# Kevin Breit

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name               = Kevin Breit
| image              = Harry Manx with Kevin Breit.jpg
| caption            = Bluesfest 2008, Ottawa, Canada
| birth_name      =
| birth_date        =
| birth_place       = McKerrow ([Baldwin, Ontario](/source/Baldwin%2C_Ontario)), Canada
| origin               = Ontario, Canada
| instrument        = Guitar, [mandolin](/source/mandolin)
| genre               = [Jazz](/source/Jazz), [folk](/source/Folk_music), [Americana](/source/Americana_(music))
| occupation        = Musician
| years_active      = 1980’s—present
| label                 = Poverty Playlist, Stony Plain
| website            = {{URL|kevinbreit.com/}}
}}

'''Kevin Breit''' is a Canadian musician. Breit has collaborated in numerous bands and recorded albums as a leader. He has won a [Juno Award](/source/Juno_Award).

==Projects==
Breit is the leader of the quartet Sisters Euclid, comprising Breit, Ian DeSouza, Gary Taylor and Rob Gusevs.<ref name="AAJ" /> Sisters Euclid earned a Juno Award in 2007.<ref name="Well" /> In 2006, they released an instrumental [jazz fusion](/source/jazz_fusion) album of [Neil Young](/source/Neil_Young) songs entitled ''Run Neil Run''.<ref name="AAJ">{{cite web|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/run-neil-run-the-sisters-euclid-northernblues-music-review-by-jim-santella |title=Sisters Euclid: Run Neil Run |publisher=Allaboutjazz.com |date= 29 September 2006|access-date=2015-10-26}}</ref>

Breit is a member of The Stretch Orchestra with fellow "quite tall" musicians [Matt Brubeck](/source/Matt_Brubeck) and drummer Jesse Stewart.<ref name="Well" /> Their self-titled recording won a Juno Award in 2012 for [Best Instrumental Album](/source/Juno_Award_for_Instrumental_Album_of_the_Year).<ref name="Well">{{cite news |title=Stretch Orchestra wins Juno Award |url=https://www.wellingtonadvertiser.com/stretch-orchestra-wins-juno-award/ |work=The Wellington Advertiser |access-date=10 May 2025}}</ref>

Breit is a member of the folk group ''Folkalarm''.<ref name="Best">{{cite web|title=Best of Folkalarm, by Kevin Breit and Folkalarm|url=https://kevinbreit.bandcamp.com/album/best-of-folkalarm|website=Kevin Breit|accessdate=23 September 2016}}</ref>

Breit is part of the Neon Eagle band which played at The Rex, a jazz club located in Toronto, in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-28 |title=Neon Eagle |url=https://www.therex.ca/events/emily-schultz-and-neon-eagle-4d65l-czx95 |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=The Rex }}</ref> He has played and toured with musicians such as [Cassandra Wilson](/source/Cassandra_Wilson), [Holly Cole](/source/Holly_Cole), and [Norah Jones](/source/Norah_Jones).<ref name="Well" />

==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 [Cyro Baptista](/source/Cyro_Baptista) (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](/source/Rebecca_Jenkins) (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 [Hawksley Workman](/source/Hawksley_Workman) (2022)

===As guest===
* 1995 ''[Just Your Fool](/source/Just_Your_Fool_(album))'', Carlos del Junco Band  ([BRRCD-1](/source/Big_Reed_Records))
* 1996 ''[New Moon Daughter](/source/New_Moon_Daughter)'', [Cassandra Wilson](/source/Cassandra_Wilson) – ([Blue Note](/source/Blue_Note))
* 1999 ''[Traveling Miles](/source/Traveling_Miles)'', Cassandra Wilson – ([Blue Note](/source/Blue_Note))
* 2000 ''[Romantically Helpless](/source/Romantically_Helpless)'', [Holly Cole](/source/Holly_Cole) – ([Alert Records](/source/Alert_Records))
* 2002 ''[Come Away with Me](/source/Come_Away_with_Me)'', [Norah Jones](/source/Norah_Jones) ([Blue Note](/source/Blue_Note))
* 2003  ''[Shade (Holly Cole album)](/source/Shade_(Holly_Cole_album))'', ([Alert Records](/source/Alert_Records))
* 2003 ''[Johnny's Blues: A Tribute to Johnny Cash](/source/Johnny's_Blues%3A_A_Tribute_to_Johnny_Cash)'', ([Northern Blues](/source/Northern_Blues_Music))
* 2004 ''[Feels Like Home](/source/Feels_like_Home_(Norah_Jones_album))'', Norah Jones ([Blue Note](/source/Blue_Note))
* 2004 ''Live in 2004'', Norah Jones and the Handsome Band ([Blue Note](/source/Blue_Note))

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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.kevinbreit.com/ The Sisters Euclid and Kevin Breit Website]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-sisters-euclid-mn0001361732/biography The Sisters Euclid at AllMusic]

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Category:Stony Plain Records artists

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