Open: 7:00PM

Show Starts: 8:00PM

Admission: $15

Location:  Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON

More info and to make reservations visit:  http://www.lula.ca/events/2013/apr/alexander-brown.html

Ali Brothers Live @ Zemra Lounge, Toronto, ON - Fri Nov 23rd!

Conceived in the spirit of multi grammy winning outfit - "The Brecker Bros" the ALI BROS embody the essence of jazz improvisational ideology erupting against a backdrop of powerful urban grooves. Latin, funk, hip-hop, drum'n'bass, R'n'B all colliding with modern jazz textures. Their uncanny musical relationship enhanced by blood, Brownman and Marcus Ali together form an incredibly synergistic, almost telepathic bond making them one of the most called upon horn teams in the country. 

They have appeared side by side countless horn sections in the Canadian professional music scene most notably as the backbone to the multi-award winning latin-jazz ensemble CRUZAO, Juno nominated reggae artist JASON WILSON, with reggathon superstar FITO BLANKO, modern house outfit FUNKY HI-LIFE, african masters RADIO NOMAD, urban songstress SHYANN, merengue specialists DOMINICANADA, Salsa powerhouse MARRON MATIZADO, latin-jazz-urban orchestra CRUZAO GRUPO MONSTRUOSO, jazz drumming legend NORMAN MARSHALL VILLENEUVE and far too many more to list here...."
feat. Brownman Ali - electric trumpet, Marcus Ali - alto & EVI, Ben Miler - electric bass, Mike Kosowski - drums

Fri-Nov-23, 9:00pm, $15 door, $10 Adv List

(email andrew@brownman.com to get on Advanced List)

ALI BROTHERS (jazz-funk / groove-jazz)
AliBros.Brownman.com

@ Zemra Lounge, 778 St. Clair Ave. West

(at Arlington, just E. of Oakwood)

(416) 651-3123 | Toronto, Canada
www.ZemraBarLounge.com

Alex Cuba Live @ The Telus Centre for Performing and Learning, Toronto, ON - Fri Nov 9th!

Alex Cuba Live

 

Friday, November 09, 2012

 

Time:

8:00 pm

 

Price:

Starting at $30.00

 

Venue:

Koerner Hall,  The Telus Centre for Performing and Learning, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON

For tickets and more info:  http://performance.rcmusic.ca/event/alex-cuba-0

Arturo Sandoval Live @ The CNE Bandshell, Toronto, ON - Sat Sept 1st!

A protégé of the legendary jazz master Dizzy Gillespie, Arturo Sandoval is one of the world’s most acknowledged guardians of jazz trumpet and flugel horn, as well as a renowned classical artist, pianist and composer. He is a dynamic and vivacious live performer and has been seen by millions in the Oscars and Grammy Awards performing with Celine Dion, Justin Timberlake as well as on the Latin Billboard Awards with the gifted Alicia Keys, where he was awarded his 6th Billboard Award for “Best Latin Jazz Album”. Sandoval has been awarded six Grammy Awards, and nominated 12 times; he has also received six Billboard Awards and one Emmy Award. His compositions can be heard on the soundtrack for Havana, Random Heart and Mambo Kings among others. Don’t miss this opportunity to see one of the most brilliant, multifaceted and renowned musicians of our time. www.arturosandoval.com .

Saturday, September 1st
Show Time: 7:30 pm
The Toronto Star Bandshell - Bandshell Park

All concerts are FREE with CNE admission! 
NOTE ABOUT WEATHER:  Bandshell Concerts go on RAIN or SHINE. The only time they are postponed or cancelled, is when there is an electrical storm, which could compromise the safety of both CNE performers and visitors. In that case, an announcement will be made from the stage

For more info visit: http://www.theex.com

Arecibo Latin Jazz @ Winchester Kitchen & Bar, Toronto, ON - Fri Jun 29th!

Fri-Jun-29: ARECIBO (latin-jazz)
www.Arecibo.Brownman.com
[TD Toronto Jazz Festival performance]
@ Winchester Kitchen & Bar, 51A Winchester St., Toronto
416-323-0051 | www.WinchesterKitchen.com
$15 door / $10 advanced list or w/ dinner reserv
(email andrew@brownman.com to get on adv list, or call to make dinner reservation)

From Press Release:
"ARECIBO - a new deeply exploratory latin-jazz outfit delving into Cuban, Puerto Rican and Brazilian modern jazz traditions in the New York latin-jazz spirit of Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band featuring some of Toronto’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."

featuring:
Brownman Ali - electric trumpet (Trinidad)
Paul Morrison - piano (Canada)
Paco Luviano - bass (Mexico)
Ahmed Mitchel - drums (Cuba)

Brownman & Cruzao, Latin Jazz Trio @ Poetry Jazz Cafe, Toronto, ON - Wed Jun 27th!

Three members of the award-winning Latin-Jazz supergroup CRUZAO, come together in a rare trio format to delight jazz lovers with their addictive Brazilian and Cuban vibe.

Date: 

Wed Jun 27 8:30pm

Ticket Price:  $5 cover 

 

Poetry Jazz Cafe

224 Augusta Avenue (Kensington Market)

Toronto, ON M5T 2L6

Canada

website: http://www.brownman.com/

Arecibo @ The Trane Studio, Toronto, ON - Thurs May 24th!

ARECIBO (latin-jazz)
www.Arecibo.Brownman.com
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:: Brownman Ali - trumpet | www.Brownman.com
:: Paul Morrison - piano | www.MySpace.com/PaulMorrisonJazz
:: Ben Miller - bass | www.MySpace.com/BennyThaBassman
:: Max Senitt - drums | www.MaxSenitt.com
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A deeply exploratory modern latin-jazz outfit delving far into Cuban, Puerto Rican and Brazilian modern jazz traditions in the spirit of New York latin-jazz icons Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band featuring some of Toronto’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.

Thr-May-24, 8pm @ Trane Studio
964 Bathurst St., Toronto | 416-913-8197
www.TraneStudio.com
$10 at door

Hilario Duran Latin Big Band w/Paquito D'Rivera @ Koerner Hall, Toronto, ON - Sat May 5th!

Grammy Award-winning sax master Paquito D’Rivera joins internationally renowned pianist and arranger Hilario Durán with his big band of 20 stellar Latin jazz artists. One of the world’s most innovative creators of Afro-Cuban music and Latin jazz, Latin Jazz Corner wrote that Hilario Durán is one of the world’s “contemporary Cuban pianists that moved jazz into the 21st century.”

Please join us in the lobby after the concert for a Postlude Performance by The Patrick O’Reilly Trio.

 
Date:  Saturday, May 05, 2012

Time:  8:00pm

Price:   Starting at $39.00

Venue:

Koerner Hall

Telus Centre for Performance and Learning, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON

M5S 1W2 

 

For Tickets:  Visit:  http://performance.rcmusic.ca/event/hilario-duran-latin-big-band-special-guest-paquito-drivera