Brownman's HALLOWEEN THRILLER on tour

Brownman’s Michael Jackson inspired HALLOWEEN THRILLER travels to 6 Southern Ontario cities — hits Toronto on Mon-Oct-30 @ Drom Taberna, 7pm
www.Thriller.Brownman.com
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From Press Release:
Internationally acclaimed jazz / hip-hop trumpet playing iconoclast BROWNMAN ALI will once again lead an all-star quartet through his popular annual HALLOWEEN THRILLER concert, this year travelling to 6 Southern Ontario Cities: Newmarket, Kitchener, Oshawa, Brighton, Toronto & St. Catharines. 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 top to bottom, other MJ classics will be featured through the night for this unique Halloween jazz party series. Costumes and Thriller video dance moves encouraged.
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6 shows, 6 cities, 6 electric-jazz Halloween parties!
Thr-Oct-26, 7pm in Newmarket @ Old Flame Brewing
Fri-Oct-27, 8pm in Kitchener @ Counterpoint Brewing
Sat-Oct-28, 8pm in Oshawa @ Simcoe Blues & Jazz
Sun-Oct-29, 7pm in Brighton @ Northumberland F.F.
Mon-Oct-30, 7pm in Toronto @ Drom Taberna
Tue-Oct-31, 7pm in St Catharines @ Mahtay
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This show features as its “+1” acclaimed keyboardist NICK MACLEAN, a rising star in Toronto’s jazz community, signee to Brownman’s Browntasauras Records label & winner of 10 Global Music Awards, standing alongside 2 of Toronto’s most in demand musicians : MATT GRUEBNER on bass (from New Zealand, now in Canada), and ADAM MANSFIELD on drums (a 25-year old drumset phenom), all under the direction of 2x National Jazz Award winning modern jazz trumpet iconoclast BROWNMAN ALI.

“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 Davis might have.”

The BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO has won 2 National Jazz Awards, 3 Toronto Independent Music Awards for “Jazz Group of the Year”, a SOCAN music award, a CBC Galaxie Rising Star Award, and an International Independent Music Award for “2015 Jazz-Funk album of the year” for the album “Gravitation”, which hit number 4 on the iTunes USA jazz charts upon its 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
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Toronto: Mon-Oct-30
DROM TABERNA, 7:00pm
458 Queen St. W., Toronto, ON
www.DromTaberna.com
$PWYC
Facebook Event: www.facebook.com/events/606022011494107
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HALLOWEEN THRILLER 2023 BAND (BET + 1)
:: Brownman Ali – electric trumpet
:: Nick Maclean – keyboards
:: Matt Gruebner – electric bass
:: Adam Mansfield – drums
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www.Thriller.Brownman.com for all info!