::: NEW! :::
Limited Edition Tour Poster for Banquet of the Spirit's Europe 2010 Tour by Nate Duval
Each poster is a 3-color 18" x 24" print hand silk screened by the artist - Nate Duval!
** This is a VERY limited run of 90 Prints!!!! **
Nate Duval is a rising star in design world. We're so lucky that he embraced us into his universe! His collaborations with bands such as Phish, Wilco, Gomez, Keller Williams and many more have earned him the highest praises within music community! We were so impressed by his work, we commissioned him to come up with a poster design for our tour of Europe. After taking the time to really get to know the band's music and familiarizing himself with the concept of 'anthropofagia' - Nate came up with this amazing design!
Note from the Artist:
The band is extremely rhythmic in nature, so I wanted to make an image that would vibrate, dance and move as much as possible. The repetitive, geometric nature of the illustration matches the sound and also makes for a very cool looking piece of art! I also like how the kaleidoscoping image appears to travel all the way into space, and then brings you back around, which touches on the Anthropological theme!
We couldn't agree more with Nate and hope this is a long standing relationship with many more tour posters for years to come!
Check out Nate's remarkable silk screening process
Each poster will be hand-signed by the members of Banquet of the Spirits before being shipped!
ORDER THIS COLLECTORS ITEM NOW - ONCE THE PRINTS ARE GONE, THEY'RE GONE FOR GOOD!!
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Price: $25.00 (+s&h)*
::: SPECIAL OFFER :::
Purchase the Tour Poster with either Banquet of the Spirits CD and save!!!
While supplies last, when you buy the Banquet of the Spirits poster with a Banquet of the Spirits Album, YOU SAVE!!! Choose from Infinito or Banquet of the Spirits.
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CYRO BAPTISTA'S BANQUET OF THE SPIRITS
Infinito TZADIK 2009
"We are spiritual beings having a human experience. We came from the INFINITO to give our shout for peace"
One of the greatest Brazilian percussionists working today, Cyro Baptista has worked closely with Herbie Hancock, Paul Simon, Trey Anastasio, Sting, Wynton Marsalis, Yo Yo Ma, Laurie Anderson and countless others. His newest band, Banquet of the Spirits is augmented here by an array of his most distinguished musical associates in a delightful program of experimental Brazilian pop songs. Another wonderful CD from the driving force of Beat The Donkey, Vira Loucos and so much more.
INFINITO is the highly anticipated follow up to the critically acclaimed self titled debut album by Cyro's newest project - BANQUET OF THE SPIRITS. For this project, Cyro handpicked three of the fastest rising stars in the "downtown music" scene. Brian Marsella on keyboards and melodica (Beat The Donkey & Matisyahu), Shanir Blumenkanz on bass and oud (Pharaoh's Daughter) and Tim Keiper on drumset (Beat The Donkey & Vieux Farka Touré) make up the core band.
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Check out more about the band: www.myspace.com/banquetofthespirits
Price: $15.00 (+s&h)*
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CYRO BAPTISTA
Banquet of the Spirits TZADIK 2008
Featuring:
Cyro Baptista (percussion, vocals)
Brian Marsella (piano, keyboards, balafon)
Tim Keiper (drums, percussion)
Shanir Blumenkranz (acoustic/electric bass, oud, gimbre)
Banquet of the Spirits features the tight new quartet led by maestro Cyro Baptista— the fabulous percussionist who has performed with everyone from Herbie Hancock and Yo-Yo Ma to Laurie Anderson, Paul Simon and Medeski, Martin and Wood. Cyro’s endless sonic curiosity and intense rhythmic drive has never been stronger in these fabulous and imaginative original songs. Featuring three of the best young musicians out of the downtown scene and some very special guests, the music jumps from a whisper to a scream and never misses a beat. Delightful music from one of the world’s greatest and most adventurous Brazilian musicians.
The quartet embodies the philosophy of Anthropofagia, a Brazilian cultural movement from the 1920's. The band, is a musical manifestation of the process of eating, swallowing, and digesting all the tendencies that are part of the sonic landscape and our environment. The music is the product of all sounds that they have collectively consumed over the years; some of them they've digested and others they have rejected. After that, it has been difficult to identify what belongs to what country, culture, or religion.
Track Listing:
- Tutubole
- Bird Boy
- Macunaima
- Mumakata
- Nana & Tom
- Tupinambås
- Argan
- Typing with Oswald de Andrade
- Lamento Maurisco
- Malinye
- Anthropofagia
Audio clips and more at http://www.myspace.com/banquetofthespirits
Price: $15.00 (+s&h)
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SUPERGENEROUS
São Paulo Slim OMM MUSIC 2008
Kevin Breit (Guitar)
Cyro Baptista (Percussion)
with Ian de Souza (Bass)
Featuring: Cassandra Wilson and Sue Patrick Breit
Supergenerous is both eclectic and natural, sublime and extreme. It is the brilliant collision of Canadian multi-instrumentalist Kevin Breit with Brazilian multi-rhythmic Cyro Baptista, and what it sounds like when the jungle meets the street. Separate, these two musicians are utterly amazing. Breit paints textures and colors with his guitar and assorted stringed things without relying too much on technology. There is some dressing and looping, but it’s typically from his fingers to your ears, that’s about it. Breit’s tone is picturesque, but not literal --- Baptista’s is. Baptista is a mad scientist who incorporates sounds of nature looped into his drum laden physical display. He is positively riveting. Both are constantly in demand by artists like Paul Simon, Norah Jones, Cassandra Wilson, k.d. lang, Herbie Hancock, Laurie Anderson, and bands who don’t want to fill in the cracks, but rather make them bigger and more akin to the humanity that eagerly laps it up.
Audio clips and more at http://www.myspace.com/supergenerous
Price: $15.00 (+s&h)
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PAULA ROBISON, ROMERO LUBAMBO, CYRO BAPTISTA, and others.
Brasileirinho Vanguard Classics
2006
Featuring:
Paula Robison (flute)
Romero Lubambo (guitar)
Cyro Baptista (percussion)
Sergio Brandão (bass)
Tiberio Nascimento (guitar)
Stanley Silverman (guitar)
"Choros, Chorinos, Bossas & Bach"
This recording is a unique fusion of styles. It combines the artistry of the celebrated classical flutist Paula Robison with a great ensemble of Brazilian musicians. Together they explore the rich world of Brazilian popular music, from choros and chorinhos to bossa novas, and offer interpretations of music from J.S. Bach and Vivaldi, suffused with the warmth of Brasil.
Choro (literally "cry" in Portuguese, but in context a more appropriate translation would be "lament"), traditionally called chorinho ("little cry" or "little lament"), is a Brazilian popular music style style. Older than Bossa Nova or Samba, its origins are in 19th century Rio de Janeiro when Brazilian musicians blended European styles of music with the rhythms of Africa to create this new sound called Chorinho.
The Choro repertoire is rich in melody, harmony and rhythm, and delightfully manages to be both earthly and elegant at the same time!
Price: $15.00 (+s&h)
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DEREK BAILEY & CYRO BAPTISTA
Derek Amulet
2006
Featuring:
Derek Bailey (guitar)
Cyro Baptista (percussion, voice)
Derek Bailey is one of the foremost musicians in the avant-garde community, perhaps the most iconic figure that free improvisation has ever produced. A fiercely independent artist and a fixture on the European and international scene, he’s been a central part of the development of free music in the post-Coltrane years. Derek has influenced many musicians throughout his career that spans over 5 decades. He has released hundreds of recordings, many of them on his own independent Incus label and some of his most recent works on John Zorn’s Tzadik. Many artists have collaborated with Derek including Fred Frith, Anthony Braxton, John Zorn, Cecil Taylor, Lee Konitz, Pat Metheny, Suzie Ibarra, Bill Lazwell, Tony Williams, Han Bennik, and The Ruins…
21 years ago, Derek Bailey asked Cyro Baptista to record an improvised duet session. It was soon after released under the title of CYRO - one of Derek's first CDs on his own independent Incus record label. On April 11, 2003 - Derek and Cyro had a reunion concert at NYC’s Downtown club Tonic to celebrate their creative-musical partnership. Derek gave Cyro his blessing to release this special edition CD on Amulet Records several months before his untimely death last year.
Our improv-guitar hero, Derek Bailey lives on through this intimate musical celebration with pastime collaborator, percussionist/vocal master Cyro Baptista. Snaking through unknown musical landscapes, discovering paths and creating new dialect along the way, these two masters have a connection unparalleled in the avant-garde world and they celebrated it for the last time at NYC’s legendary performance space Tonic.
Tracks:
- Sheffield F.C. (27:41)
- Ubachuva (16:50)
Price: $15.00 (+s&h)
::: AVAILABLE AGAIN! :::
CYRO BAPTISTA & KEVIN BREIT
Supergenerous Blue Note
2000
Released by BLUE NOTE records, produced by Craig Street, featuring:
CYRO BAPTISTA (things) & KEVIN BREIT (strings)
With special guest : Cassandra Wilson
Kevin Breit and Cyro Baptista were responsible for a lot of the sound and feel of Cassandra Wilson’s breakthrough recordings for Blue Note, Blue Light ‘Til Dawn and New Moon Daughter. Blue Note signed them to record a CD where they would improvise and find their mutual language. The result is a meeting of two like-minded souls, from two opposite hemispheres, who reinvent North America's country, jazz, folk and funk in their own wild and adventurous image. Their roots are in Cyro’s São Paulo, Brazil and Kevin’s small town Canada, but their style is too global to be local and too intimate to be strictly urban. This music isn't world, pop, or rock, or folk, or jazz. It's just music: fun, creative and absolutely fascinating!
Kevin Breit (pronounced: bright) is last years’ winner of the “Toronto Musician Of The Year” award. Kevin’s tremendous ability on all things stringed, combined with his knowledge of harmony, give him a unique compositional voice. Kevin was one of Norah Jones' "Handsome Band" member and his song "Humble Me" is featured on her newest album “Feels Like Home”. Among the varied artists that seek his innovative guitar style are Bill Frisell, k.d. lang and Holly Cole. With the Sisters Euclid, one of his projects, he has recorded six CDs, and maintains a weekly residency at the Orbit Room, one of Toronto Canada’s most prestigious jazz clubs. Kevin plays acoustic guitar, tenor guitars, electric slide guitar, hashville steel guitar, guitorgan, mandolin, mandolo, mandicello.
Cyro and Kevin worked from the concept that they would make music for a film that didn't exist. Not that it would be a soundtrack, but the music would dictate a scene. The listener creates their own individual movie while listening to the music.
Download MP3 song clips from Supergenerous:
Price: $15.00 (+s&h)
CYRO BAPTISTA & BEAT THE DONKEY
Love the Donkey Tzadik,
2005
CYRO & BTD brought to this recordings the same energy that they bring to the live show. If you have not experienced the show yet, you'll have a chance to see the video clips included in the CD. That way it is easy for you to show your friends and family what Beat the Donkey is all about without describing it with your hands! The CD was totally self-produced, and it will be only available through our website and at our performances.
"This is wild, untamed, and wondrously joyous music. It has no seams, it is truly international, and it is ultimately visionary. This is street music, for any street anywhere. It may initially come from Brazil, but it is available to anyone who wishes to encounter it and take it in. For intense listening or for raucous partying, Beat The Donkey Beat is a masterpiece. The disc also includes a three-minute video, playable on your computer, that offers a view of this wild band live." -- Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
Download MP3 song clips from Love The Donkey:
Price: $15.00 (+s&h)
CYRO BAPTISTA & BEAT THE DONKEY
Beat the Donkey TZADIK, 2002
BEAT THE DONKEY is the CD based in the
works of Cyro's percussion
ensemble
Beat The Donkey.
Baptista uses Brazilian rhythms and instruments as a foundation from which to explore contemporary and experimental sounds. With BTD he combines theater, dance and the martial arts with dynamic percussion music from around the world and soulful vocals to create a wild and hilarious party for the ears.
The self-titled CD was conceived and produced in this spirit of celebration and released by downtown New Yorker John Zorn. Featured guests include Marc Ribot (guitar), John Zorn (sax), Erik Friedlander (cello), Kevin Breit (guitar), Romero Lubambo (guitar), Luciana Souza (vocals), Peter Scherer (keyboards), Toninho Ferragutti (accordion), Jamie Saft (keyboards) and Tamango (percussion)
The CD has also been enhanced to provide digital video footage from Beat The Donkey's award winning television show on WGBH/TV Boston.
The CD has been picked by several music critics, including the New York Times, as one of the 10 best alternative CDs of 2003.
Download MP3 song clips from Beat The Donkey:
Price: $15.00 (+s&h)
CYRO BAPTISTA
Villa-Lobos/Vira-Loucos AVANT,
1997
This is Cyro's 1997 solo debut album. It is a collection of Cyro's own interpretations and deconstructions of a number of themes by the early twentieth-century classical Brazilian composer, Heitor Villa-Lobos. This album is a true testament Cyro's mastery of music, as it will take the listener on a musical journey that is dynamic, virtuosi, grooving, and absolutely unique in sound and vision.
Villa-Lobos drew on folk melodies, so did Cyro as he meshes these folk sources, his own whims and the collaboration of Brazilian musicians and New York improvisers , including Marc Ribot on guitar and the saxophonist John Zorn, who produced the album. The results are a homage and a romp, meticulously arranged and ready for anything.
This is an album that any true lover of quality music will cherish forthe rest of their music-listening days!
Personnel :
- CYRO BAPTISTA percussion, vocals
- GREG COHEN bass
- JOHN ZORN saxophone
- MARC RIBOT banjo, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- ROMERO LUBAMBO acoustic guitar, cavaquinho
- CHANGO SPASIUK accordion
- NANA VASCONCELOS vocals
- VANESSA FALABELLA vocals
Price: $15.00 (+s&h)
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