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Browntasauras Records Presents:
Brownman's
HALLOWEEN THRILLER 2024
Brownman Electryc Trio + 1 plays Michael Jackson's Thriller

From Press Release:
Acclaimed jazz / hip-hop trumpet player BROWNMAN ALI will once again lead an all-star quartet through his popular annual HALLOWEEN THRILLER concert, this year travelling to various venues (and schools!) across Southern Ontario.  The much lauded BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO + 1 will perform the entire Michael Jackson "Thriller" recording, interpreted and re-worked in the Miles Davis-esque fashion this multiple National Jazz Award winning improviser has become known for.  In addition to the quartet performing Thriller top to bottom, other MJ classics will be featured through the night for this unique Halloween jazz party series.  Costumes and Thriller video dance moves encouraged.
 

Multiple shows, cities & electric-jazz Halloween parties!
Sat-Oct-19, 7pm in Campbellford..@.Dockside Bistro..TIX.
Thr-Oct-24, 7pm in Newmarket..@.Old Flame..TIX.
Fri-Oct-25, 8pm in Toronto (west).@.My House..TIX.
Sat-Oct-26, 8pm in Hamilton...@.LaidLaw United..TIX.
Sun-Oct-27, 7pm in Port Perry.@.Old Flame..TIX.
Tue-Oct-29, 7pm in London (TBC)...@.Storm Stayed..TIX.
Wed-Oct-30, 8pm in Kitchener..@.Grand Trunk..TIX.
Thr-Oct-31, 8pm in Toronto (cent).@.Drom Taberna.

School Concerts! (Not open to the public)
Thr-Oct-24, Noon in Newmarket..@.Huron Heights.School Concert
Fri-Oct-25, Noon in Toronto (west).@.Humberside.School Concert
Mon-Oct-28, Noon in Oshawa.....@.O'Neill.School Concert

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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 "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


Campbellford: Sat-Oct-19
DOCKSIDE BISTRO., 7:00pm
67 Queen St., Campbellford, ON, K0L 1L0
www.TheDocksideBistro.com
$20 advance, $25 door
[ Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/1030030126837  ]
.Facebook Event: www.facebook.com/events/xxxxxxxxxx

Newmarket: Thr-Oct-24
OLD FLAME BREWING CO., 7:00pm
140 Main St. S., Newmarket, ON, L3Y 3Y7
www.OldFlameBrewingCo.ca
$20 advance, $25 door, $15 students / art workers
[ Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/1022570595177  ]
.Facebook Event: www.facebook.com/events/xxxxxxxxxx

Toronto (west): Fri-Oct-25
MY HOUSE, 8:00pm
2882 Dundas St. W., Toronto, ON, M6P 1Y8
www.MyHouseInTheJunction.com
$20 advance, $25 door, $15 students / art workers
[ Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/1030044620187  ]
.Facebook Event: www.facebook.com/events/xxxxxxxxxx

Hamilton: Sat-Oct-26
LAIDLAW UNITED, 8:00pm
155 Ottawa St., N., Hamilton, ON, L8H 3Z2
www.LaidlawChurch.ca
$20 advance, $25 door, $15 students / art workers
[ Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/1030011812057  ]
.Facebook Event: www.facebook.com/events/xxxxxxxxxx

Port Perry: Sun-Oct-27 
OLD FLAME BREWING CO., 6:00pm
135 Perry St., Port Perry, ON, L9L 1B8
www.OldFlameBrewingCo.ca
$20 advance, $25 door, $15 students / art workers
[ Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/1022591557877  ]
.Facebook Event: www.facebook.com/events/xxxxxxxxxx

London: Tue-Oct-29 (TBC)
STORM STAYED BREWING CO., 7:00pm
169 Whamcliffe Rd. S., London, ON, N6J 2K7
www.StormStayed.com
$20 advance, $25 door, $15 students / art workers
[ Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/xxxxxxxxxxxxx  ]
.Facebook Event: www.facebook.com/events/xxxxxxxxxx

Kitchener: Wed-Oct-30
GRAND TRUNK SALOON, 8:00pm
87 King St. N., Kitchener, ON, N2G 1X2
www.GrandTruckSaloon.com
$20 advance, $25 door, $15 students / art workers
[ Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/1022383375197  ]
Physical Tickets available at the venue
Co-presented by COUNTERPOINT BREWING CO
*** Counterpoint will be on site pouring  their award-winning products all night long! ***.
.Facebook Event: www.facebook.com/events/xxxxxxxxxx

Toronto (central): Thr-Oct-31 (Happy Halloween!)
DROM TABERNA, 8:00pm
458 Queen St. W., Toronto, ON
www.DromTaberna.com
$PWYC ($20 recommended)
.Facebook Event: www.facebook.com/events/xxxxxxxxxx
 


THE BAND
BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO + 1
is

:: Brownman Ali - electric trumpet [ www.Brownman.com ]
:: Nick Maclean - keyboards / synths  [ www.NicholasMaclean.com ]
:: Matt Gruebner - electric bass  [ Matt on Facebook ]
:: Adam Mansfield - drums [ Adam on Facebook ]


 


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 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 a JUNO nomination, 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, winning the International Songwriting Competition (ISC) in the Jazz Category, 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 IMPACT Award for "Artist of the Year", 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

Watch video from around the globe via this YouTube Archive :
www.YouTube.Brownman.com
 


VIDEOS

THRILLER

PYT

BILLIE JEAN

HUMAN NATURE

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These shows are a BROWNTASAURAS RECORDS presentation :


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