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Cyro Baptista

percussionist

From: São Paulo, United States
Since: 1950–present
Releases: 14

jazz

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Cyro Baptista (born December 23, 1950) is a Brazilian-born percussionist in jazz and world music. He creates many of the percussion instruments he plays.

From Cyro Baptista on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Electric Masada 2003–now percussion
The Dreamers 2007–now percussion
Supergenerous now
Trey Anastasio Band now percussion
Bar Kokhba Sextet now percussion
New Electric Masada now percussion

Discography

Albums 11

Cyro 1988
Vira Loucos: Cyro Baptista Plays the Music of Villa Lobos 1997
Samba for Felix 1999
Brazilian Watercolour 1999
Beat the Donkey 2002 Apple Music
Beat the Donkey Beat 2004
Love the Donkey 2005 Apple Music
Bluefly 2016 Apple Music
Sunshine Seas 2016
Arkitsa 2019
Chama 2023 Apple Music

Live 2

Broza 5 Live 2006
Broza 5 Live 2006

Other 1

Banquet of the Spirits 2008 Apple Music

Also known as

Ciro Batista · Cyro Baptista & Beat the Donkey

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MusicBrainz: 4f3b9a0e-fd13-453b-a5e7-8dc43ad8d795
ISNI: 000000011477083X

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 6 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.

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