Brownman Ali

BROWNMAN AKOUSTIC TRIO Sun-Mar-30 4:00pm - 7:30pm $15 cover (at the door) www.MyHouseInTheJunction.com ---- Splitting his time between Toronto & Brooklyn, NY, BROWNMAN ALI -- 2x National Jazz winner, 6x Global Music Award winner & heralded as "Canada's pre-eminent jazz trumpeter" by the NY Village Voice -- brings his straight-ahead, hard-swinging trio to the Junction's hot spot MY HOUSE on Sunday March 30th for an afternoon of hard-swinging jazz. Performing organic jazz in the classic trio setting, this unit strives to embody the jazz improvising spirit of the 50's & 60's -- communication. Expect to hear their interpretations of tunes like "Bye Bye Blackbird", "My Funny Valentine", "Four", and "In Your Own Sweet Way", as Ali takes listeners on a journey through the American Songbook from Miles, to Coltrane, to Duke and back. This permutation of the BROWNMAN AKOUSTIC TRIO features acclaimed upright bassist Jack Johnston on bass and the now Brooklyn, NY based JUNO winner Jacob Wutzke on drums. ---- www.AkousticTrio.Brownman.com ---- :: Brownman Ali - trumpet (Brooklyn, NY) :: Bennett Young - bass (Toronto, ON) :: Jacob Wutzke - drums (Brooklyn, NY) ---- "Equally at home in the tradition of the Great American Jazz Songbook, or pushing the boundaries of the artform as this iconoclastic trumpet player is most known for, the BROWNMAN AKOUSTIC TRIO never fails to surprise and delight with the journeys they are capable of taking you on" -- NOW Magazine, Toronto ---- ABOUT BROWNMAN ALI | www.Brownman.com An internationally acclaimed trumpet player, Brownman Ali is heralded by the NY Village Voice as "Canada's preeminent jazz trumpet player", and is best known as the last trumpet soloist for legendary jazz-hip-hop outfit Guru's Jazzmatazz (replacing Donald Byrd in this iconic group). When not leading 8 groups of his own (including the National Jazz Award winning BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO and Montreal Jazz Fest's "Grand Prix du Jazz" winners CRUZAO), he is also a highly in-demand studio session musician having appeared on over 300 recordings to date, and is the CEO of the Brooklyn-based Browntasauras Records label. www.Browntasauras.com