Name: Jazz-hip-hop NEW YEAR'S EVE Party w/ Brownman & GRUVASYLUM @ Sugar Run
Start: 2022-12-31T21:00:00-05:00
End: 2023-01-01T02:00:00-05:00
Location: Sugar Run

Jazz-hip-hop NEW YEAR'S EVE Party w/ Brownman & GRUVASYLUM @ Sugar Run

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Acclaimed trumpet player BROWNMAN ALI brings his jazz-hip-hop powerhouse GRUVASYLUM to KW's Sugar Run for a NYE party you won't forget!

Sugar Run

<h3>A New Year&#x27;s Eve jazz-hip-hop party to ring in 2023! </h3><h3>Feat. Brownman &amp; GRUVASYLUM</h3>Ring in 2023 with a jazz-hip-hop party you won&#x27;t forget feat. Brownman &amp; GRUVASYLUM @ Kitchener&#x27;s Sugar Run -- KW&#x27;s favourite late night hot-spot -- for a New Year&#x27;s Eve night of &quot;Tribe Called Quest meets Miles Davis&quot;!!!----Improvisation.Spontaneous creation.The essence of the jazz solo is not sodifferent from the essence of freestyle.GRUVASYLUM is hip-hop with a jazz ideology.100% improvised urban grooves, yet rooted in jazz lineage.Place these tenements in the hands of award-winningmusicians and a berserker freestyle rapper... . . . and watch the walls b u r n d o w n . . ----Brownman, from 2006 to 2010, was the featured soloist for the legendary jazz-hip-hop group GURU&#x27;s JAZZMATAZZ (of Gangstarr fame), appearing on Jazzmatazz Volume 4 and doing 4 world tours as this iconic rapper&#x27;s trumpet player until cancer tragically robbed the world of Guru&#x27;s genius in 2010. [ See Guru shouting out Brownman: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzBn1QZIK_A ]. GRUVASYLUM is Brown&#x27;s own breed of post-Jazzmatazz modern jazz-hip-hop and is dedicated to the continued evolution of exploratory jazz and conscious hip-hop.----<h2>GRUVASYLUM is:</h2>:: Kelson Fredericks - microphone:: Brownman Ali - electric trumpet:: Dwayne Livingstone - 6-string electric bass:: Adam Mansfield -- drums &amp; breakbeats----<blockquote>&quot;In GRUVASYLUM, Guru&#x27;s Jazzmatazz trumpet player Brownman brilliantly continues a jazz-hip-hop legacy&quot;</blockquote><blockquote>- New York Village Voice</blockquote>----Sat-Dec-31, 9pm@ Sugar Run33 Queen St. S., Kitchener(rear entrance)$25 -- limited tickets so buy them early----The entrance to Sugar Run is tricky to find, as it&#x27;s behind the building, accessible through an alley. This Google Map shows you EXACTLY where the entrance door is:<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/KDDny6Nj9JWauXBP9" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://goo.gl/maps/KDDny6Nj9JWauXBP9</a>----<h2>What GRUVASYLUM is all about:</h2>Jazz &amp; hip-hop have long been cross-pollinated by geniuses from both genres. From the appearance of rappers on the legendary Miles Davis&#x27; &quot;DooBop&quot; recording, to jazz superstars like Herbie Hancock and Donald Byrd guesting in hip-hop legend GURU&#x27;s JAZZMATAZZ. Jazzmatazz is now historically recognized as the 1st successful amalgamation of jazz &amp; hip-hop -- and from 2006 to 2010 jazz trumpet iconoclast BROWNMAN ALI would replace Donald Byrd in Guru&#x27;s Jazzmatazz, doing 4 world tours, appearing on Jazzmatazz Vol. 4, and catapulting him to international acclaim in the hip-hop community. Guru tragically died in 2010 of cancer, but Brownman continues his legacy in the exploration of jazz-hip-hop in his own group GRUVASYLUM. This all-star quintet, with Guru alumni and multiple National Jazz Award Winner Brownman Ali at the helm, reminds us that the essence of the jazz solo is not so different from the essence of freestyle -- in that improvisation and spontaneous creation is at the heart of both idioms. Gruvasylum is about modern, thoughtful, conscious hip-hop that tells tales of the world we live in - yet rooted in the jazz ideologies of history. It is not what you hear on MTV. No one in Gruvasylum will ever discuss the merits of gunplay, SUVs with spinning rims, or big-booty girls. You will however hear lyrics that emphasize living life with irreverence and taking risks in that living. It is what you hear in every Miles Davis solo... or Guru&#x27;s lyrics. Brownman &amp; GRUVASYLUM -- hip-hop with a jazz ideology. You do NOT want to miss this...----New York&#x27;s Artvoice Magazine article on a summer Gruvasylum show at the Infringement Festival in Buffalo, New York:<blockquote>&quot;I’ve seen rap concerts. I’ve seen punk concerts. I’ve seen folk concerts. I’ve seen piano concerts. I&#x27;ve seen jazz concerts. I’ve seen a lot of really good concerts. But what I saw that night was beyond the music. The unity and passion that poured from the claustrophobic corner of Nietzsche’s, where four rappers and a jazz trio played for two strong hours were incredible. I’d never seen anything like it before. World-renowned trumpet player, Brownman, brought Buffalo the GRUVASYLUM SYNDICATE (a larger cross-border version of his 4-man Gruvasylum group). This super-group features his jazz-hip-hop quartet teamed up with Mad Dukes, Dr. Ooo, A.L. Third and Shuteyez, four of New York’s most acclaimed underground emcees, all armed with top-shelf free-styling skills. These lyricists, all hailing from different backgrounds and crews, challenged the stereotype many people associate with hip-hop culture with their conscious banter. Ages, ethnicities, shapes, sizes and styles were all over the board this Gruvasylum train. No one spent time picking out his best outfit, or throwing on flashy jewelry, or running with some kind of gimmick. Everyone was on stage to do what he loves: perform music and deliver thoughtful conscious messages in the hip-hop vernacular. These guys weren’t up there flaunting that they were all “rap stars.” They really were rap stars. Each performer fed of the other’s energy, trading rhymes and rhythms, exchanging lyrics, laughing, and cheering for one another. All engineered and orchestrated by Brownman&#x27;s undeniable genius. From the artists to the audience, the excitement nearly brought the house down. Seven very different people, most of whom have never performed together, sharing a tiny stage and leaving everything they had under the spotlights. The entire time, I thought, “This is Infringement. Right here. And this is awesome.&quot;</blockquote>----<h3>ABOUT BROWNMAN | www.Brownman.com</h3>----Heralded as “Canada’s preeminent Jazz trumpeter” by NYC’s Village Voice, Brownman Ali - born on the small Caribbean island of Trinidad, &amp; 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 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&#x27;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&#x27;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 &amp; 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.<blockquote>&quot;One of the next great voices in the new generation of jazz improvisers”</blockquote><blockquote>-- Randy Brecker</blockquote>----<h3>AWARDS &amp; ACCOLADES</h3>----A highly decorated player, his awards &amp; accolades include :-- 2 National Jazz Awards (with 11 nominations over the years)-- Montreal Jazz Fest&#x27;s &quot;Grand Prix Du Jazz&quot; award-- a CBC Galaxie Rising Star award-- a SOCAN composers award-- an International Independent Music Award for &quot;Album of the Year&quot;-- 3 Toronto Independent Music Award &quot;jazz artist of the year&quot; (8 nominations)-- a Black Canadian Award nomination for &quot;Jazz Musician of the Year&quot;-- an induction into the WHO&#x27;S WHO IN BLACK CANADA-- a Caribbean Music &amp; Entertainment nomination for &quot;Jazz Artist of the Year&quot;-- a BRAVO! channel documentary on his life-- NOW magazine naming him &quot;Toronto&#x27;s Best Jazz Musician&quot;-- CBC Radio Canada named him &quot;one of the most recorded trumpet players in Canadian history&quot;-- NPR in New York calls him &quot;the new standard in electric jazz&quot;-- the Trinidad &amp; Tobago Consulate General awarded him with a citation for being a &quot;Distinguished National of Trinidad&quot;-- was once listed by Air Canada&#x27;s in-flight magazine as &quot;One of the Top 10 reasons to visit Toronto&quot;.

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