Cyro Baptista's Banquet Of The Spirits

Brazilian composer, educator, and recording artist Cyro Baptista is among the world's best-known percussionists, appearing on hundreds of recordings that span the worlds of jazz, pop, rock, avant-garde, and standard classical performances. Along with this he also leads his own ensembles and creates many of the percussion instruments he plays. His debut, 1997's Vira Loucos: Cyro Baptista Plays the Music of Villa-Lobos, won global acclaim. 2005's Love the Donkey marked his Beat the Donkey band's debut. 2008's Banquet of the Spirits, titled for another of his ensembles, is widely...