Fri-Jun-24, 09pm: TRIBUTE TO FREDDIE HUBBARD
........................@ Mây Cafe (upstairs) $15/$10 Hard-bop / funk
Fri-Jun-24, 11pm: GAME.SET.TRAP
........................@ Mây Cafe (downstairs) $5 Trap-jazz / hip-hop
Sat-Jun-25, 09pm: CRUZAO LATIN-JAZZ TRIO
........................@ Poetry Jazz Cafe $10 Modern Latin-jazz
Sun-Jun-26, 08pm: SOCIALIST NIGHT SCHOOL
........................@ Club 120 (upstairs) $20/$15 Big Band
Mon-Jun-27, 06pm: speaking engagement: commencement address
........................@ E.A.S.T. $FREE
Mon-Jun-27, 08pm: sitting in w/ JORDANA TALSKY (duo)
........................@ May Cafe $10 Vocal-jazz
Mon-Jun-27, 11pm: BROWNMAN AKOUSTIC TRIO
........................@ 120 Diner (downstairs) $15/$10 Classic Jazz
Tue-Jun-28, 08pm: SNAGGLE w/ special guest Brownman
........................@ May Cafe $10 Jazz-funk
Tue-Jun-28, 11pm: MODUS FACTOR
........................@ Club 120 (upstairs) $15/$10 Electro-ambient Jazz
Wed-Jun-29, 08pm: sitting in w/ WORST POP BAND EVER
........................@ May Cafe $10 Modern Jazz
Thr-Jun-30, 08pm: TRIBUTE TO HERBIE HANCOCK feat. Nick Maclean
........................@ May $15/$10 Modern Jazz
Fri-Jul-01, 07pm: BROWNMAN AKOUSTIC TRIO
........................@ Second Cup stage $FREE Classic Jazz
Fri-Jul-01, 09pm: JASON WILSON & DIVISION ONE
........................@ May Cafe $15/$10 Reggae-jazz
Sat-Jul-02, 09pm: MILES DAVIS’ "Panthalassa" w ELECTRYC TRIO
........................@ May $20/$15 Electric-jazz
Sun-Jul-03, 08pm: TRIBUTE TO COLE PORTER feat. ORI DAGAN
........................@ May Cafe $15/$10 Classic Jazz
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Fri-June-24, 9pm:
TRIBUTE TO FREDDIE HUBBARD
@ Mây Cafe (main floor), 876 Dundas St. W
Website
:: Set 1: Classic Bluenote, Set 2: Electric CTI, $15 door / $10 adv
(email andrew@brownman.com to get on advanced list)
This year’s festival begins with multi-award winning Trinidadian-born trumpeter Brownman Ali paying tribute to legendary trumpet player Freddie Hubbard. This show features a set investigating Hubbard’s acoustic material from the Blue Note record label, followed by a set exploring his electric output on the CTI label. Brownman Ali is heralded by the New York Village Voice as “Canada’s preeminent jazz trumpet player”, has won several National Jazz Awards, is considered a vanguard for the evolution of jazz in Canada — and, like most jazz trumpet pros, has always been one of Freddie Hubbard’s greatest admirers.
feat. Brownman Ali (trumpet) Nick Maclean (piano), Jesse Dietschi (bass), Tyler Goertzen (drums)
www.Brownman.com
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Fri-June-24, 11pm:
GAME.SET.TRAP
@ Mây Cafe (downstairs), 876 Dundas St. W
Website
:: Trap-jazz / hip-hop, $5 at the door
GAME.SET.TRAP shows are an intimate perspective into a modern approach to hip-hop influenced jazz. With a revolving door of special guests, upcoming and established on Toronto, Canadian, and international circuits, this innovative, multi-generational ensemble looks to capture today's music and culture with both the soul and spirit of jazz.
feat. Donny Milwalkee (drums) and special guests
www.Facebook.com/GAME.SET.TRAP
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Sat-June-25, 9pm:
CRUZAO LATIN-JAZZ TRIO
@ Poetry Jazz Café, 224 Augusta Ave.
Website
:: Latin-jazz, $10 door
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 Cuban masters ROBERTO RIVERSON on bass and JOAQUIN NUNEZ on drums (2 of the most in demand Cuban-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 - trumpet (Trinidad)
:: Paco Luviano - bass (Mexico)
:: Joaquin Nunez Hidalgo - drums (Cuba)
www.Cruzao.Brownman.com
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Sun-June-26, 8pm:
SOCIALIST NIGHT SCHOOL
@ Club 120 (upstairs), 120 Church St.
Website
:: Big Band, $20 door / $15 adv
Chelsea McBride’s Socialist Night School is an 18-piece big band led by composer and multi-instrumentalist Chelsea McBride. The band is a collective of emerging & established Toronto musicians, including Brownman Ali and Colleen Allen. Described as “a fresh new voice on the Canadian jazz scene ” by saxophonist and composer Andy Ballantyne, the band has performed at major venues across the city, including sold-out shows at Rex Hotel and the mainstage at the TD Toronto Jazz Festival. The Socialist Night School is a different sounding big band, drifting away from the typical swing charts in favour of a more contemporary sound. The Socialist Night School is influenced by artsy, everyday stuff like politics, nature, city living, but also by ECM-style jazz, Maria Schneider, Bob Brookmeyer, and Darcy James Argue. Bandleader Chelsea McBride writes and arranges much of the music, but other band members get a chance to write and solo for the band – it is socialist after all.
www.crymmusic.com/projects/socialistnightschool
:: feat. Chelsea McBride - conductor/composer/tenor sax, Colleen Allen, Abigail Neale, Patrick Panus, Ben McCarroll-Butler, Anthony Rinaldi (saxophones), James Rhodes, Justin See, Tom Upjohn, Brownman Ali (trumpets), Paul Tarussov, Aidan Sibley, Devin Chubb, Nicholas Sieber (trombones), Chris Bruder (piano), Daniel Rougeau (guitar), Steven Falk (bass), Geoffrey Alan Bruce (drums)
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Mon-June-27, 8pm:
siting in w/ JORDANA TALSKY (duo)
@ Mây Cafe (main floor), 876 Dundas St. W
Website
:: Vocal jazz, $10
Vocalist/songwriter Jordana Talsky has been turning heads on the Toronto jazz terrain for the last five years, her sound — described as “jazzy takes on pop songs and poppier takes on jazz songs” — combines many music forms, rather than strictly adhering to a single genre. She was a finalist in the 2014 John Lennon Songwriting Competition (RnB category) for an original composition on the album; a semi-finalist in the 2014 Sarah Vaughan International Vocal Competition; and Runner Up for the Julian Award of Excellence for Emerging Canadian Artists (CJSF Radio, Simon Fraser University). Accompanied by only one other musician, Jordana will delight audiences in this stripped down duo format.
feat. Jordana Talsky (vocals), Eric St. Laurent (guitar)
www.JordanaTalsky.com
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Mon-June-27, 11pm:
@ 120 Diner (downstairs), 120 Church St.
Website
:: Mainstream jazz, $15 door / $15 adv list
(email andrew@brownman.com to get on adv list)
Recently returning to Toronto after a 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 the 120 Diner during the jazz fest for late night sets of 50's & 60's jazz ala Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Joe Henderson, Duke Ellington and the American jazz songbook.
:: feat. Brownman Ali (trumpet), Ross MacIntyre (upright bass), Tyler Goertzen (drums)
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