Internationally acclaimed jazz trumpet player Brownman Ali’s Jazz Christmas show is a unique reading of classic holiday tunes by the BROWNMAN AKOUSTIC 4-TET, which features a hand-picked cast of some of Toronto’s top-shelf jazz & studio musicians. Each year during the holidays Brownman specially arranges and re-orchestrates many of the quintessential archetypes of the season, with his own unique visions.
Imagine, if you will:
— “God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman”, as a boom-bap hip-hop track
— “Frosty the Snowman” with a Cuban Songo twist
— “We Three Kings”, in 4, as an R’n’B tune
— “Rudolph” as a hard-swinging Coltrane tune
— “Jingle Bells” in 7/8, like Brubeck might have done it
— “Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire” as a Brazilian Samba
— “Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” like a 50’s Miles tunes
— “Do You Hear What I Hear” as down-tempo soul
— “Silent Night” as a funk ballad
All these and more!
— “God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman”, as a boom-bap hip-hop track
— “Frosty the Snowman” with a Cuban Songo twist
— “We Three Kings”, in 4, as an R’n’B tune
— “Rudolph” as a hard-swinging Coltrane tune
— “Jingle Bells” in 7/8, like Brubeck might have done it
— “Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire” as a Brazilian Samba
— “Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” like a 50’s Miles tunes
— “Do You Hear What I Hear” as down-tempo soul
— “Silent Night” as a funk ballad
All these and more!
Holiday cheer interpreted and re-imagined by one of the nation’s most acclaimed modern jazz iconoclasts.’
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Fri-Dec-17, 7-10pm
@ Staircase Theatre (People Under The Staircase)
27 Dundurn St N, Hamilton, ON L8R 3C9
www.PeopleUnderTheStaircase.com
$20 door
$15 advance (link below)
$10 student & arts workers
Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/211318448167
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BROWNMAN AKOUSTIC 4-TET is:
:: Brownman Ali – trumpet
:: Jeremy Hucal – keyboard
:: Bennet Young – bass
:: Riley O’Connor – drums
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Fri-Dec-17, 7-10pm
@ Staircase Theatre (People Under The Staircase)
27 Dundurn St N, Hamilton, ON L8R 3C9
www.PeopleUnderTheStaircase.com
$20 door
$15 advance (link below)
$10 student & arts workers
Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/211318448167
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BROWNMAN AKOUSTIC 4-TET is:
:: Brownman Ali – trumpet
:: Jeremy Hucal – keyboard
:: Bennet Young – bass
:: Riley O’Connor – drums