Brownman & ARECIBO (Latin-Jazz) at Monarchs Pub (in the Chelsea Hotel)

A new deeply exploratory latin-jazz outfit delving into Cuban, Puerto Rican and Brazilian modern jazz traditions in the New York latin-jazz spirit of Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band featuring some of Toronto’s most acclaimed jazz and latin music specialists. The group is named after the Arecibo radio telescope housed in Puerto Rico – the largest radio telescope in the world, responsible for the deepest exploration of space mankind has achieved to date.

Live review of a concert
written by Jazz Blogger Conrad Gayle :

"Brownman Ali does it again being the great mastermind of creating bands as vehicles for his creative output...

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A new deeply exploratory latin-jazz outfit delving into Cuban, Puerto Rican and Brazilian modern jazz traditions in the New York latin-jazz spirit of Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band featuring some of Toronto’s most acclaimed jazz and latin music specialists. The group is named after the Arecibo radio telescope housed in Puerto Rico – the largest radio telescope in the world, responsible for the deepest exploration of space mankind has achieved to date.

Live review of a concert
written by Jazz Blogger Conrad Gayle :

"Brownman Ali does it again being the great mastermind of creating bands as vehicles for his creative output. His unbridled versatility always pays huge dividends when he adapts and integrates his own unique jazz voice to straight ahead jazz, funk, hip-hop and Latin sounds, and this quartet is yet another example of his chameleon like abilities to fit into any mode of music. In Arecibo he has assembled a great band that brings all 4 of the forementioned elements together into a sound that - like the trumpet player himself - is one-of-a-kind with it's own special identity. His trumpet playing is full of fire, life, and vivacity. As I watch him play I feel pride in the fact that he is often considered Canada's answer to another great trumpeter and innovator -- Miles Davis. Though Brownman's own energized playing style is significantly different from Miles, his similarly driving need to push the envelope of the idioms he makes music in is always evident."

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