MY HOUSE TIFF JAZZ SERIES 2025
- Nick Maclean
- Sep 4, 2025
- 4 min read
VERY thrilled to be performing in My House's TIFF Jazz series next week! I'm playing in a bunch of fantastic shows including a tribute to HERBIE HANCOCK on Tue, a tribute to PRESTIGE ERA MILES DAVIS on Wed, and Brownman Ali's fiery latin jazz group ARECIBO on Fri!
Can't wait to share the stage again with Brown as well as the Nick Maclean Quartet rhythm section Bennett Young and Jacob Wutzke (back home from NYC!) for both tribute nights as well as the mighty Joaquin Nunez Hidalgo and Marc Decho for Arecibo. Lots of jazz fun and deep exploration to be had, don't miss it!
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MY HOUSE TIFF JAZZ SERIES 2025
"A jazz concert series where TIFF goers can keep the party going after their screenings. Running Sept 9 to 12 -- 4 days of the nation's best jazz musicians will converge in the Junction's own MY HOUSE during TIFF (Toronto International Jazz Fest), feat. Artist-in-Residence BROWNMAN ALI on trumpet, who splits his time between Toronto's Junction and Brooklyn, NY."
@ My House, 2882 Dundas St. West, Toronto, 416-604-4555
All tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/4558703
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Tue-Sep-09, 7pm, $20
HERBIE HANCOCK TRIBUTE
feat. Nick Maclean
(classic jazz)
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Wed-Sep-10, 7pm, $20
MILES DAVIS: The PRESTIGE YEARS
feat. Brownman Ali
(classic jazz)
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Thr-Sep-11, 7pm, $20
BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO
feat. Jacob Wutzke
(electric-jazz)
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Fri-Sep-12, 8pm, $20
ARECIBO
feat. Joaquin Nunez Hidalgo
(Latin-jazz)
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From Press Release:
Film and Jazz have long gone hand in hand... Toronto's MY HOUSE in the Junction live music venue & restaurant has teamed up with Brooklyn, NY's Browntasauras Records -- who has a studio in the Junction -- to bring you some of the best jazz in the country during this year's Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). This year features Artist-In-Residence BROWNMAN ALI as the series' Artistic Director. Up from Brooklyn, NY and in Toronto in this September for the series, this 10x Global Music Award winner, 12x JUNO Award nominee and GRAMMY long-lister will be on stage every night during the festival as either a sideman or a leader, and has hand-picked all the top-shelf musicians involved in the 1st annual My House TIFF Jazz Series, where TIFF goers can keep the party going after their screenings. Come to My House in the Junction for an unforgettable jazz experience this September during TIFF!
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Brought to you by Dufferin Gate Studios, My House, Browntasauras Records, Nick Maclean Productions
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FULL SCHEDULE INFO :
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Tue-Sep-09, 7pm, $20 adv, $30 door, $15 students
HERBIE HANCOCK TRIBUTE feat. Nick Maclean
(classic jazz)
Herbie Hancock, legendary pianist and composer, revolutionized jazz through his work with Miles Davis’s Second Great Quintet and as a pioneer of post-bop, funk, and synth-driven jazz. JUNO nominated piano & synth wizard Nick Maclean, leads a elite synergistic quartet featuring some of Toronto's finest in a 2-set tribute: Set 1 covers Hancock’s Blue Note and Miles-era classics, while Set 2 will dive into the funk-driven grooves of Head Hunters. Buckle up for a night of Herbie you won't forget!
:: Nick Maclean - piano & synths
:: Brownman Ali - trumpet & effects
:: Bennett Young - upright & electric basses
:: Jacob Wutzke - drums
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Wed-Sep-10, 7pm, $20 adv, $30 door, $15 students
MILES DAVIS: The PRESTIGE YEARS
(classic jazz)
Hailed as “one of the greatest interpreters of Miles Davis' work in Canada” (Hamilton Spectator), multi award-winning trumpet iconoclast Brownman Ali leads a tribute to a pivotal chapters in Miles'history. From 1951 to 1956, Miles would record a string of groundbreaking albums for Prestige Records, including Cookin’, Relaxin’, Workin’, and Steamin’ -- music that blended bebop virtuosity with a cool, lyrical sensibility that reshaped modern jazz. Brownman and a selection of top-shelf jazz artists will explore these recordings channeling the intensity and innovation of Miles’ early genius.
:: Brownman Ali - trumpet (JUNO nominee)
:: Nick Maclean - keyboard (JUNO nominee)
:: Bennett Young - upright bass (JUNO nominee)
:: Jacob Wutzke - drums (JUNO nominee)
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Thr-Sep-11, 7pm, $20 adv, $30 door, $15 students
BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO
(electric-jazz)
2x National Jazz Award winners BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO is an electric-jazz powerhouse colliding Black American Music artforms (hip-hop, funk, soul, r’n’b, jungle) with jazz narratives, extrapolating the ideologies of Miles Davis & Randy Brecker. This dynamic internationally acclaimed threesome combines virtuosic performance skills with a deep knowledge of the jazz lineage, all set against an energized urban sonic backdrop, their chart-topping albums “Juggernaut” and “Gravitation” capturing this energy perfectly and was recently heralded as "the new standard in jazz" by NPR, NYC. As a special treat -- just back from NY, Jacob Wutzke will be filling in on drums!
:: Brownman Ali - electric trumpet (Brooklyn, NY)
:: Matt Gruebner - 6-string electric bass (Auckland, NZ)
:: Jacob Wutzke - drums (Montreal, QC)
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Fri-Sep-12, 8pm, $25 adv, $35 door, $15 students
ARECIBO feat. Joaquin Nunez Hidalgo
(Latin-jazz)
This exciting Latin-jazz outfit delves deeply into both Cuban and Brazilian modern jazz traditions, modeled after the New York Latin-jazz spirit of Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band and featuring some of Toronto’s most acclaimed jazz and Latin music specialists, all under the direction of 2x National Jazz Award trumpet player BROWNMAN ALI (who also leads the much lauded Latin-jazz group CRUZAO, winners of the Montreal Jazz Fest's "Grand Prix Du Jazz Award").
:: Brownman Ali - trumpet (Trinidad)
:: Nick Maclean -- keyboard (Canada)
:: Marc Decho - 6-string electric bass (Canada)
:: Joaquin Nunez Hidalgo - drums (Cuba)
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