NEW YORK to NEW ORLEANS
NEW YEARS EVE JAZZ PARTY
A NYC Jazz-Funk dance party + Mardi Gras menu & lounge
Ring in the New Year at Melodia with a party featuring flavors from the 2 hotbeds of Jazz - NEW YORK & NEW ORLEANS! New York City Jazz-Funk from award-winning trumpeter BROWNMAN collides with an incredible New Orleans menu and Mardi Gras style dance party!
NEW YORK:
A live modern NYC jazz-funk dance party featuring National Jazz Award winning NYC schooled trumpet player BROWNMAN, just back in Toronto from touring with Jay-Z! They'll start with Bird, Miles, Coltrane and then ease their way to the more funkified grooves of Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, and late electric Miles (9pm). During dinner (6-9pm), the classic NYC jazz sounds from Divine MizA will take your through tunes from Billie to Ella and more!...
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NEW YORK to NEW ORLEANS
NEW YEARS EVE JAZZ PARTY
A NYC Jazz-Funk dance party + Mardi Gras menu & lounge
Ring in the New Year at Melodia with a party featuring flavors from the 2 hotbeds of Jazz - NEW YORK & NEW ORLEANS! New York City Jazz-Funk from award-winning trumpeter BROWNMAN collides with an incredible New Orleans menu and Mardi Gras style dance party!
NEW YORK:
A live modern NYC jazz-funk dance party featuring National Jazz Award winning NYC schooled trumpet player BROWNMAN, just back in Toronto from touring with Jay-Z! They'll start with Bird, Miles, Coltrane and then ease their way to the more funkified grooves of Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, and late electric Miles (9pm). During dinner (6-9pm), the classic NYC jazz sounds from Divine MizA will take your through tunes from Billie to Ella and more!
NEW ORLEANS:
An incredible 4-course New Orleans authentic menu (see below), the Voodoo Lounge downstairs features music from New Orleans Golden Age of Jazz (Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller...) & a Mardi Gras style party!
Dress up as a dapper New Yorker, Mad Men style or come in a Mardi Gras costume if you like! Party favors, beads, costume prizes and midnight dessert buffet. Toast & celebrations at midnight! DJ ADU spinning the best of NYC and New Orleans music all night long between live music sets!
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3 Floors will be in play all night!
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UPSTAIRS New York City Jazz-Funk room
9pm-1am : Jazz-Funk party feat. BROWNMAN ELECTRYC QUARTET playing New York City swing early in the night (Miles, Coltrane, Monk, Duke) and easing their way to more electric Jazz-Funk classics from Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Chick Corea, electric-era Miles Davis and more. DJ ADU spinning tunes between sets.
MAIN FLOOR New Orleans Mardi Gras room
6pm-9pm : During dinner -- "Lady Sings The Blues" feat. Divine MizA, tributing classic NYC jazz vocalists (Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and others).
DOWNSTAIRS Voodoo Jazz Lounge
6pm-2am : Chill at the staffed bar in the Voodoo Lounge downstairs, which will play recordings of the Golden Age of Jazz classics (Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong & the Hot Fives, Fats Waller).
DINNER
An incredible 4-Course meal (see MENU below) featuring authentic New Orleans dishes
PLUS
-- Midnight Dessert Buffet
-- Party Favors
-- New Year's Eve Toast at Midnight
-- Beads & Costume Prizes
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TICKET OPTIONS
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SHOW ONLY
$ 49 - advanced
$ 69 - at the door
Limited Availability
DINNER & SHOW
$ 99 - advanced
$120 - at the door
(+ $4.99 additional charge for gratuities)
Limited Seating - please call 905-634-2222 to reserve your seating time
Main dining level is wheelchair accessible
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VIP PACKAGES
GROUP OF 4
$599 + $49 Gratuity
Upper Level Dinner & Show seating & service
1 bottle premium wine
1 bottle Champagne
GROUP OF 8:
$1099 + $90 Gratuity
Upper Level Dinner & Show seating & service
2 bottles premium wine
1 bottle Champagne
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MELODIA, 1445 Elgin St., 905-634-2222
Burlington, Ontario | www.Melodia.ca
(directly across from Burlington Performing Arts Centre)
PARKING AVAILABLE
City Hall (Elgin Street at Locust Street)
Municipal lot #7 (Locust Street, south of Caroline Street)
TWO DINNER SEATINGS
5:00pm - 7:00pm : dinner seating 1
7:30pm - 9:30pm : dinner seating 2
TWO CONCERT PRESENTATIONS
6:00pm - 9:00pm : Divine MizA (main floor)
9:00pm - 1:00am : BROWNMAN ELECTRYC QUARTET (upstairs)
DJ ADU spinning tunes all night between live music sets.
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MENU - Melodia NYE Four Course Dinner
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SOUP COURSE
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Chicken Gumbo with Okra
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Lobster Bisque
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Red Lentil Soup
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APPETIZER COURSE
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Grilled Boston Calamari with Balsamic Reduction and Garnished with Organic Mix
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Mediterranean Sausage with Giant butter Beans and crispy Arugala
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Greek Mediterranean Bruschetta with Feta Cheese
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SALAD COURSE:
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Greek
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Caesar
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MAIN COURSE (Choose One)
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1) Surf & Turf served with Mascarpone, Mashed Potatoes and Grilled Mediterranean Vegetables
2) Chicken Oscar with Crabmeat, Asparagus Topped with Bearnaise Sauce, Roasted Rosemary Potatoes and Grilled Mediterranean Vegetables
3) Seared Halibut Crusted With Almonds Topped with Capers in a Lemon Butter Sauce. Served with Saffron rice, Sauteed Spinach and Butternut Squash
4) Seafood & Sausage Jambalaya with Mussels, Shrimp, Scallops, Mediterranean Sausage
5) Portobello Mushroom, Grilled Mediterranean Vegetables, served with sauteed Spinach and choice of Rice, Mashed Potatoes or Penne Aglio et Olio topped with feta cheese
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PLUS
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-- Midnight Dessert Buffet
-- New Year's Eve Toast at Midnight
-- Party Favours
-- Prizes for Best Costume
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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. 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. In high demand in the 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, 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, is widely regarded as a vanguard for the evolution of Jazz in Canada & is recognized as one of the greatest Miles Davis interpreters in the country.
A highly decorated player, his accolades include 2 National Jazz Awards (and 11 nominations over the years), a CBC Galaxie Rising Star award, a SOCAN composers award, Montreal Jazz Fest's "Grand Prix Du Jazz" award, a Toronto Independent Music Award (& 6 nominations), an induction into the WHO'S WHO IN BLACK CANADA, 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", the Trinidad & Tobago Consulate General awarded him with a citation for being a "Distinguished National of Trinidad", and is listed by Air Canada as one of the "Top 10 reasons to visit Toronto".
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BROWNMAN ELECTRYC QUARTET
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:: Brownman Ali - trumpet (Jay-z, Paul Simon, Guru)
www.Brownman.com TIMA & National Jazz Award winner
:: Dave Restivo - piano (Boss Brass, Mike Murley)
Toronto Jazz Bio National Jazz Award winner
:: Marc Rogers - upright & electric basses (Holly Cole, Nikki Yanofsky)
www.MarcRogers.com National Jazz Award nominee
:: Jeff Halischuk - drums (Del Dako, Akoustic Trio)
Jeff On Facebook Highly sought after
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