Brownman Electryc Trio

With Brownman Ali and Nick Maclean

HALLOWEEN THRILLER (Hamilton) - MJ as electric-jazz, 8pm

Henry's on James

Hamilton, ON

Fri, Oct 30, 2026

8:00 PM

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HALLOWEEN THRILLER 2026 :: www.Thriller.Brownman.com TIX: www.eventbrite.ca/e/2002112321850 ---- JUNO & GRAMMY nominated jazz/hip-hop trumpet playing iconoclast BROWNMAN ALI (Jay-z, Missy Elliot, Kanye West, Guru's Jazzmatazz) will once again lead an all-star quartet through his popular annual HALLOWEEN THRILLER concert, this year travelling up from Brooklyn, NY to various venues (and schools) across Southern Ontario. The much lauded BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO + 1 will perform the entire Michael Jackson "Thriller" recording, interpreted and re-worked in the Miles Davis-esque fashion this multiple National Jazz Award winning improviser has become known for. In addition to the quartet performing Thriller from top to bottom, other MJ classics will be featured through the night for this unique Halloween Series jazz party. Costumes and Thriller video dance moves encouraged! [ TICKETS: www.eventbrite.ca/e/2002112321850 ] This show features as it's "+1" acclaimed keyboardist NICK MACLEAN -- a JUNO Award nominee, a signee to Brownman's Browntasauras Records label & winner of 10 Global Music Awards -- standing alongside 2 of Toronto's most in demand musicians : SEAN DENNIS on 6-string electric bass (called "a once in a generation bass player" by the Head of the Humber College Bass Department when he was a student there), and ADAM MANSFIELD on drums (25-year old drumset phenom), all under the direction of 2x National Jazz Award winning modern jazz trumpet iconoclast BROWNMAN ALI. Please visit www.Thriller.Brownman.com for more info on this year's Halloween Thriller Series. "Delving so deeply into that record always leaves us speechless", states Ali. "Michael birthed so many incredible tunes over the years, but his collaborations with Quincy Jones on Thriller has to be one of the most towering musical achievements in pop music ever. Using that brilliant material every year on Halloween, as jump-offs for what we do makes for a party that's both danceable, but still rooted in exploratory improvising and deep reaching solos. We approach it the way Miles might have." The BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO has won a National Jazz Award, 3 Toronto Independent Music Awards, a SOCAN music award, a CBC Galaxie Rising Star Award, and an International Independent Music Award for "Jazz-Funk album of the year" for their latest release "Gravitation", which hit number 4 on the iTunes USA jazz charts upon it's release. “Awards are nice, naturally, but to dig what Brownman is doing, you’ve got to see him live. I had a chance to do just that over the summer when Brownman fronted his killer trio ... I came away with a blown mind. This guy’s got chops galore, soul to match, and a sense of phrasing that recalls many of the greats, but suggests itself to be his own.” -- The Buffalo News on the latest slew of awards for the Brownman Electryc Trio ---- Fri-Oct-30 -- HAMILTON Tour Date @ Henry's On James 303 James St N, Hamilton, ON, L8L 1H3 www.HenrysOnJames.com 5:00pm -- open for dinner (menu link below) 8:00pm -- show $25 -- advance $20 -- students / arts worker $35 -- at-the-door on show-night (if space available) ---- Stay for dinner -- check out Henry's award-winning menu: www.henrysonjames.com/menu ---- 2026 HALLOWEEN THRILLER -- ONT. TOUR DATES www.Thriller.Brownman.com Tue-Oct-20, 7pm : OSHAWA @ TBA Wed-Oct-21, 7pm : KINGSTON @ RCHA Club Thr-Oct-22, 7pm : WESTPORT @ Cove Inn Fri-Oct-23, 7pm : MONTREAL @ Upstairs Jazz Sat-Oct-24, 7pm : OTTAWA @ Night Oat Sun-Oct-25, 7pm : KEENE @ Keene Center for the Arts Mon-Oct-26, day : TORONTO -- school masterclass Tue-Oct-27, 7pm : NEWMARKET @ George Whiskey Lounge Wed-Oct-28, 7pm : BARRIE @ Tequilazzo Thr-Oct-29, 7pm : KITCHENER @ Arabella Park Beer Bar Fri-Oct-30, 8pm : HAMILTON @ Henry's On James Sat-Oct-31, 8pm : TORONTO @ My House ---- :: Brownman Ali - electric trumpet & spookiness --> www.Brownman.com :: Nick Maclean - keyboards & ghoulishness --> www.NickMacleanJazz.com :: Sean Dennis - electric bass & creepiness --> www.Instagram.com/seanydmusic :: Adam Mansfield - drums & ghastliness --> www.Instagram.com/adammansfield8 ---- Dress up if you like - it's Halloween!!! See videos from the 2020 HALLOWEEN THRILLER show: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFEa9tcDLHdLgeCGMKT5BfiWAv7IGymNv Hear the BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO at: www.ElectrycTrio.Brownman.com Videos of BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO live: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFECA3E452FE2BC0D ---- ABOUT BROWNMAN | www.Brownman.com ---- Heralded as “Canada’s preeminent Jazz trumpeter” by NYC’s Village Voice, Brownman Ali - born on the small Caribbean island of Trinidad, & schooled in NYC - is a multiple award-winning NYC-schooled protégé to his teacher, Grammy-winning trumpet legend, Randy Brecker. Splitting his time between Toronto and New York, 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. All these ensembles record under Brownman's own much lauded BROWNTASAURAS RECORDS label, established in 2009. 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 worked with the likes of Guru's Jazzmatazz (replacing Donald Byrd in that primordial ensemble), Mos Def, KRS-1, Quincy Jones, Paul Simon, Jay-z, Missy Elliot, Mingus Dynasty Big Band, Gary Bartz, Chucho Valdes & far too many more to name here. He is considered to be one of the most unique and provocative improvising trumpet players in the nation today and is widely regarded as a vanguard for the evolution of Jazz in Canada. "One of the next great voices in the new generation of jazz improvisers” -- Randy Brecker ---- AWARDS & ACCOLADES ---- A highly decorated player, his awards & accolades include : -- multiple JUNO Award nominations -- GRAMMY Award long-listed (w/ Brownman Electryc Trio) -- 2 National Jazz Awards (with 11 nominations over the years) -- 10 Global Music Awards -- winner of the International Song Competition (ISC) - Jazz Category -- Montreal Jazz Fest's "Grand Prix Du Jazz" award -- a CBC Galaxie Rising Star award -- a SOCAN composers award -- an International Independent Music Award for "Album of the Year" -- 7 Toronto Independent Music Award "jazz artist of the year" (11 nominations) -- a Black IMPACT Award for "Musician of the Year" -- a Black Canadian Award nomination for "Jazz Musician of the Year" -- an induction into the WHO'S WHO IN BLACK CANADA -- a Caribbean Music & Entertainment nomination for "Jazz Artist of the Year" -- 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" -- NPR in New York calls him "the new standard in electric jazz" -- the Trinidad & Tobago Consulate General awarded him with a citation for being a "Distinguished National of Trinidad" -- was once listed by Air Canada's in-flight magazine as "One of the Top 10 reasons to visit Toronto".

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Brownman Electryc Trio

BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO
-- 2007 National Jazz Award “Electric Jazz Group of the Year”
-- 2011 Trinidad High Commission citation: “Distinguished National"
-- 2013, 2015, 2016 : 3x Toronto Independent Music Award winner
-- 2014 International Independent Music Award winner
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“Awards are nice, naturally, but to dig what Brownman is doing, you’ve got to see him live. I had a chance to do just that over the summer when Brownman fronted his killer trio ... I came away with a blown mind. This guy’s got chops galore, soul to match, and a sense of phrasing that recalls many of the greats, but suggests itself to be his own.”
- Buffalo News
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In recent years, when not touring the globe the Brooklyn based multi-award-winning Trinidadian-born trumpet player BROWNMAN ALI -- the last trumpet player for iconic jazz-hip-hop group Guru's Jazzmatazz -- spends much of his artistic time in the exploration of modern “chordless” jazz -> music produced without a chordal instrument (guitar or keyboard). He had previously explored this tonal quality for a decade with his highly lauded latin-jazz group CRUZAO, and more recently with his heavily decorated & now internationally acclaimed Miles Davis influenced BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO. Taking a similar trajectory as the acclaimed 2009 debut release "Juggernaut", this highly energized bombastic trio’s 2013 sophmore release “Gravitation: A Study In Freefall” -- on Brownman’s own label Browntasauras Records -- shot to number 4 on the iTunes USA jazz charts and was declared “the new standard in electric-jazz” by National Public Radio (NPR) in New York City. Among a long list of awards & accolades, the trio would win an International Independent Music Award for "Jazz-Funk Album of the Year", 3 Toronto Independent Music Awards for "Jazz Group of the Year" and a National Jazz Award for "electric jazz group of the year".

“The trio folds aspects of Black American Music into a chordless jazz framework”, states Brownman. “When we’re not playing originals, we often take classic standards from the 30s through the 50s and re-imagine them as if they were written today and being produced by, say, DJ Premier. The end result is something that hopefully sounds relevant in today’s musical paradigm, but still resonates with the history and lineage of the jazz tradition. And yeah - you’ll hear a lot of Miles Davis’ influence in that resulting sound”.

The ensemble itself is aptly described by CODA magazine: “Brownman’s powerful electrified trio captures the essence of the later years in Miles Davis’ life, his electric period, without imitation. Brownman’s ELECTRYC TRIO is uniquely his own, yet echoes with the sounds of ‘Bitches Brew’ and ‘In a Silent Way’ right down to Miles’ use of electronics while still managing to stay grounded in the sounds of today. Clearly paying apt tribute to Brownman’s NYC mentor Randy Brecker, they are a truly impressive and energized modern jazz outfit.”

Visit www.ElectrycTrio.Brownman.com for more info!

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QUOTES
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"Colliding Black American Music traditions (hip-hop, soul, funk, r'n'b) with blazing virtuosity jazz improvising, this unique trio sounds relevant in today’s musical paradigm, while still speaking to the history of the jazz tradition."
- New York Post

"Brownman's Electryc Trio is lively, entertaining and hip ... the atmosphere is seriously funky ... the music's muscular and quick, much of it thrilling..."
- Whole Note Magazine

"Brownman is the real deal... this abundantly talented young musician was handpicked by the late MC Guru to blow the sinewy lines that made his Jazzmatazz project such a groundbreaking hybrid of jazz and hip-hop... with each appearance the buzz surrounding the bold and electric Brownman style has grown in amplitude."
- Art Voice Magazine

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Check out the Brownman Electryc Trio on YouTube :
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFECA3E452FE2BC0D

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ABOUT BROWNMAN ALI
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Heralded as “Canada’s preeminent Jazz trumpeter” by NYC’s Village Voice, Brownman Ali - born on the small Caribbean island of Trinidad, & schooled in NYC - is a multiple award-winning NYC-schooled protégé to his teacher, Grammy-winning trumpet legend, Randy Brecker. He tirelessly leads 7 unique ensembles of his own including the internationally acclaimed Miles Davis influenced BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO, and the award-winning CRUZAO latin-jazz quintet. All these ensembles record under Brownman's own much lauded BROWNTASAURAS RECORDS label, established in 2009. 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 worked with the likes of Guru's Jazzmatazz (replacing Donald Byrd in that primordial ensemble), Mos Def, KRS-1, Quincy Jones, Paul Simon, Jay-z, Missy Elliot, Mingus Dynasty Big Band, Gary Bartz, Chucho Valdes & far too many more to name here. He is considered to be one of the most unique and provocative improvising trumpet players in the nation today and is widely regarded as a vanguard for the evolution of Jazz in Canada.

A highly decorated player, his awards & accolades include 2 National Jazz Awards (with 11 nominations over the years), Montreal Jazz Fest's "Grand Prix Du Jazz" award, a CBC Galaxie Rising Star award, a SOCAN composers award, an International Independent Music Award for "Album of the Year", 3 Toronto Independent Music Awards for "Jazz Artist Of The Year" (9 nominations), a Black Canadian Award nomination for "Jazz Musician of the Year", an induction into the WHO'S WHO IN BLACK CANADA, a Caribbean Music Award nomination, 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", NPR in New York calls him "the new standard in electric jazz", the Trinidad & Tobago Consulate General awarded him with a citation for being a "Distinguished National of Trinidad" and he has been listed by Air Canada as one of the "Top 10 reasons to visit Toronto".

Genres: Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Electric Jazz, Funk

Band Members: Brownman Ali, Sean Dennis, Colin Kingsmore

Hometown: Toronto, Canada

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