Acclaimed jazz trumpet player Brownman Ali & crew play the entire Michael Jackson "Thriller" recording and lots of other classic MJ, re-interpreted and reworked for this one-of-a-kind Halloween party!

Sat-Nov-01, 9pm, $10

May Cafe, 876 Dundas St. W., Toronto

www.MayToronto.com 647-607-2032

:: Brownman Ali - electric trumpet & spookiness

:: Patrick Hewan - keyboards & ghoulishness

:: Brad Cheeseman - electric bass & creepiness

:: Marito Marques - drums & goblinishness

Dress up if you like - it's Halloween Weekend!!!

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ABOUT BROWNMAN -- Heralded as Canadas preeminent Jazz trumpeter by NYCs Village Voice, Brownman Ali - born on the small Caribbean island of Trinidad, & schooled in NYC - is a multiple award-winning NYC-schooled protg to his teacher, Grammy-winning trumpet legend, Randy Brecker. He tirelessly leads 7 unique ensembles of his own including the internationally acclaimed Miles Davis influenced BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO, and the award-winning CRUZAO latin-jazz quintet. In high demand in the the studio world with over 300 CD appearances to date, Brownman delivers stylistically authentic horn playing over a wide range of styles from bebop to hiphop having worked with the likes of Guru's Jazzmatazz replacing Donald Byrd in that primordial ensemble, Mos Def, KRS-1, Quincy Jones, Paul Simon, Mingus Dynasty Big Band, Gary Bartz, Chucho Valdes & far too many more to name here. He is considered to be one of the most unique and provocative improvising trumpet players in the nation today and is widely regarded as a vanguard for the evolution of Jazz in Canada. A highly decorated player, his accolades include 2 National Jazz Awards and 11 nominations over the years, a CBC Galaxie Rising Star award, a SOCAN composers award, Montreal Jazz Fest's "Grand Prix Du Jazz" award, a Toronto Independent Music Award & 6 nominations, an induction into the WHO'S WHO IN BLACK CANADA, a BRAVO! channel documentary on his life, NOW magazine naming him "Toronto's Best Jazz Musician", CBC Radio Canada named him "one of the most recorded trumpet players in Canadian history", the Trinidad & Tobago Consulate General awarded him with a citation for being a "Distinguished National of Trinidad", and is listed by Air Canada as one of the "Top 10 reasons to visit Toronto".