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Sunday, July 20, 2025

World-class jazz trumpeter comes home to perform

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In­ter­na­tion­al­ly ac­claimed jazz trum­pet play­er Brown­man Ali re­turns to T&T for two ex­clu­sive and in­ti­mate con­certs at Port-of-Spain's Liveart Bistro on March 1 and 2.

Born in T& and schooled in New York City, Brown­man is con­sid­ered an icon­ic name in the Cana­di­an jazz com­mu­ni­ty and was de­scribed as "Cana­da's pre-em­i­nent jazz trum­pet play­er" by New York's Vil­lage Voice mag­a­zine.

The award-win­ning jazz trum­pet vir­tu­oso has worked with the likes of Quin­cy Jones, KRS-1, hip-hop leg­end Gu­ru and Mos Def. He al­so re­cent­ly con­clud­ed a tour with the renowned Paul Si­mon.

Brown­man, now based in Toron­to, was in T&T last month on a writ­ing re­treat fund­ed by the Cana­da Coun­cil for the Arts. He in­tend­ed to use the is­land of his birth as in­spi­ra­tion for new com­po­si­tions for his record la­bel Brown­tasauras Records.

His time in T&T led to new con­nec­tions to the is­land and an­oth­er vis­it for se­cret record­ing ses­sions in To­ba­go. "I'm un­for­tu­nate­ly not at lib­er­ty to di­vulge who the ses­sions are with, but it's fan­tas­tic to be back home so soon," said Brown­man in a re­lease.

The Jazz Al­liance of Trinidad and To­ba­go leapt at the chance to present Brown­man again–hav­ing pre­sent­ed a mas­ter­class and jam ses­sion with him last month–and moved quick­ly to as­sem­ble two con­cert nights in T&T.

The shows will fea­ture the Brown­man Elec­tryc Trio–Trinidad Edi­tion. The group, a spe­cial T&T per­mu­ta­tion of his award-win­ning elec­tric-jazz trio, will fea­ture T&T's own top-shelf jazz artists Sean Thomas on drums and BJ Saun­ders on bass.

"Brown­man is an in­cred­i­ble force to work with. His trum­pet skills are awe in­spir­ing, but so is his sense of con­nect­ing with peo­ple." said Thomas.

"That com­bi­na­tion is rare. His en­er­gy is so strong and his spir­it so in­fec­tious, we're pushed to be the best we can be. BJ and I can't wait!"

The shows will be held on March 1 and 2 at Liveart Bistro, No 5 Al­bion Street, Port-of-Spain, three min­utes west of the Na­tion­al Acad­e­my for Per­form­ing Arts (NA­PA)–at 8.30 pm.

For more in­for­ma­tion on Brown­man Ali vis­it www.Brown­man.com.


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