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Cyro Baptista’s Banquet of the Spirits: Infinito

Read "Infinito" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Infinito, ultima fatica di studio del percussionista brasiliano Cyro Baptista, è un ottimo esempio di ciò che può succedere quando una tecnica impeccabile, un certo attaccamento alle proprie radici e un approccio musicale privo di preconcetti si incontrano. Il “banchetto degli spiriti" con cui Baptista si accomoda stavolta è composto da un mucchio selvaggio di musicisti come Erik Friedlander, Romero Lubambo, Brian Marsella, Tim Keiper, Shanir E. Blumenkrantz, Anat Cohen, e il collettivo di percussionisti Maracatu New York. Infinito è ...

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Kevin Breit & Cyro Baptista: Supergenerous

Read "Supergenerous" reviewed by Mark Corroto


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Less is more.

For a duo collaboration effort known as Supergenerous, less is more than enough. Canadian guitarist Kevin Breit and Brazilian percussionist Cyro Baptiste teamed with producer Craig Street (the mind behind Cassandra Wilson’s successful Blue Note albums) to tailor a minimalist jazz/country/folk/funk session. Baptiste, and Breit who supplied the sparse sounds behind Wilson’s New Moon Daughter, recreate a similar atmosphere stirring a found sounds soup of postmodernism. Baptiste a percussion legend in Downtown ...


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