Nick Maclean Quartet

This April, the NICK MACLEAN QUARTET feat. BROWNMAN ALI celebrates the release of their newly JUNO NOMINATED sophomore album CONVERGENCE with TWO days of performances at the Dockside Bistro. Led by fast-rising piano star NICK MACLEAN -- a 10x Global Music Award winner and one of the most in-demand young jazz piano players in Toronto -- this contemplative yet thrilling quartet delivers jazz between the two poles of thoughtful introspection and powerhouse conveyance, taking influences from Herbie Hancock's primordial 1960's Blue Note era recordings. Maclean's quartet heavily features one of Canada's most provocative improvising trumpet players -- BROWNMAN ALI -- an internationally acclaimed, multi-award winning jazz iconoclast who has been heralded as "Canada's preeminent jazz trumpet player" by New York City's Village Voice and is best known globally as the last trumpet player to play in the legendary jazz-hip-hop group GURU's JAZZMATAZZ. For this show, Ali & Maclean stand shoulder-to-shoulder with 2 of Canada's top-tier 20-somethings: BENNETT YOUNG on upright bass, and ADAM MANSFIELD on drums (in for Jacob Wutzke). ***Copies of CONVERGENCE will be available for purchase at the show (physical and digital)*** Come witness these four in full flight, this performance will feature deeply exploratory, hard-swinging modern-jazz audiences will not want to miss. "I was a great fan of Herbie Hancock’s 60’s music. Nick Maclean Quartet is very solid. « Convergence » is one of the best canadian albums of 2023 and should have chances to get a Juno." - Denys Lelièvre, CKRL (Quebec City, Canada) ---- :: Nick Maclean - piano :: Brownman Ali - trumpet :: Bennett Young - bass :: Adam Mansfield - drums ---- PURCHASE your copy (digital or physical) of CONVERGENCE now! Maclean.Browntasauras.com "Convergence" released Oct 27 (Can) & Nov 24 (Int) on Browntasauras Records ---- WATCH Nick Maclean Quartet perform the Maclean original 'ROAD WARRIOR', a single from CONVERGENCE https://youtu.be/qfOno29FcXM WATCH Nick Maclean Quartet perform the Hancock classic 'DOLPHIN DANCE', a single from CONVERGENCE https://youtu.be/61856iZ__0c WATCH Nick Maclean Quartet perform the Maclean original 'VERBOTEN', a single from CONVERGENCE https://youtu.be/lexWg8YLXDQ WATCH Nick Maclean Quartet perform the Brownman original 'WISDOM OF AURELIUS', a single from CONVERGENCE https://youtu.be/-cPAbdH6qkM ---- For more info: www.NicholasMaclean.com www.Brownman.com www.Browntasauras.com