*****SPECIAL PROMOTION FOR THE FIRST 100 CDs PRE-ORDERED*****
The first 100 people to buy INFINITO will receive:
- a limited edition CD featuring unreleased songs and video footage!!
- copy of INFINITO hand signed by Cyro!!
"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. - John Zorn
Special guests include:
* Kevin Breit (Casandra Wilson, Norah Jones, Supergenerous)
* Erik Friedlander (John Zorn, Laurie Anderson, Courtney Love)
* Romero Lubambo (Gal Costa, Dianne Reeves, Trio da Paz)
* Ikue Mori (Fred Frith, John Zorn)
* Anat Cohen (Choro Ensemble)
* Zé Mauricio (Beat The Donkey)
* Chikako Iwahori (Beat The Donkey)
* Scott Kettner (Nation Beat)
* Peter Scherer (Laurie Anderson, Bill Frisell, Caetano Veloso)
* Pedro Ramos (Choro Ensemble)
* Maracatu New York
Reviews of the first Banquet of the Spirits album:
"Banquet of the Spirits is world music in the most literal sense of the phrase—traveling from continent to continent in a single song and creating intriguing new lands in the process. If you like mind-bogglingly precise rhythms and instrumental tightness interspersed with free jazz freakouts, then Banquet of the Spirits is for you." - Matt Brockett, jambase.com
"Delightful music from one of the world's greatest and most adventurous Brazilian musicians." - Djouls.com
"Banquet of the Spirits surrounds the listener with a feast for the auditory senses and a resounding hunger to drum into uncharted, reverberating landscapes." - Bill Whiting, Honest Tune
"Bottom line: this is music of substance, brilliantly conceived, consummately executed. Miss it at your peril." Jan Dennis, Longboard Jazzer
Banquet of the Spirits features the tight new quartet led by maestro Cyro Baptista—the 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 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.
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.
Cyro Baptista’s Banquet of the Spirits's Friend Space (Top 11)
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I am very honored by your friendship. Respect and gratitude for you, for Music and for all the Traditions, which you knew how to bring up so naturally. Silent-Shape, from Tunis and Normandy.
Thanks for the add! That's great music right there! Are you guys planning a tour over Europe this year? Hope to see you performing live her ein Lisbon, Portugal anytime soon.
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