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Brownman & CRUZAO LATIN-JAZZ TRIO at TD Toronto Jazz Festival at Poetry Jazz Cafe
Courtesy of Andrew Nicholson | Posted on April 5, 2014
Where
Poetry Jazz Cafe
TD Toronto Jazz Festival
224 Augusta Ave.
Toronto
Map
416-599-5299
When
Tue, June 24, 2014
21:00
At Door
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Musicians
About
This group, in it's full 5-man configuration, has been called "Canada's premiere latin-jazz ensemble" by the Toronto Star. CRUZAO LATIN-JAZZ TRIO is a compact, stripped down version of that award-winning ensemble at 3-man large. Sporting a modified repertoire written specifically for this smaller permutation the trio features the talents of Paco Luviano on bass (from Mexico), Amhed Mitchel on drums (from Cuba), under the leadership of trumpet player Brownman Ali (from Trinidad) heralded as "Canada's preeminent jazz trumpet player" by New York City's Village Voice magazine.
Rarely in Canada amidst a frenetic global touring schedule with the likes of everyone from Grammy-winning jazz-hip-hop legends GURU's JAZZMATAZZ (for whom he was the featured soloist from 2006 to 2010), to PAUL SIMON (whom he was recently on the road with), to QUINCY JONES (whom he worked with last year), to IRAKERE (whom he toured with after CRUZAO headlined the Havana Jazz Festival), to his own National Jazz Award winning group BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO -- his bombastic and eclectic improvising style has brought him much respect with international artists across multiple diverse genres, and is now widely considered a vanguard for the evolution of jazz in Canada....