Thr-Feb-14: Valentine's Day dinner/concert @ Zemra w/ Brownman Love Quartet

Celebrate Valentine's Day in culinary style at Toronto's stylish Zemra Lounge with a world-class jazz quartet. Choose from a variety of succulent dinner options to accompany a feature concert by the BROWNMAN LOVE QUARTET, dedicated to jazz romance on this special evening. Widely known for his bombastic and energized playing style, this is an opportunity to see the softer side of Brownman's abilities this Valentine's Day, as he leads an all-star quartet through some of the most delicious love-standards in jazz history, playing only tunes with the word "love" in it's title and emphasizing his dark-toned flugelhorn skills.

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Thr-Feb-14, 2013, 8:00pm
BROWNMAN LOVE QUARTET – Valentine’s Day Concert & Dinner
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@ Zemra Lounge | www.ZemraBarLounge.com
778 St. Clair Ave. West, 416-6513123
:: $45 per person - 3-course dinner, welcome cocktail & concert
:: $35 per person - 2-course dinner (pick any 2) & concert
:: $15 per person - concert only (or 2-for-$25 concert only)
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For reservations & advance tickets:
info@ZemraBarLounge.com or call 416-651-3123
All info (including menu & players): www.love.brownman.com
Facebook Event: www.facebook.com/events/462996097099258
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Just back in Toronto after a month long writing retreat in Trinidad, for this special Valentine's Day concert, award-winning jazz trumpet player Brownman Ali and this aptly named "Love Quartet" will play selections from the great American songbook that feature the word "love" in it's title. Expect to hear Cole Porter's "Love for Sale" & "I Love You", Jimmy Davis' "Lover Man", Isham Jones' "There Is No Greater Love" and Jimmy Van Heusen's "Like Someone In Love" amongst a long list of classics.
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BROWNMAN LOVE QUARTET is
:: Brownman Ali – trumpet / flugelhorn www.Brownman.com
:: Dave Restivo – piano www.MySpace.com/DaveRestivo
:: Mark Cashion – bass
:: Jeff Halischuk – drums www.MySpace.com/JeffHalischuk

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ABOUT BROWNMAN
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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. Tirelessly leading 7 unique ensembles of his own (including the internationally acclaimed BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO, and the award-winning CRUZAO latin-jazz quintet), when not in high demand in the studio world he is considered to be one of the most unique and provocative improvising trumpet players on the scene today and is widely regarded as a vanguard for the evolution of Jazz in Canada. A highly decorated player, his accolades include several National Jazz Awards, a CBC Galaxie Rising Star award, a SOCAN composers award, a Toronto Independent Music Award, NOW magazine naming him "Jazz Artist of the Year", CBC Radio Canada citing him as "one of the most recorded trumpet player in Canadian history", an induction into the WHO'S WHO IN BLACK CANADA and is listed by Air Canada as one of the "top 10 reasons to visit Toronto".
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Website – www.Brownman.com
Facebook – www.FB.Brownman.com
YouTube – www.YouTube.Brownman.com
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See Brownman playing Bye Bye Blackbird on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWIPlgSrDGQ

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MENU - the 2013 Valentine's Day special menu
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Starter
- bread and feature dip

Appetizers
wild mushroom cappuccino, with truffle foam & sumac dust
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beet trio: golden, red & candy-cane beets, sweet & bitter greens,
shaved goat cheese, pistachio, honey cider vinaigrette
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shrimp & avocado rolls with pineapple cranberry chutney

Mains
mediterranean seafood cioppino with saffron and fennel
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grilled rib-eye steak in a bittersweet chocolate port reduction
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roasted cornish hen with honey, ginger and pomegranate
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spinach and ricotta raviolini, wild mushrooms, cherry tomatos,
roast garlic & truffle cream

Dessert
- decadent dessert platter

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EVENT SPONSORS:
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:: Zemra Bar Lounge - www.ZemraBarLounge.com
:: Trane Live Events - www.TraneStudio.com
:: Brownman Music Inc. - www.Brownman.com
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:: Media Inquires: Andrew Nicholson – andrew@brownman.com