BROWNMAN ALI's TRIBUTE TO CLARK TERRY
Internationally acclaimed Trinidadian-born jazz trumpet player BROWNMAN ALI will pay tribute to the legendary CLARK TERRY at this year's Barrie Jazz Festival! Accompanied by an all-star cast of some of Toronto's hottest up-and-coming 20-somethings Toronto has to offer, the Trinidadian-born National Jazz Award winner will lead audiences on a musical journey through Clark Terry's most beloved works -- from his time with the Duke Ellington orchestra, through his tenures with Bob Brookmeyer, to his "Mumbles" years and more much. See a Canadian trumpet great paying tribute to this historic trumpet legend.

:: Brownman Ali - trumpet | www.Brownman.com
:: Nick Maclean - piano | www.NicholasMaclean.com
:: Jesse Dietschi - bass | www.JesseDietschi.com
:: Tyler Goertzen - drums

ABOUT CLARK TERRY:
Known for his work with Duke Ellington and Count Basie, Clark Terry is a Master of Music who has influenced generations of musicians, including Miles Davis and Quincy Jones. Louis Armstrong was his mentor as a youth, and Dizzy Gillespie described him as "the greatest trumpet player on earth". Known for being an incredible technician of the trumpet, during his years with the Duke Ellington orchestra he was often the featured soloist in styles ranging from bebop to swing to hardbop. After leaving Ellington he became the first Afro-American musician in the “Tonight Show” band at NBC, where he created “Mumbles”, a unique scat singing improvisation that became a hit with musicians worldwide. While a member of JATP (Jazz At The Philarmonic), Clark Terry became known for his performances with Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan, Ernie Wilkins, Barney Kessel, Roy Eldridge, JJ Johnson, Lalo Schifrin, Clifford Brown, Bob Brookmeyer and many more. His Big Band - The Clark Terry Big Bad Band - was a favourite of the time in the big band community. His educational work is unique and magnificent, and his impact on trumpet players and jazz musicians around the globe continues long after his death. To celebrate his contributions to jazz education, he has been honored with fifteen honorary doctorates, and three adjunct professorships. He has also received numerous awards from high schools, junior high schools and elementary schools where he has shared his knowledge of jazz. Among his many awards, he has received honors from his hometown in St. Louis, Missouri which include a Hall of Fame Award from Vashon High School; a Walk of Fame Award and Star on Blueberry Hill in St. Louis, and a life-sized wax figure and memorabilia display at the Griot Museum. Clark has received dozens of other Hall and Wall of Fame Awards, Jazz Master Awards, keys to cities, lifetime achievement awards (four were presented to him in 2010), trophies, plaques and other prestigious awards. The French and Austrian Governments presented him with their esteemed Arts and Letters Awards, and he was knighted in Germany.

ABOUT BROWNMAN ALI:
Trinidadian-born, NYC-schooled & heralded as “Canada’s preeminent Jazz trumpeter” by NYC’s Village Voice, multi-award winning trumpet player Brownman Ali stands at the forefront of innovation in the Canadian jazz community. A protégé 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 2009 he launched his own record label: Browntasauras Records, which saw the Electryc Trio's flagship release "Juggernaut" shoot to number 3 on the iTunes USA jazz charts. The label is now a home to all his ensembles. In high demand in 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 recorded or toured with the likes of Guru's Jazzmatazz (replacing Donald Byrd in that primordial ensemble), Mos Def, KRS-1, Jay-z, Quincy Jones, Paul Simon, Mingus Dynasty Big Band, Gary Bartz, John Scofield, Wayne Shorter, Chucho Valdes & far too many more to name here. Brownman is nationally recognized as one of the most unique and provocative improvising trumpet players in the nation and is widely regarded as a vanguard for the evolution of Jazz in Canada. A highly decorated artist, his accolades include 2 National Jazz Awards (11 nominations over the years), a CBC Galaxie Rising Star award, a SOCAN composers award, Montreal Jazz Fest's "Grand Prix Du Jazz" award, 2 Toronto Independent Music Award (& 9 nominations), an International Independent Music Award, 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 was once listed by Air Canada as one of the "Top 10 reasons to visit Toronto".