Kevin Breit is a Canadian musician from Northern Canada. Breit has collaborated in numerous bands, and recorded solo albums on his own Poverty Playlist label, and Stony Plain Records. He is also well known for session work on numerous Grammy award winning albums by a wide range of artists including
Cassandra Wilson
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and
Norah Jones .
Projects
Kevin Breit is the leader of the quartet Sisters Euclid, comprising Breit, Ian DeSouza, Gary Taylor and Mark Lalama. Sisters Euclid formed in 1996, and have earned Juno and National Jazz Awards. In 2006, they released an instrumental
jazz fusion
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album of
Neil Young
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songs entitled ''Run Neil Run''.
Kevin and Cyro Baptista formed Supergenerous in 1998 and were signed to Blue Note Records.They recorded two records together.
Breit is a member of The Stretch Orchestra with fellow "quite tall" musicians
Matt Brubeck
Charles Matthew "Matt" Brubeck (born May 9, 1961) is an American cellist, bassist, keyboardist, composer, and arranger. He is both a performer of classical music and jazz and rock.
Early life and career
Matt Brubeck was born in Norwalk, Conne ...
and drummer Jesse Stewart. Their self titled recording won a Juno Award in 2012 for Best Instrumental Album.
Kevin and Harry Manx have recorded three albums together, collecting a Maple Blues Award. He also performs as a solo artist, and as a member of the folk group ''Folkalarm''.
Breit's "Ernesto and Delilah" earned a National Folk Award.
Session work
Breit has performed on albums that have earned 13
Grammy Award
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s,
recording with Cassandra Wilson, Norah Jones, k.d lang, Hugh Laurie, Rosanne Cash, Holly Cole, Serena Ryder, Amos Lee, Carlos Del Junco, Molly Johnson, Marc Jordan, Natalie MacMaster, Michael Kaeshammer, Quartette, Ian Tyson, Malcolm Burn, Suzie Vinnick, Susanna Baca, Janis Ian, Jeb Loy Nichols, Jane Siberry, Yvette Tollar, Lynne Myles, The Wailin Jennies, the Barra MacNeills, Sylvia Tyson, Ruth Moody, Dal Bello, Steve Bell, Lynn Hanson, John McDermott, Lindy Ortega, and many others. .
Discography
* ''In Good We Trust'' (2007) Harry Manx & Kevin Breit
* ''Maybelle and Empty'' (2010)
* ''Supergenerous & Sao Paulo Slim'' (with
Cyro Baptista
Cyro Baptista (born December 23, 1950) is a Brazilian percussionist in jazz and world music. He creates many of the percussion instruments he plays.
Career
Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Baptista arrived in the U.S. in 1980 with a scholarship to C ...
) (2010)
* ''Best of Folkalarm'' (2010)
* ''Strictly Whatever'' (2011)
Harry Manx
Harry Manx (born 1955) is a Canadian musician who blends blues, folk music, and Hindustani classical music. His official website describes his music as being a "blend Indian folk melodies with slide guitar blues, add a sprinkle of gospel and ...
& Kevin Breit
* ''Burnt Bulb on Broadway'' (2011)
* ''Simple Earnest Plea'' (2011)
* ''Field Recording'' (2013)
* ''Ernesto and Delilah'' (with
Rebecca Jenkins
Rebecca Jenkins (born 1959) is a Canadian actress and singer.
Acting
She had starring roles in the 1990s CBC series '' Black Harbour'', and the films '' Bye Bye Blues'', '' Marion Bridge'', '' Wilby Wonderful'', ''Whole New Thing'', '' South o ...
) (2015)
* ''Johnny Goldtooth and the Chevy Casanovas'' (2017)
* ''Stella Bella Strada'' (2019)
* ''Yearning Soul Rebellion'' (2022)
As guest
* 2003 ''
Johnny's Blues: A Tribute to Johnny Cash'' (
Northern Blues
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)
References
External links
The Sisters Euclid and Kevin Breit Website* http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-sisters-euclid-mn0001361732/biography
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Canadian session musicians
People from Wellington County, Ontario
Canadian folk guitarists
Canadian male guitarists
Canadian jazz guitarists
Canadian rock guitarists
Canadian mandolinists
People from Sudbury District
Musicians from Ontario
Canadian Folk Music Award winners
Canadian male jazz musicians
Stony Plain Records artists