6 shows, 6 cities, 6 electric-jazz Halloween parties!
Thr-Oct-26, 7pm in Newmarket..@.Old Flame..TIX.
Fri-Oct-27, 8pm in Kitchener..@.Counterpoint..TIX.
Sat-Oct-28, 8pm in Oshawa.....@.Simcoe Blues & Jazz..TIX.
Sun-Oct-29, 7pm in Brighton...@.Northumberland FF..TIX.SOLD OUT
Mon-Oct-30, 7pm in Toronto....@.Drom Taberna.
Tue-Oct-31, 7pm in St Catharines.@.Mahtay..TIX.

This show features as its "+1" acclaimed keyboardist NICK MACLEAN, a rising star in Toronto's jazz community, signee to Brownman's Browntasauras Records label & winner of 10 Global Music Awards, standing alongside 2 of Toronto's most in demand musicians : MATT GRUEBNER on bass (from New Zealand, now in Canada), and ADAM MANSFIELD on drums (22-year old drumset phenom), all under the direction of 2x National Jazz Award winning  modern jazz trumpet iconoclast BROWNMAN ALI.

"Delving so deeply into that record always leaves us speechless", states Ali. "Michael birthed so many incredible tunes over the years, but his collaborations with Quincy Jones on Thriller has to be one of the most towering musical achievements in pop music ever. Using that brilliant material every year on Halloween, as jump-offs for what we do makes for a party that's both danceable, but still rooted in exploratory improvising and deep reaching solos. We approach it the way Miles might have."

The BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO has won 2 National Jazz Awards, 3 Toronto Independent Music Awards for "Jazz Group of the Year", a SOCAN music award, a CBC Galaxie Rising Star Award, and an International Independent Music Award for "2015 Jazz-Funk album of the year" for the album "Gravitation", which hit number 4 on the iTunes USA jazz charts upon its release. 

“Awards are nice, naturally, but to dig what Brownman is doing, you’ve got to see him live. I had a chance to do just that over the summer when Brownman fronted his killer trio ... I came away with a blown mind. This guy’s got chops galore, soul to match, and a sense of phrasing that recalls many of the greats, but suggests itself to be his own.”
-- The Buffalo News on the latest slew of awards for the Brownman Electryc Trio

Newmarket: Thr-Oct-26
OLD FLAME BREWING CO., 7:00pm
140 Main St. S., Newmarket, ON
www.OldFlameBrewingCo.ca
$20 at the door, $15 advance
[ Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/726076122227  ]
.Facebook Event: www.facebook.com/events/7190187427662702

Kitchener: Fri-Oct-27
COUNTERPOINT BREWING CO., 8:00pm
935 Frederick St. Unit # 4, Kitchener, ON
www.CounterpointBrewing.ca
$25 seated, $15 standing 
+ ONLY 3 AVAILABLE --> $125 VIP tables -- seats 4, includes table service, are the best seats in the house located near the stage for a prime view, and Brownman will visit the VIP tables before the show & at intermission.
[ Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/723304873347  ]
.Facebook Event: www.facebook.com/events/742402751260423

Oshawa: Sat-Oct-28
SIMCOE BLUES & JAZZ, 8:00pm
926 Simcoe St. N., Oshawa, ON
www.SimcoeBlues.com
$20 at the door, $15 advance
[ Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/723810405407  ]
Physical Tickets are also available at
-- Simcoe Blues & Jazz, 926 Simcoe St. N.
-- Kops Records, 34 King St. E.
.Facebook Event: www.facebook.com/events/3308675659423348

Brighton: Sun-Oct-29  SOLD OUT
NORTHUMBERLAND FINE FOOD, 7:00pm
39 Richardson St., Brighton, ON
www.NorthumberlandFineFood.com
$30 advance
[ Tickets: www.northumberlandfinefood.ca/events  ]
.Facebook Event: www.facebook.com/events/616595430625863

Toronto: Mon-Oct-30
DROM TABERNA, 7:00pm
458 Queen St. W., Toronto, ON
www.DromTaberna.com
$PWYC
.Facebook Event: www.facebook.com/events/606022011494107

St Catharines: Tue-Oct-31 (Happy Halloween!)
MAHTAY CAFE & LOUNGE, 7:00pm
241 St. Paul St., St. Catharines, ON
www.Mahtay.ca
$20 at the door, $15 advance, $10 students / art workers
[ Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/723294241547  ]
.Facebook Event: www.facebook.com/events/340528368393549
 

Heralded as “Canada’s preeminent Jazz trumpeter” by NYC’s Village Voice, Brownman Ali - born on the small Caribbean island of Trinidad, & schooled in NYC - is a multiple award-winning NYC-schooled protégé to his teacher, Grammy-winning trumpet legend, Randy Brecker. Splitting his time between Toronto and New York, he tirelessly leads 8 unique ensembles of his own including the internationally acclaimed Miles Davis influenced BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO, and the award-winning CRUZAO latin-jazz quintet. All these ensembles record under Brownman's own much lauded BROWNTASAURAS RECORDS label, established in 2009.  In high demand in the studio world with over 300 CD appearances to date, Brownman delivers stylistically authentic horn playing over a wide range of styles from bebop to hiphop having worked with the likes of Guru's Jazzmatazz (replacing Donald Byrd in that primordial ensemble), Mos Def, KRS-1, Quincy Jones, Paul Simon, Jay-z, Missy Elliot, Mingus Dynasty Big Band, Gary Bartz, Chucho Valdes & far too many more to name here. He is considered to be one of the most unique and provocative improvising trumpet players in the nation today and is widely regarded as a vanguard for the evolution of Jazz in Canada.

A highly decorated player, Brownman's awards & accolades include 2 National Jazz Awards (with 11 nominations over the years), Montreal Jazz Fest'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", 5 Toronto Independent Music Award "jazz artist of the year" (11 nominations), 10 Global Music Awards, a Black Canadian Award nomination for "Jazz Musician of the Year", a Caribbean Music & Entertainment Award for "Jazz Artist Of The Year", an induction into the WHO'S WHO IN BLACK CANADA, a BRAVO! channel documentary on his life, NOW magazine naming him "Toronto's Best Jazz Musician", CBC Radio Canada named him "one of the most recorded trumpet players in Canadian history", NPR in New York calls him "the new standard in electric jazz", the Trinidad & Tobago Consulate General awarded him with a citation for being a "Distinguished National of Trinidad", and was once listed by Air Canada as one of the "Top 10 reasons to visit Toronto".

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Hear 9+ hours of selected tracks across Brownman Ali's entire career, both as leader and sideman in a wide range of styles and genres, via this SPOTIFY PLAYLIST :
www.Spotify.Brownman.com

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www.YouTube.Brownman.com
 

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