Kevin Breit
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Kevin Breit | |
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Background information | |
Born | McKerrow (Baldwin, Ontario), Canada |
Origin | Ontario, Canada |
Genres | Jazz, folk, Americana (music) |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instruments | Guitar, mandolin |
Years active | 1990s—present |
Associated acts | Norah Jones, Cassandra Wilson, Jane Bunnett, Carlos del Junco, Harry Manx, John Dickie, The Sisters Euclid, Folkalarm, Molly Johnson, Hugh Laurie |
Website | kevinbreit |
Kevin Breit is a Canadian guitarist, vocalist, and singer-songwriter from McKerrow, Ontario, Canada. His group, The Sisters Euclid, was a fixture at the Orbit Room in Toronto. Breit has worked as a touring guitarist or session musician with a variety of musicians including Cassandra Wilson, The Miller Stain Limit, Norah Jones, Michael Kaeshammer, Celine Dion, Marc Jordan, Molly Johnson, Harry Manx, Holly Cole, Rosanne Cash, Serena Ryder, the Rankins and Hugh Laurie.[1] He also performs as a solo artist and as a member of the folk group Folkalarm.[2] He was awarded the 2012 Juno Award for Best Instrumental Album as member The Stretch Orchestra.[3] Breit has performed on recordings that have earned 13 Grammy Awards.[4]
In 2006, Breit's band The Sisters Euclid released an instrumental jazz fusion album of Neil Young songs entitled Run Neil Run.[5]
Discography[]
- In Good We Trust (2007) Harry Manx & Kevin Breit
- Maybelle and Empty (2010)
- Supergenerous & Sao Paulo Slim (with Cyro Baptista) (2010)
- Best of Folkalarm (2010)
- Strictly Whatever (2011) Harry Manx & Kevin Breit
- Burnt Bulb on Broadway (2011)
- Simple Earnest Plea (2011)
- Field Recording (2013)
- Ernesto and Delilah (with Rebecca Jenkins) (2015)
- Johnny Goldtooth and the Chevy Casanovas (2017)
- Stella Bella Strada (2019)
As guest[]
- 2003 Johnny's Blues: A Tribute to Johnny Cash (Northern Blues)
References[]
- ^ Settler, Hans. "Americana Alt.Country CD Reviews". Insurgent Country. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "Best of Folkalarm, by Kevin Breit and Folkalarm". Kevin Breit. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "Home". Stretch Orchestra. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ Music, CBC. "CBC Music". music.cbc.ca. Archived from the original on 1 March 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- ^ "Sisters Euclid: Run Neil Run". Allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
External links[]
- 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