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Supergenerous: Supergenerous

Read "Supergenerous" reviewed by Joel Roberts


What is Supergenerous? Well, basically it's two guys, Brazilian percussionist Cyro Batista and Canadian guitarist Kevin Breit, making a hell of a lot of great music that defies easy categorization. There's not much to compare them to, but if you enjoy similarly adventurous spirits like Marc Ribot's Los Cubanos Postizos, the Jazz Passengers and the Latin Playboys, you should get a kick out of Supergenerous.

On their debut recording on Blue Note, Batista and Breit - who share big-time pop ...

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Supergenerous: Supergenerous

Read "Supergenerous" reviewed by Jim Santella


Guitarist Kevin Breit and percussionist Cyro Baptista form an expressive duo that finds room in their performance for country & western, funk, folk music, and a lot more. Parts of the album are New Age, and all of it is forward-looking contemporary. A few quick looks at Duke Ellington fold in the familiar, but most of their program is highly original.

Using impressionism as a basis, the two talented artists dish out generous portions of overdubbed music. For the most ...

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Supergenerous:Sao Paulo Slim

Supergenerous:Sao Paulo Slim

Source: JamBase

By: Dennis Cook

A bundle of sweet, expertly molded madness, Sao Paulo Slim (OMM) harks back to early Caetano Veloso with splashes of Bonzo Dog Band, Captain Beefheart and the Sun City Girls--all purveyors of sublime perversity that's a ball to imbibe. Released last year, Slim is the byproduct of a rich collaboration between Cyro Baptista (percussion), Kevin Breit (guitar) and newest member Ian de Souza (bass). Unlike some of their more horn honking, noisemaker swinging forebears, Supergenerous has an ...

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