Kevin Breit is a Canadian musician. Breit has collaborated in numerous bands and recorded albums as a leader. He has won a

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Projects

Breit is the leader of the quartet Sisters Euclid, comprising Breit, Ian DeSouza, Gary Taylor and Rob Gusevs. Sisters Euclid earned a Juno Award in 2007. In 2006, they released an instrumental

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album of

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songs entitled ''Run Neil Run''. Breit is a member of The Stretch Orchestra with fellow "quite tall" musicians Matt Brubeck and drummer Jesse Stewart. Their self-titled recording won a Juno Award in 2012 for Best Instrumental Album. Breit is a member of the folk group ''Folkalarm''. Breit is part of the Neon Eagle band which played at The Rex, a jazz club located in Toronto, in 2023. He has played and toured with musicians such as

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and

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Discography

* ''Maybelle'' (Poverty Playlist, 1998) * ''Empty'' (Poverty Playlist, 1998) * ''Folkalarm'' (Poverty Playlist, 1998) * ''Supergenerous'' (Blue Note, 2000) * ''Jubilee'' with Harry Manx (NorthernBlues Music, 2003) * ''Skedaddle'' (Poverty Playlist, 2003) * ''Burnt Bulb on Broadway'' (Poverty Playlist, 2005) * ''In Good We Trust'' with Harry Manx (Stony Plain, 2007) * ''Sao Paulo Slim'' with

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(Out of My Mind Music, 2008) * ''Simple Earnest Plea'' (Poverty Playlist, 2011) * ''Strictly Whatever'' with Harry Manx (Stony Plain, 2011) * ''Field Recording'' (Poverty Playlist, 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 of ...

(Poverty Playlist, 2015) * ''Johnny Goldtooth and the Chevy Casanovas'' (Stony Plain, 2017) * ''Stella Bella Strada'' (Stony Plain, 2019) * ''Yearning Soul Rebellion'' (2022) * ''Breit Workman'' with

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(2022)

As guest

* 2003 '' Johnny's Blues: A Tribute to Johnny Cash'' (

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)

References

External links

The Sisters Euclid and Kevin Breit Website

The Sisters Euclid at AllMusic
{{DEFAULTSORT:Breit, Kevin 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