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ALI BROS feat. Brownman & Marcus Ali (electric-jazz) Sat-Mar-05, 7:00pm - 10:30pm $20 door, $15 advance, $10 students w/ ID @ SUPERMARKET, 268 Augusta Ave., Toronto www.SupermarketTO.com $20 door, $15 advanced (see website for tix), $10 students ---- "Two Brothers, Two Horns, One Mind" Aggressive urban-jazz grooves... Blazing horn-lines... Introspective funk... www.Alibros.Brownman.com ---- Conceived in the spirit of multi grammy winning outfit "The Brecker Bros", the ALI BROS embody the essence of jazz improvisational ideology erupting against a backdrop of powerful urban grooves. Latin, funk, hip-hop, drum'n'bass, R'n'B all colliding with modern jazz textures. Their uncanny musical relationship enhanced by blood, Brownman and Marcus Ali together form an incredibly synergistic, almost telepathic bond making them two of the most called upon horn men in the city. They have appeared side by side in countless horn sections in the Canadian professional music scene, most notably as the backbone to the multi-award winning latin-jazz ensemble CRUZAO, Juno nominated reggae artist JASON WILSON, with reggaeton superstar FITO BLANKO, modern house outfit FUNKY HI-LIFE, african masters RADIO NOMAD, urban songstress SHYANN, pop-rock sensation CROSSBAC, merengue specialists DOMINICANADA, Salsa powerhouse MARRON MATIZADO, Trinidadian Calypso group BACCHANAL ALL-STARS and far too many more to list here... ---- :: Brownman Ali - electric trumpet :: Marcus Ali - alto sax & effects :: Nick Maclean Ali - keyboards :: Bennett Young Ali - 5-string electric bass :: Riley O'Connor Ali - drums ---- Read the Toronto International Film festival review: www.brownman.com/Interviews/2005-08-FilmFest/Mythology.html