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Brownman
Jazz / Latin / Hip Hop

There are many brown men. But only one Brownman.



Toronto & NYC, Canada & USA
Trinidad and Tobago

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Member Since11/8/2005
Band WebsiteBrownman.com
Band MembersCRUZAO
latin-jazz-urbania
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Brownman (Trinidad)
::trumpet/compositions
Marcus Ali (Trinidad)
::alto/bass clarinet
Luisito Orbegoso (Peru)
::congas
Chendy Leon (Cuba)
::drums/timbales
Paco Luviano (Mexico)
::bass

CRUZAO GRUPO MONSTRUOSO
latin-jazz-urban orchestra
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Jason Logue (Canada)
::lead trumpet
Brownman (Trinidad)
::trumpet/flugel/compositions
Marcus Ali (Trinidad)
::alto/soprano/flute
Jeff King (Canada)
::tenor/soprano
Josh Brown (New York)
::trombone
Rich Underhill (Canada)
::bari sax
Luisito Orbegoso (Peru)
::congas/vocals
Ruben Esguerra (Colombia)
::bongos/campano/vocals
Chendy Leon (Cuba)
::drums/timbales
Paco Luviano (Mexico)
::6-string electric bass 1
Marc Rogers (Canada)
::7-string electric bass 2
Ricky Franco (Mexico)
::Latin vocalist 1
Alex Naar (Panama)
::Latin vocalist 2
Enlight (Trinidad)
:: Rapper 1
Phatt Al (Jamaica)
::Rapper 2

GRUVASYLUM
jazz-hip-hop
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Enlight
::microphone
Brownman
::electric trumpet
Marc Rogers
::7-string electric bass
Larnell Lewis
::drums

BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO
electric groove jazz
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Brownman
::electric trumpet
Tyler Emond
::6-string electric bass
Colin Kingsmore
::drums

ACOUSTIC TRIO/QUARTET
mainstream jazz
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Brownman
::trumpet
Mark Cashion
::acoustic bass
Terry Clarke
::drums
Adrean Farrugia (when quartet)
::piano

BROWNMAN QUINTET
NYC style modern jazz
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Brownman
::trumpet/flugelhorn
Perry White
::tenor/sop saxophone
Adrean Farrugia
::piano
Marc Rogers
::bass
Larnell Lewis
::drums

MARRON MATIZADO
powerhouse Salsa
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Ricky Franco (Mexico)
::vocalist 1
Alex Naar (Panama)
::vocalist 2
Juan Carlos Cardenas (Vzla)
::vocalist 3
Brownman (Trinidad)
::trumpet/flugel/compositions
Marcus Ali (Trinidad)
::alto/bari/tenor/flute
Luis Guerra (Cuba)
::piano/keyboards
Paco Luviano (Mexico)
::6-string electric bass
Luisito Orbegoso (Peru)
::congas/vocals
Ruben Esguerra (Colombia)
::bongos/campano/vocals
Chendy Leon (Cuba)
::drums/timbales

InfluencesMiles Davis. Richard Feynman. John Coltrane. Bobby Fischer. Randy Brecker. Robert Heinlein. Shakespeare. Malcolm X. Chuck D. JFK. Abraham Lincoln. Aristotle... student of Plato... student of Socrates.

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Sounds Like"... Brownman combines the time-feel and powerful approach of Freddie Hubbard with Woody Shaw's eclecticness amidst the harmonic sensibilities of Randy Brecker. But make no mistake, this young man clearly walks the path laid down by Miles Davis."
- The Jazz Journal, Nov 2002
Record LabelJustin Time / Browntasaurus Records
Type of LabelIndie


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   About Brownman
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... currently the featured soloist for GURU's JAZZMATAZZ
(of Gangstarr fame)...

... born on the small Caribbean island of Trinidad...
... New York City schooled...
... Toronto based...
... improvising Jazz trumpet player...
... called "Canada's preeminent jazz trumpet player" by NYC's Village Voice magazine...
... called "one of the next great voices in the new generation of jazz improvisers" by Randy Brecker, multi-grammy winning legendary trumpeter

Currently actively leading & composing for 6 groups of his own:
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Brownman & CRUZAO
:: 5-man multi-award winning latin-jazz-urban outfit ::
Brownman & CRUZAO GRUPO MONSTRUOSO
:: a 15-man version of CRUZAO - a latin-jazz urban orchestra ::
Brownman & GRUVASYLUM
:: 4-man jazz-hip-hip crew ::
Brownman ELECTRYC TRIO
:: electric and eclectic in the spirit of Miles Davis ::
Brownman ACOUSTIC TRIO/QUARTET
:: straight-ahead mainstream NYC style ::
MARRON MATIZADO
:: 10-man powerhouse Salsa ensemble ::

Awards & Accolades:
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2008 Toronto Independant Music Award nominee
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 "Jazz Artist of the Year".
2004 CRUZAO - Independant Music Award nominee
2003 MARRON MATIZADO - "Best Toronto Salsa Band" (SalsaSPOT)
2002 Canadian Jazz Composer of the Year (National Jazz Award)
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).

"Brownman... .. one of the next great voices in the new generation of jazz improvisers. It's been my privilege to watch him grow into the unique player he is today."
- Randy Brecker, multi-grammy winning jazz trumpet legend

So like it says up there, I lead and actively compose for 6 groups of my own (please see BROWNMAN.COM under ENSEMBLES for more info). Session musician with BMG & Universal. Jazz, Latin & Urban music specializations. Student of Randy Brecker in NYC (he built me...). NYC's Village Voice wrote - "Canada's preeminent jazz trumpet player", and I gotta dispute that given I reside in a country bursting with brilliant trumpet players - but I do know this -> I am improviser with a deep belief in the tenements laid down by Miles Davis and Coltrane... that jazz doesn't need preservation... that it needs evolution... change is like breathing... to deny it is to deny artistic oxygen.

Oh - and to never look ova yo damn shoulder. The road is a long one, so this Brownman is keeping his eyes firming affixed on the future. Word.


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Justin Time Records recording artist
BROWNMAN | Brownman.com
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"Brownman... one of the next great voices in the new generation of jazz improvisers."
-- Randy Brecker, multiple grammy winning jazz trumpet legend & long-time mentor to Brownman

Born 'Nick Ali' on the small Caribbean island of Trinidad, the multiple award winning Brownman is the NYC-schooled protégé to his teacher, Grammy-winning trumpet legend Randy Brecker. In the spirit of supreme trumpet genre-crossing visionaries such as Brecker and Miles Davis, he tirelessly leads and composes actively for no less than 6 ensembles of his own and is a musical director and/or featured soloist in countless others; testament to his unparalleled diversity of musical vision and skills making him one of Canada's most in demand session calls for both Universal and Sony recording studios in forms of music ranging from be-bop to hip-hop. As a featured soloist he has appeared with Canada's leading Latin, urban, hiphop, reggae, island and DJ artists in addition to his foundational jazz milieu. With just under 150 recording credits to his name - many of these albums having won or been nominated for Junos (Canada's Grammy) - he is considered to be one of the most unique and provocative improvising trumpet players on the scene today, recently being called "Canada's preeminent jazz trumpeter" by NYC's Village Voice.

As a leader his group CRUZAO has toured this country's jazz festival and club circuit extensively and has been called by the Globe and Mail "the most in demand jazz ensemble of 2002". Europe welcomed the NICK ALI TRIO in 2002 & 2003 and the BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO in 2004 as the group toured the continent and recorded 2 records released on European labels. 2005 would see an extensive Canadian touring in early months of the year and the later with a South American tour beginning in Cuba. At the personal invitation of legendary pianist Chucho Valdes, he would represent Canada at the Havana Jazz Festival; leading CRUZAO HAVANA comprised of an all-Cuban rhythm section featuring members of the essential Afro-Cuban ensemble IRAKERE performing original Brownman compositions as recorded by his multi-award winning Justin Time Records signed latin-jazz outfit - CRUZAO. This performance marked the beginning of a two month extensive tour of South and Central America concluding with a gig with GARY BARTZ in Belize and a recording session in Cuba with legendary timba group CHISPA Y LOS COMPLICES. Brownman is currently recording a second release with CRUZAO, simultaneous to a recording of his energized Miles Davis influenced ELECTRYC TRIO.

Brownman has performed (or recorded) with the likes of Wayne Shorter, Randy Brecker, Charlie Hunter, John Scofield, Soulive, Fertile Ground, Kenny Wheeler, Hugh Fraser, Don Thompson, Kirk Macdonald, Pat Labarbera, Dave Restivo, Dave Young, Stich Wynston, Kelly Jefferson, Quincin Nachoff, Rita Di Ghent, Philosopher Kings, Kyprios, Rikoshay, K-OS, Pocket Dwellers, Divine Brown, Grüvoria, Juke Joint, One Step Beyond, Kush, Jason Wilson, Tabarruk, D'bi Young, Dub Trinity, Kobo Town, Irakere, NG La Banda, Chucho Valdes, Hilario Duran, Energia Latina, Chiva, Bestial, Cimarron, Tumbao Inc., Ricky Franco, Fito Blanko, Eliana Cuevas, Plan C, Macondo, Pacande, Banda Bella, Dominicanada & far too many more to list here.

Brownman leads and composes actively for 6 groups of his own, all of which have gained critical acclaim in their own diverse idioms - the award-winning latin-jazz unit CRUZAO, a 15-man large ensemble version of that group - CRUZAO GRUPO MONSTRUOSO, jazz-hip-hop group GRUVASYLUM, mainstream hard-swinging threesome The Brownman ACOUSTIC QUARTET, the Miles Davis influenced BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO and the 10-piece Salsa powerhouse MARRÓN MATIZADO.

BROWNMAN.COM

Brownman is a highly decorated Canadian jazz artist:

Awards & Accolades:
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2008 Toronto Independant Music Award nominee
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 "Jazz Artist of the Year".
2004 CRUZAO - Independant Music Award nominee
2003 MARRON MATIZADO - "Best Toronto Salsa Band" (SalsaSPOT)
2002 Canadian Jazz Composer of the Year (National Jazz Award)
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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"... one of the next great voices in the new generation of jazz improvisers"
-- Randy Brecker, grammy award winning trumpeter

"... a great writer, energized trumpeter and thoughtful soloist"
-- John Scofield, legendary jazz guitarist

"... extraordinarily talented a modernist for sure"
-- Gary Bartz, saxophonist to Miles Davis in the 70's

"... in Brownman we may in fact be looking at the future of latin-jazz the evolution of the artform"
-- New York University latin-jazz professor Memo Acevedo

"... Canada's preeminent jazz trumpeter"
-- Village Voice, NYC

"... energy is never in short supply in Brownman'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"
-- NOW magazine, Toronto (cover story)

"...the finest latin-jazz trumpet player Canada's ever produced"
-- latinjazznet.com

BROWNMAN & RANDY BRECKER @ LULA LOUNGE (2008)
A behind the scenes look at the Jan 11, 2008 feature concert at the Lula Lounge: RANDY BRECKER w/ BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO. Toronto & NY collide as 2 generations of modern jazz trumpet player come together. Includes never before seen interviews and exclusive concert footage.


CRUZAO: THE MOVIE (trailer)
The video clip above is the 2 minute movie trailer from film maker Vitold Vidic's documentary on the trials and tribulations of mounting the 2004 inaugural performance of Brownman & CRUZAO GRUPO MONSTRUOSO at the Distillery Jazz Fest, Toronto. It documents the journey from 5-man small ensemble to 15-man monster.

BROWNMAN @ HAVANA JAZZ FESTIVAL (2005)
This is a short clip of CRUZAO HAVANA taken by a fan while headlining the 2005 Havana Jazz Festival... visible in the clip beside Brownman - legendary Cuban bassist Chispa, leader of LOS COMPLICES, one of Cuba's foremost Timba ensembles.

BROWNMAN & CRUZAO on Breakfast TV, live (2006)
Nick "Brownman" Ali & CRUZAO perform "Knight Music", live on CityTV's morning show Breakfast Television (low sound so turn up that volume!)


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EPITOMeOfCLASSy





Jul 5 2009 11:07 PM

HELLO BROWNMAN. THANK YOU FOR BEING MY FRIEND. BLESSINGS UPON YOU...
Vedette





Jun 25 2009 3:29 PM

Hey there Brown,
Hope all is well and you're keeping it 'horny'
Wanted to give you a head's up about a few upcoming TORONTO shows:

THURS July 2 @ Sneaky Dee's
SAT Aug 1 @ Velvet Underground
FRI Sept 11 @ Hard Rock Café

In the meantime, we have a handful of new songs up... feel free to pop by for a listen :)
Cheers from your friends,
VEDETTE
Axel Burkhardt





Jun 18 2009 5:54 PM

HI Brownman, good luck and greetings from Hamburg. A.B.
Jeremy Carr





Jun 18 2009 5:54 PM

good to be friends! jeremy twitter.com/JeremyCarrNYC www.jeremycarr.com
Vedette





Jun 15 2009 9:15 PM

Hey Brown!
Congrats on all of your recent successes!

...and thanks for becoming not only a real life friend but a Myspace friend as well.

All the best in work, in life and in music.

2 shows coming up:

Aug 1st at Velvet Underground
Sept 11 at Hard Rock Cafe
...both dates in Toronto :)

See you there?

Cheers,
Your friends in Vedette
NeSaLa





Jun 1 2009 5:10 AM

Just stoppin' by to show som Love&Respect...peace**
RAUL REY





Jun 1 2009 5:10 AM

SALUDOS DESDE ESPAÑA......
Mark Douglas





May 20 2009 9:02 AM

My man Brownman! Are you currently touring with Guru?
Simon Sillz !!NEW TRACK AVAILABLE NOW!!





May 20 2009 9:02 AM

Nice Page Brownman

Just Been Added 2 New Hot Tracks Produced By Me...
Very Nice Tracks!!!!!!!!

Come 2 See By Yourself
http://www.myspace.com/simonsillz

Simon Sillz
Latino NYC...1 AGOSTO - THE CURE - TRIBUTE





May 20 2009 9:02 AM

saludos
Chris Butcher





May 20 2009 9:02 AM

Brown what's up? Long time no see. Hopefully the touring with Guru is going well.
Yarelis Gandul





May 20 2009 9:02 AM

Thanks for the add !!!
Luca Aquino





May 4 2009 4:03 AM

Ciao man...great soundssssss
Urs Blöchlinger Tribute Band





May 4 2009 4:02 AM

thanks for the add
RAUL REY





May 4 2009 4:02 AM

SALUDOS DESDE ESPAÑA.........
Debra Ryan





May 4 2009 4:02 AM

Brother,

Your Music Is Alive! Going to
journey it deeply - Thank
You for sharing it at Myspace.
:)
Happiness & Creativity2u Always...
Debra
Bee Says..Holy Shit Im Miss Prettier Than U..Lmfao


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Apr 23 2009 7:33 AM

hey... just stopping by to show some love and say hi...make sure u hit up my guestbook and show off your pic... take care...



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Apr 21 2009 9:59 PM

Thanks for the invite--enjoy your weekend!
Bobby Snard





Apr 21 2009 9:59 PM

Greetings Brownman,
Oh Yeah!!! Great Music!!!
It is a pleasure to meet you, and thank you for
including me among your friends. If you have the
time, please listen to my tunes. I would truly like
to hear what you think.
All the best to you,
Bobby Snard
♫♫♫♫♫♫
OLINDA CORDOVA





Apr 21 2009 9:59 PM

HOLA !!! THANK YOU FOR ADDING ME :)
LET KEEP IN TOUCH!! WELCOME TO MYSPACE!! LOL...
HAVE A GREAT WEEK
MUCH LUV
*OC*

Clifford Charles





Apr 19 2009 8:25 PM

Great music !!!
Matheus





Apr 19 2009 8:25 PM

Thanks for the request, Brownman.Great music...
I hope that you like brazilian music, too!
Success for you!
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Apr 17 2009 11:03 AM

Thnx 4 da request fam!!!!!!!!!!MUCH RESPECT!!!!!!!!!!!PEACE!!!!!!!!!!!!THERAPY(MOE)
Matthieu Lebrun





Apr 17 2009 11:03 AM

Hi!

Thanks for the req.

Great music !

ML
Juan Prada





Apr 17 2009 8:34 AM

Dear friend: I have the hope that we could play together again. I continue in the fight with my music. A lot of luck for you. You forgive, my english is limited
Fraternal embraces.
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