Electric Miles 100

Name: Electric Miles 100
Start: 2026-05-27T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Helliwell Ln, St Catharines, ON L2R, Canada

Schedule

Wed, 27 May, 2026 at 08:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Helliwell Ln, St Catharines, ON L2R, Canada | St. Catharines, ON

In celebration of the centennial of MILES DAVIS’ birth, this ELECTRIC MILES concert sees GRAMMY Award nominee, 2x National Jazz Award winner, and Jay-Z, Kanye West & Missy Elliot alumni BROWNMAN ALI takes Niagara region audiences on a chronological journey through Miles Davis’ electric period, tracing his groundbreaking output from 1969 through to his final explorations bridging jazz and hip-hop. Described as “one of Canada’s greatest interpreters of Miles Davis’ music,” by the Hamilton Spectator, this trumpet-playing iconoclast brings a deeply authentic and high-energy tribute to this pivotal era of the jazz artform.
Legendary as a kind of line in the sand challenging jazz fans during the ascendance of electric, psychedelic rock, "In a Silent Way" (Columbia Records, 1969) hinted at the repetitive polyrhythms Davis would employ throughout the early '70s. Glistening against his new group's strange admixture of musical moods, Miles would stay on this "electric" path right in to the '80's, continually exploring these textures with newer and younger generations of musicians such as Marcus Miller and John Scofield. Miles' entire electric era partook generously of electric piano, synthesizer and bass tonal colourings previously explored in acoustic settings, but this last era of Miles' career is now in the history books as clearly Electric-Jazz : part ambient color exploration, part groove- inflected energy and vibe, and part outright maverick creativity.
Brownman Ali and an all-star cast of Canada’s top-tier performers will take audiences through a whirlwind cavalcade of hand-picked selections spanning Miles' entire electric era -- from '69 to '91 -- discussing each tune and it's place in Miles' pantheon of work as he performs them. Part engaging performance, part masterclass in Miles -- you won't want to miss this!
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:: BROWNMAN ALI - electric trumpet (GRAMMY nominee)
:: NICK MACLEAN - keyboards (JUNO nominee)
:: SAM DICKINSON - guitar (Russ Macklem)
:: JORDAN PELUNSKY - 6-string electric bass (20 year old bass phenom)
:: ADAM MANSFIELD - drums (Brownman Electryc Trio)
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Helliwell Hall
107 St Paul St, St. Catharines
7:00pm -- doors
8:00pm -- show
Tickets: hwww.showpass.com/miles-100
Presented by JADE Niagara & Browntasauras Records
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About BROWNMAN ALI | www.Brownman.com
Born in Trinidad, school in NY, mentored by the great Randy Brecker, and now splitting his time between Brooklyn, NY and Toronto, ON, Brownman has been heralded by the NY Village Voice as “Canada’s preeminent jazz trumpet player”. From 2006 to 2010, Brownman toured the globe as the featured soloist with the legendary New York City jazz-hip-hop artist GURU (of Gangstarr fame) in his JAZZMATAZZ ensemble, and now has been called upon by the likes of Jay-z, Beyonce, Kayne West, Paul Simon & Quincy Jones. In December 2009, Brownman launched his own independent record label BROWNTASAURAS RECORDS as a home to the 8 ensembles he leads and actively writes. Today, all artists signed to his label receive 100% of all proceeds, by design. A highly decorated artist, Brownman is a JUNO nominated, GRAMMY long-listed, 10x Global Music Award & 2x National Jazz Award winner, now widely known as one of the most provocative and daring voices on jazz trumpet in North America.