Browntasauras Records, Brooklyn, NY (2026)

05/23/2026

Week 4 of
FIVE WEEKS FOR MILES
Sat May 23, 2026
"From Bi***es Brew to Tutu"
Electric Miles
TIX: www.Miles.Brownman.com
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Legendary as a kind of line in the sand challenging jazz fans during the ascendance of electric psychedelic rock, "In a Silent Way" (Columbia Records, '69) hinted at the repetitive polyrhythms Davis would employ throughout the early '70s. It also partook generously of electric piano and bass tonal colourings previously explored in acoustic settings, but "In a Silent Way" and the subsequent "Bi***es Brew" & "Live Evil" recordings remains a clearly electric jazz record, part ambient color exploration, part rock-inflected energy & vibe, and part outright maverick creativity. Long, breathy solos would be a feature of this era, glistening against his new group's strange admixture of musical moods. Miles would stay on this "electric" path right in to the '80's, continually exploring these textures with newer and younger generations of musicians.
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:: Brownman Ali - electric trumpet
:: Jay Yoo - guitar
:: Nick Maclean - keyboards/synth
:: Sean Dennis - 6-string electric bass
:: Aaron Seunarine - drums
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The first set tonight will focus on the "Bi***es Brew" 70's era... the second set will emphasize the "Tutu" 80's ideologies.
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Celebrating 100 years of Miles Davis
Produced by Brownman Ali

04/22/2026

International Jazz Day in Toronto with jazz trumpet iconoclast BROWNMAN ALI re-imagining Blue Note classics as electric-jazz.
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ELECTRIC BLUE NOTE
an International Jazz Day event/party!
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Celebrate International Jazz Day in Toronto with a night of legendary selections from the iconic Blue Note Records jazz label, featuring jazz iconoclast BROWNMAN ALI and an all-star cast of Toronto’s top-tier players, re-imagining these innovative Blue Note arrangements through the lens of electric-jazz, as Miles Davis might have done. Known internationally for his work with the BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO, a GRAMMY Award long-lister & 2x National Jazz Award winner for Electric Jazz Group of the Year, Brownman has been hailed by NPR in New York City as “the new standard in electric-jazz.” Audiences can expect deep-groove interpretations of Blue Note classics, where the rhythmic language of modern Black American Music collides with the harmonic daring of the label’s golden era. “We love taking classic jazz repertoire and re-imagining them through the electric-jazz lens", states Brownman, "as if it were written today and produced by someone like DJ Premier or Flying Lotus. The goal is to create something that sounds completely current, but still resonates with the history and lineage of the Blue Note jazz tradition.” And yes, you’ll definitely hear plenty of Miles Davis’ influence -- Brownman's touchstone -- in the resulting electric Blue Note sound. Don't miss it!
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:: BROWNMAN ALI - electric trumpet
:: NICK MACLEAN - rhodes/synth
:: SEAN DENNIS - 6-string electric bass
:: AARON SEUNARINE - drums
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Thr-Apr-30
TORONTO, ON @ My HOUSE
2882 Dundas St. West, Toronto, ON
www.MyHouseInTheJunction.com
6:00pm - doors & dinner
8:00pm - show
TIX: www.Eventbrite.ca/e/19866876843
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NOTE: Club doors are open at 6pm. Perhaps consider coming early for dinner & enjoy the room ambiance, the cocktail options & Brownman's Blue Note DJ selections. Your concert ticket gets you in on a first come first serve basis, but please note those with dinner reservations are given seating preference. If you'd like to make a reservation, please call (416) 604 4555 or email [email protected]

04/10/2026

Every Sat in May
FIVE WEEKS FOR MILES
5 Saturdays...
5 Quintets...
5 Eras of Miles
@ CONTXT, Toronto
www.Miles.Brownman.com
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Week 1 - May 02: "Young Miles" - The Bird Years
Week 2 - May 09: "Birth Of The Cool" - Post-Bop Miles
Week 3 - May 16: "Plugged Nickel" - The Shorter Years
Week 4 - May 23: "Bi***es Brew to Tutu" - Electric Miles
Week 5 - May 30: "Doo-bop" - Had He Lived…
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Brownman Ali, when asked about the tribute and the musicians behind the music, states, "For those who appreciate jazz as a true art form, FIVE WEEKS FOR MILES represents a rare opportunity to understand its greatest legend's career, where he could have gone and a reminder of what he might have meant to us today. I'm truly honoured to be fronting this sequential tribute and performing with such a monsterous cross-section of players." Brownman has put together a spectacular all-star cast for his production featuring everyone from award-winning Canadian jazz veterans Duncan Hopkins, Ross MacIntyre & Frank Botos, to luminaries in their own generation such as Nick Maclean, Jacob Wutzke & Bennett Young to the best of the youngest new breed of jazz modernists like James Griffith, Joel Bracken & Tymish Koznarsky (all 24 years old). This year will also feature in Week 5 acclaimed rapper N.I.Gel (from the POCKET DWELLERS), internationally acclaimed turntablist Erik Laar (Off Centre DJ School founder) teamed with the BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO bass & drumset phenoms Sean Dennis & Adam Mansfield -- making the Week 5 ensemble an all-star jazz-hip-hop affair. "Whatever age, whatever background, whatever colour - we're all going to be giving all of ourselves over to Miles’ music… to try and do the man and his vision justice”, Brownman concludes.
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"Brownman Ali ... one of the greatest interpreters of Miles Davis' work in Canada."
-- Graham Rockingham, Hamilton Spectator

03/10/2026

Brownman Ali returns from touring in the Pacfiic Rim to Toronto to present a night of classic Blue Note label masterpieces re-imagined through the lens of electric-jazz!
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ELECTRIC BLUE NOTE Concert
(electric-jazz versions of Blue Note classics)
Sat-Mar-14
@ CONTXT, Toronto
254 Lansdowne Ave., Main Floor
Doors: 6pm, Show: 7pm
$20 adv, $30 door
TIX: https://tickets.contxtbytrane.com/events/contxtbytrane/2101777
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:: BROWNMAN ALI - electric trumpet
:: NICK MACLEAN - rhodes/synth
:: SEAN DENNIS - 6-string electric bass
:: AARON SEUNARINE - drums
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From press release:
"A night of legendary selections from the iconic Blue Note Records jazz label, featuring jazz iconoclast BROWNMAN ALI and an all-star cast of Toronto’s top-tier players, re-imagining these innovative Blue Note arrangements through the lens of electric-jazz, as Miles Davis might have done. Known internationally for his work with the BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO, a GRAMMY Award long-lister & 2x National Jazz Award winner for Electric Jazz Group of the Year, Brownman has been hailed by NPR in New York City as “the new standard in electric-jazz.” Audiences can expect deep-groove interpretations of Blue Note classics, where the rhythmic language of modern Black American Music collides with the harmonic daring of the label’s golden era. “We love taking classic jazz repertoire and re-imagining them through the electric-jazz lens", states Brownman, "as if it were written today and produced by someone like DJ Premier or Flying Lotus. The goal is to create something that sounds completely current, but still resonates with the history and lineage of the Blue Note jazz tradition.” You’ll definitely hear plenty of Miles Davis’ influence - Brownman's touchstone - in the resulting electric Blue Note sound. The top-shelf ensemble also features JUNO nominated keyboardist NICK MACLEAN (a long-time collaborator with Brownman), Brownman Electryc Trio bass wizard SEAN DENNIS & Teefin' Tingz drummer AARON SEUNARINE.
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Presented by: Caliban Arts Theatre, Contxt by Trane & Browntasauras Records
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