BROWNMAN AKOUSTIC TRIO
Fri-Dec-23, 9pm @ Gate 403
403 Roncessvales Ave., Toronto
All venue information:
http://www.Gate403.com/
... More info: 416-588-2930
A Pay-what-you-can event
Toronto based Trinidadian-born multi-award winning jazz trumpeter brings his straight-ahead hard-swinging acoustic trio to Gate 403 for a Friday night Christmas concert. The trio will play classic Xmas carols with a jazz twist, interpreted and re-invented. Sick of the typified Xmas carols being pumped at you at the mall and on the radio? Then this is the concert for you!
featuring:
:: Brownman Ali - trumpet
:: Julian Anderson-Bowes - upright bass
:: Eric West - drums
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About BROWNMAN ::
http://www.Brownman.com/::
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"One of the next great voices in the new generation of jazz improvisers"
- Randy Brecker, multi-Grammy winning trumpet legend
Born on the small Caribbean island of Trinidad, schooled in New York City under Randy Brecker's watchful eye and now heralded as "Canada's preeminent jazz trumpeter" by New York City's Village Voice magazine, the ever dynamic Brownman tirelessly leading no less than 7 highly respected ensembles of his own spanning genres from be-bop to hip-hop. He is best known for his work as the leader of Canada's premiere latin-jazz ensemble CRUZAO (winners of the 2001 Montreal Jazz Fest's "Grand Prix du Jazz award" & 5-time nominee at the National Jazz Awards for "Electric Group of the Year") and his electrified Miles Davis' influenced BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO (2007 National Jazz Award winner for "Electric Group of the Year"). He has garnered 11 nominations over the years at the National Jazz Awards (including 2 wins); Toronto's leading independent weekly NOW Magazine featured him as the cover story in 2003, naming him "Toronto's Best Jazz Musician" in 2006 and "Toronto's Jazz Trumpet Player of the Year" in 2007. Despite the demands of leading 7 ensembles & international touring he is still one of the most called upon trumpet players in the studio scene; his long list of recording credits, more than 300 to date, make him one of the most recorded trumpet players in Canadian history.
From 2006 until today Brownman has been the featured soloist with the legendary New York City jazz-hip-hop artist GURU (of Gangstarr fame) for his JAZZMATAZZ ensemble (having replaced Donald Byrd in that group) and catalyzing his appearing on the cover of CODA magazine, Canada's most acclaimed jazz publication. In Dec 2009 he launched his own independent record label Browntasauras Records, with the Brownman Electryc Trio's debut recording of 'Juggernaut' as it's flagship release.
Since returning to Canada from NYC, Brownman has been on the cutting edge of modern music in the nation for the last decade, winning multiple awards nationally, achieving international recognition while touring the globe, and is widely considered to be a vanguard for the evolution of jazz in Canada.
Brownman also holds a degree in physics, a minor in philosophy and often writes the brass column for Canadian Musician Magazine.
Please visit
http://www.Brownman.com/ for more information on this critically acclaimed young artist.
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AWARDS:
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2010 inducted into the "Who's Who In Black Canada"
2010 Toronto Independent Music Award nominee for "Jazz Group of the Year"
2010 Artvoice Magazine nominee for "Jazz Act of the Year"
2009 "Favourite touring soloist" (w/ Jazzmatazz) by UK's Jazz After Dark
2008 Toronto Independent Music Award nominee for "Jazz Group of the Year"
2008 National Jazz Award nominee for "Electric Jazz Group of the Year"
2007 NOW Magazine's "Toronto Jazz Trumpet Player of the Year"
2007 National Jazz Award winner for "Electric Jazz Group of the Year"
2007 A staggering 5 nominations at the National Jazz Awards
2006 National Jazz Award nominee for "Latin-jazz artist of the Year"
2005 NOW Magazine's "Toronto Jazz Artist of the Year".
2004 Brownman & CRUZAO - Independent Music Award nominee
2003 MARRON MATIZADO - "Best Toronto Salsa Band" (SalsaSPOT)
2002 National Jazz Award winner for "Jazz Composer of the Year"
2002 National Jazz Award nominee for "Jazz Trumpet Player of the Year"
2001 winner of the Montreal Jazz Fest's "Grand Prix Du Jazz Award".
2001 CRUZAO awarded the CBC Galaxie "Rising Star" Award
3 time nominee for "Jazz Trumpet Player of the Year" (NJA).
CRUZAO - 3 time nominee for "Electric Group of the Year" (NJA).
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QUOTES:
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"Canada's preeminent jazz trumpet player"
- NYC's Village Voice
"... the most versatile hornman in Canada"
- Chicago Tribune
"... virtuostic, energized and in the spirit of Miles Davis"
- Toronto's NOW Magazine.
"One of the next great voices in the new generation of jazz improvisers"
- Randy Brecker, multi-grammy winning legendary trumpeter
"Brownman... Remarkable writing and burning energy"
- John Scofield, jazz guitar giant
"... uniquely creative and fearless - like a young Miles Davis"
- Guru, legendary hip-hop icon of Gangstarr/Jazzmatazz fame
"CRUZAO... deliciously quirky & invigorating... seethes with energy, particularly showing off the skills of trumpeter Brownman Ali and his brother Marcus on alto sax".
- Toronto Star
"Brownman & CRUZAO... the finest latin-jazz group Canada's ever produced"
- LatinJazzNet.com
"Brownman & CRUZAO breaks down the boundaries between latin, jazz and urban music in the most innovative way I've seen yet. We may be looking at the evolution of latin-jazz here."
- Memo Acevedo, NY University professor of Latin-jazz
"Brownman Ali... a warm, personable soloist displaying an engaging mix or quirks and lyricism."
- Toronto's Globe and Mail
"Brownman... Ali... Marrón... this young trumpet player has as many names as he has skills"
- Canada Picante Xpress Latin Magazine
"Energy is never in short supply in Brownman Ali's world. This Toronto/Trinidadian trumpeter loves skipping from style to style almost as much as he digs mixing it up with the jazz elite"
- CBC Radio Canada See More
