Caliban
Arts Theatre, CONTXT by Trane,
Brownman
Music Inc & Browntasauras
Records proudly present:
Brownman's
TRUMPET
TRIBUTES 2023
A
3-part Series investigating the works of Dizzy, Freddie & Miles
From
Press Release:
Over a trio of
Fridays in September, multi-award winning trumpet player and jazz iconoclast
BROWNMAN
ALI will take a deep dive into 3 of jazz history's most impactful trumpet
players, investigating the work of Dizzy Gillespie,
Freddie
Hubbard & Miles
Davis, accompanied by some of Toronto's top-tier
jazz artists -- including 10x Global Music Award winner Nick
Maclean on piano who appears in all 3 shows; alongside next-gen bass
gurus Chris Parnis, Bennett Young & Ben Duff; in-demand drummer Petros
Anagnostakos (just back from New York) and 21 year old drumset phenom Jackson
Haynes.
3 trumpet legends,
3 tribute shows, 3 unique jazz parties!
Fri-Sep-15,
7:30pm
-
DIZZY GILLESPIE TRIB. . .TIX
Fri-Sep-22,
7:30pm
-
FREDDIE HUBBARD TRIB. . .TIX
Fri-Sep-29,
7:30pm
-
MILES DAVIS TRIB..... . .TIX
-> All 3 shows package -
TIX
(only until Sept. 9)
CONTXT
by Trane, 254 Landsdowne Ave, Toronto (MAP)
Doors at 6:30pm
| Concert at 7:30pm
$20
Advance (per show) | $30 Door
(per show)
$45 for
all
3 shows (package available until Sept. 9, 2023)
Limited tickets
available for this project. Please purchase early.
Facebook Event:
www.facebook.com/events/680062174021918
TIX & INFO:
www.Trumpets.Brownman.com
ABOUT
THE SHOWS & MUSICIANS
DIZZY
GILLESPIE TRIBUTE -
Part 1 of 3
Fri-Sep-15
:: Brownman Ali
- trumpet & percussion
:: Nick Maclean
- piano
:: Chris Parnis
- upright bass
:: Petros Anagnostakos
- drums
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From his time with
Charlie Parker as one of the leaders in bebop, to his solo explorations,
through to his later years delving into World music, Dizzy Gillespie has
always been a force of nature as a jazz trumpet player. But his place
in history was assured through a combination of musicianship, showmanship
and wit -- traits shared by Trinidadian-born elite trumpet player Brownman
Ali, who will spend a night examining compositions both written by and
made famous by the great Dizzy Gillespie. You'll be sure to hear
"Manteca", "A Night In Tunisia", "Hot House", "Groovin' High" and many
more Dizzy classics.
----
Dizzy
Facebook Event.
BUY
DIZZY TICKETS.
FREDDIE
HUBBARD TRIBUTE -
Part 2 of 3
Fri-Sep-22
:: Brownman Ali
- trumpet & effects
:: Nick Maclean
- piano & synth
:: Bennett Young
- acoustic & electric basses
:: Petros Anagnostakos
- drums
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Freddie Hubbard's
iconicly powerful approach and energized style have profoundly shaped the
evolution of many, including 2x National Jazz Award winner Brownman Ali,
who will take on the sobering task of paying musical tribute to one of
the greatest jazz trumpet players in the history of the jazz artform. Ali
and an all-star hand-picked ensemble will bound through 2 sets Freddie
Hubbard's inspired compositions - the 1st set from Freddie's acoustic
period ("Ready for Freddie", "Open Sesame", etc) and the 2nd set showcasing
his later electric period on the CTI label ("Red Clay", "Skydive", etc).
----
Freddie
Facebook Event.
BUY
FREDDIE TICKETS.
MILES
DAVIS TRIBUTE - Part
3 of 3
Fri-Sep-29
:: Brownman Ali
- trumpet & effects (2x
National Jazz & 10x Global Music Award winner)
:: Nick Maclean
- piano & synth (10x Global
Music Award winner)
:: Ben Duff -
acoustic & electric basses (25
year old bass virtuoso)
:: Jackson Haynes
-
drums (21 year old drum phenom!)
----
In one spectacular
evening, spanning 2 unique sets, multi-award winning jazz trumpet iconoclast
Brownman Ali -- heralded by the Hamilton Spec as "one of the greatest interpreters
of Miles Davis' work in Canada" -- will lead an all-star quintet through
the many different musical eras of Miles Davis'always evolving career;
from bebop to cool, Coltrane to Shorter, electric-jazz to hip-hop.
This show is a single night version of Brownman's heavily lauded month-long
FIVE WEEKS FOR MILES series, compressed down into a single night expansive
deep-dive into Miles' music.
----
Miles
Facebook Event.
BUY
MILES TICKETS.
ABOUT
BROWNMAN
Brownman.com
/
Facebook / Instagram
/ YouTube
"One
of the next great voices in the new generation of jazz improvisers”
--
Randy Brecker, legendary 14x Grammy winning trumpet icon
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 7 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",
is listed by Air Canada as one of the "Top 10 reasons to visit Toronto".
“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.”
-- Buffalo News
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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 "Featuring
Brownman" SPOTIFY PLAYLIST :
www.Spotify.Brownman.com
Watch
video from around the globe via this YouTube Archive :
www.YouTube.Brownman.com
..
BROUGHT
TO YOU BY
This
series is proudly presented by
CONTXT
by Trane, Caliban Arts
Theatre,
Brownman
Music Inc & Browntasauras
Records
Stream the entire
Browntasauras Records catalog
... on SPOTIFY :
www.Spotify.Browntasauras.com
... or on YouTube
Music :
www.YouTube.Browntasauras.com
QUESTIONS?
Got
a question? Need more info?
andrew@brownman.com
or call 1-718-701-9449
.
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