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Trinidadian-born, NYC-schooled & heralded as “Canada’s preeminent Jazz trumpeter” by NYC’s Village Voice, multi-award winning trumpet player BROWNMAN ALI stands at the forefront of innovation in the Canadian jazz community. A protégé to his teacher, Grammy-winning trumpet legend, Randy Brecker, 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. In 2009 he launched his own Brooklyn, NY based record label: Browntasauras Records, which saw the Electryc Trio's flagship release "Juggernaut" shoot to number 3 on the iTunes USA jazz charts. The label is now a home to all his ensembles, and continues to sign young, visionary talent catalyzing the creation of new jazz art.

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 recorded or toured with the likes of Guru's Jazzmatazz (replacing Donald Byrd in that primordial ensemble), Mos Def, KRS-1, Jay-Z, Quincy Jones, Paul Simon, Mingus Dynasty Big Band, Gary Bartz, John Scofield, Wayne Shorter, Chucho Valdes & far too many more to name here.

Brownman is nationally recognized as one of the most unique and provocative improvising trumpet players in the nation and is widely regarded as a vanguard for the evolution of Jazz in Canada.

A highly decorated artist, his accolades include 10 Global Music Awards, 2 National Jazz Awards (11 nominations over the years), a CBC Galaxie Rising Star award, a SOCAN composers award, Montreal Jazz Fest's "Grand Prix Du Jazz" award, 7 Toronto Independent Music Award (& 12 nominations), an induction into the WHO'S WHO IN BLACK CANADA, a Black IMPACT Award, 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", the Trinidad & Tobago Consulate General awarded him with a citation for being a "Distinguished National of Trinidad", and was once listed by Air Canada's in-flight magazine as one of the "Top 10 reasons to visit Toronto"

Please visit www.Brownman.com for more information on this critically acclaimed artist.

Awards

2018 Brownman - USA Song Writing Competition Finalist - "Madness Of Nero"
2018 Brownman - Global Music Award winner - 3 Gold Medals (w/ Nick Maclean Quartet)
2017 Brownman - International Song Writing Competition Semi-finalist - "Madness Of Nero"
2017 Brownman - International Independent Music Award nominee (w/ Snaggle) - "Best Jazz/Funk/Jam"
2017 Brownman - Toronto Independent Music Award winner (w/ Snaggle) - "Jazz Group of the Year"
2016 Brownman Electryc Trio - Toronto Independent Music Award winner - "Jazz Group of the Year"
2016 Brownman - Global Music Award winner - 3 Gold Medals (w/ Snaggle)
2015 Brownman Electryc Trio - Independent Music Award winner - "Jazz/Funk/Jam Album of the Year"
2015 Brownman Electryc Trio - Toronto Independent Music Award winner - "Jazz Group of the Year"
2015 Brownman - Black Canadian Award nominee - "Jazz Arist Of The Year"
2014 Brownman Electryc Trio - Toronto Independent Music Award nominee - "Jazz Group of the Year"
2012 Brownman Electryc Trio - Toronto Independent Music Award winner - "Jazz Group of the Year"
2012 Brownman named "2012 Artist To Watch" by Resonancity.com
2012 Brownman - Toronto Blues Society "Band of the Year" (w/ The Sugar Devils)
2011 Brownman - Trinidad High Commission citation: "Distinguished National of Trinidad in Canada"
2010 Brownman - inducted into the Who's Who In Black Canada National Directory
2010 Brownman Electryc Trio - Toronto Independent Music Award nominee - "Jazz Group of the Year"
2010 Brownman Electryc Trio - Artvoice Magazine nominee for "Jazz Act of the Year"
2009 Brownman - named "favourite touring soloist" (w/ Jazzmatazz) by London, UK's Jazz After Dark
2008 Brownman Electryc Trio - Independent Music Award nominee - "Jazz Group of the Year"
2008 Brownman Electryc Trio - National Jazz Award nominee - "Electric Jazz Group of the Year"
2007 Brownman - BRAVO! channel documentary - "The Life & Times of Brown"
2007 Brownman - NOW Magazine's "Toronto Jazz Trumpet Player of the Year"
2007 Brownman Electryc Trio - National Jazz Award winner - "Electric Jazz Group of the Year"
2007 Brownman - National Jazz Award nominee - "Musician of the Year"
2007 Brownman - National Jazz Award nominee - "Latin-jazz artist of the Year"
2007 Brownman - SOCAN National Jazz Award nominee - "Composer of the Year"
2007 Brownman - National Jazz Award nominee - "Instrumentalist of the Year" (flugelhorn)
2006 Brownman - National Jazz Award nominee - "Latin-jazz artist of the Year"
2005 Brownman - NOW Magazine's "Toronto Jazz Artist of the Year". 
2004 Brownman & CRUZAO - Independent Music Award nominee - "Jazz Group of the Year"
2003 Brownman & MARRON MATIZADO - "Best Toronto Salsa Band" (SalsaSPOT)
2002 Brownman - National Jazz Award winner - "Jazz Composer of the Year"
2002 Brownman - National Jazz Award nominee - "Jazz Trumpet Player of the Year
2001 Brownman & CRUZAO - winner of the Montreal Jazz Fest's "Grand Prix Du Jazz Award
2001 Brownman & CRUZAO - winner of the CBC Galaxie "Rising Star" Award
Brownman - 3 time nominee for "Jazz Trumpet Player of the Year" (NJA). 
Brownman & CRUZAO - 4 time nominee for "Electric Group of the Year" (NJA). 

Gear

TRUMPET
— Bach Stradivarius Model 25, large bore, customized raw brass trumpet, heavy weight caps, custom mic mount.
— Monette B11 mouthpiece, STC-2
— Vincent Bach 1X mouthpiece

FLUGELHORN
— Yamaha YFH-731 silver flugelhorn
— Vincent Bach 1X mouthpiece


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Album Review

Nick Maclean Quartet feat. Brownman Ali: Convergence

Read "Convergence" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


The Nick Maclean Quartet is a highly respected Canadian outfit, here featuring upper-echelon trumpeter Brownman Ali, marked by a deep reverence for the past and a bold leap into the future. Central to this album's appeal are its original compositions, which are not merely exercises in style but profound statements of artistic identity. These pieces are deeply influenced by the innovative spirit of Herbie Hancock's work in the 1960s, among other Blue Note Records artists during this fertile period for ...

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Live Canadian Jazz and Blues in Brampton - Aria Bistro & Lounge

Live Canadian Jazz and Blues in Brampton - Aria Bistro & Lounge

Source: PRThatRocks.com

Queen Bee Events and Promotions is offering some of the finest Canadian Blues and Jazz talent in the warm and intimate environment of Aria Bistro And Lounge, located in the Historic Calvert House on Brampton's Main Street North. John Calvert, owner of one of Flowertown's largest greenhouse estates, built his home in 1927, at the height of the Jazz Age. The cozy dining rooms offer a wonderful place to eat dinner before moving upstairs to the Royale Room for dessert ...

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New York Jazz Drummer Aaron Staebell's Canadian Performance Debut

New York Jazz Drummer Aaron Staebell's Canadian Performance Debut

Source: Andrew McIntosh

For 2 nights - Wed & Thurs, Apr 23 & 24 - highly acclaimed 23 year old NY jazz drummer Aaron Staebell comes to Toronto's Trane Studio in his debut Canadian performance, backed by an award-winning all-star cast of Canadian jazz heavies.

TRANE STUDIO TraneStudio.com Weds Apr 23, 2008 | 9:30pm Thur Apr 24, 2008 | 9:30pm 964 Bathurst St., Toronto, Canada 416.913.8197 $15 at door ...

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Randy Brecker & Brownman - New York Meets Toronto as Two Generations of Award-Winning Modern Jazz Trumpet Players Come Together.

Randy Brecker & Brownman - New York Meets Toronto as Two Generations of Award-Winning Modern Jazz Trumpet Players Come Together.

Source: Andrew McIntosh

Multi-Grammy Award winning legendary trumpeter RANDY BRECKER joins his former prodigal student, now internationally acclaimed jazz trumpeter BROWNMAN on stage for a night of uber-modern electrified horn funkifications you won't want to miss!

Lula Lounge Proudly Presents... Fri Jan 11 2007, 8:00pm to 9:30pm

BRECKER & BROWNMAN in concert “Brownman Electryc Trio feat. Randy Brecker"

New York meets Toronto as 2 generations of award-winning modern jazz trumpet players come together.

In the early 90's a young Nick “Brownman" ...

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Five Weeks for Miles - Brownman's Miles Davis Tribute, Every Fri in Nov @ Trane Studio, Toronto

Five Weeks for Miles - Brownman's Miles Davis Tribute, Every Fri in Nov @ Trane Studio, Toronto

Source: Andrew McIntosh

The Trane Studio in conjunction with Brownman Music Inc. proudly presents: FIVE WEEKS FOR MILES by Nick “Brownman" Ali A Tribute to jazz legend Miles Davis Every Fri in Nov @ Trane Studio, Toronto Week 1 - Fri. Nov 02: “Young Miles" - The Bird Years Week 2 - Fri. Nov 09: “Birth Of The Cool" - Post-Bop Miles Week 3 - ...

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Performance / Tour

Kobo Town Brings Nick "Brownman" Ali to Town at The Speakeasy

Kobo Town Brings Nick "Brownman" Ali to Town at The Speakeasy

Source: All About Jazz

Kobo Town Brings Nick “Brownman" Ali to Town at The Speakeasy Toronto, ON - October 31, 2005 - Toronto-based Kobo Town will be performing their unique blend of traditional calypso, roots reggae and West Indian folk music at The Speakeasy with special guest Nick “Brownman" Ali. One of Canada's most acclaimed jazz trumpet players, Brownman was recently voted Toronto's Best Jazz Artist of 2005 by the readers of NOW Magazine – the city's most comprehensive and respected print media for ...

"... 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 evolved soloist"
— John Scofield, legendary jazz guitarist

"... uniquely creative and fearless… like a young Miles Davis"
— Guru, legendary hip-hop icon from Gangstarr/Jazzmatazz fame

"... extraordinarily talented… a modernist for sure… a truly gifted improviser with an original creative voice"
— Gary Bartz, saxophonist to Miles Davis in the 70's

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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Road Warrior (single)

Browntasauras Records
2023

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Dolphin Dance (single)

Browntasauras Records
2023

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Verboten (single)

Browntasauras Records
2023

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Wisdom of Aurelius...

Browntasauras Records
2023

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Convergence

Browntasauras Records
2023

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Rites of Ascension

Browntasauras Records
2017

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Dolphin Dance

From: Convergence
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Road Warrior

From: Road Warrior (single)
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