Kaleidoscope Brown: CRUZAO LATIN-JAZZ TRIO:April 22
Kaleidoscope Brown with CRUZAO LATIN-JAZZ TRIO: Sunday, April 22. 8:00pm. $15 door/$10 all 
artists/students. A compact, 3-man, stripped down version of the award-winning larger ensemble. Sporting a modified reportoire 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. http://cruzao.brownman.com
