As
is typified in the jazz tradition, Brownman likes to "call tunes" on stage,
rather than use a fixed and standardized set list, often reading the audience
and making on the fly decisions. This brings a more organic feel
to sets and allows the trio to deeply sonically explore tunes. Below
is a list of tunes Brown will usually call from, creating a mix between
his own originals & uniquely re-invented & re-worked jazz standards
(all standards the ensemble plays features specific arrangements, and are
never "stock" renditions) :
1 -
appears
on Juggernaut (Browntasauras Records, 2009)
2
- appears on Gravitation
(Browntasauras Records, 2013)
- 2
Catholic
School Girls (Brownman)
- funk in 10/4
- 2
Chocalet
Citeh (Brownman)
- urban groove in 7/8
- 2
Irrational
Funktion (Brownman)
- highly syncopated funk
- 2
Anxiety
& The Creature Within (Brownman)
- dark funk ala Steve Coleman
- 2
Splatch
(Marcus Miller)
- Miles Davis '80s funk
- 2
Cantaloupe
Island (Herbie
Hancock) - medium cool & breezy
- 2
Recorda
Me (Joe Henderson)
- w/ a hip-hop vibe ala DJ Premier
- 2
Caravan
(Duke Ellington)
- dancehall A section w/ Cuban songo bridge
- 2
There
Will Never Be Another You (standard)
- with a funky backbeat
- 2
Lady
Bird (Tadd
Dameron) - medium funk
- 2
Bye
Bye Blackbird (Ray
Henderson) - as a slow R'n'B
- 1
Yesteryear
(Brownman) -
fast funk
- 1
Evolution
Revolution (Brownman)
- hip-hip w/ drum'n'bass interlude
- 1
Juggernaut
(Brownman) -
burning fast drum'n'bass w/ Cuban solo section
- 1
26-2
(Coltrane) -
hip-hop
- 1
Stolen
Moments (Oliver
Nelson) - with a House beat ala King Britt
- 1
Red
Clay (Freddie
Hubbard) - w/ a hip-hop ala Tribe Called Quest
- Wongee
(Brownman)
- funkified Cuban groove
- Neo-Terra
(Freddie Hubbard)
- medium funk/disco
- Black
Satin (Miles
Davis) - fast funk ala Weather Report
- Four
(Miles)
- medium boogaloo vibe
- Jean
Pierre (Miles)
- dark, foreboding hip-hop
- Footprints
(Wayne Shorter)
- we do it in a funkified 4, instead of 6
- Chameleon
(Herbie Hancock)
- faster than the original, more electronic
- Night
& Day (Cole
Porter) - usually as a funkified samba
- Song
For My Father (Horace
Silver) - as a Cuban cha-cha-cha
- A
Night In Tunisia (Dizzy
Gillespie) - funky boogaloo vibe
- Take
the A-Train (Duke
Ellington) - w/ a drum'n'bass vibe |