Jazz Articles about Celso Fonseca

Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin: Brasil

by Edward Blanco
August 18, 2024

Friends and musical partners since the '70s, guitarist Lee Ritenour and pianist Dave Grusin continue their collaboration on Brasil, thanks to Ritenour's Brazilian wife Carmen, who was influential in recommending the project, and to the many outstanding Brazilian players who grace the album. Though the repertoire contains two Ritenour originals and one from Grusin, the producers draw on such Brazilian composers as Antonio Carlos Jobim, Milton Nascimento, Celso Fonseca and Ivan Lins for the majority of the songs, which were ...

Sandy Muller: Sandy Muller

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 18, 2006

Sandy Muller Sandy Muller Cozinheira Music (2006) Valutazione: 3 stelle La bossa nova ed il suo mondo sono le fonti di ispirazione della giovane cantante Sandy Muller, nata in Italia da genitori brasiliani. Inciso interamente a Rio de Janeiro nel 2005, il suo disco d'esordio presenta diversi motivi di interesse, che prevalgono su qualche pecca, imputabile a precise strategie di marketing. Per l'occasione sono stati chiamati a collaborare alcuni tra i principali protagonisti del panorama musicale brasiliano ed internazionale di ...

Celso Fonseca: Rive Gauche Rio

by Chris M. Slawecki
August 15, 2005

There's something especially unique about the way a Brazilian strums an acoustic guitar. Perhaps their rhythms play from a memory, instinctive not thought, inherited through generations of moonlight strolls on the beach, soft cool breezes caressing warm soft tanned skin, memories of romance and passion.

The heart of Celso Fonseca's second international release beats from his acoustic guitar and vocals--incredibly light, deceptively rhythmic, irresistibly romantic--supported by bassist Luiz Alvez and drummer Alexandre Foncesa (no relation). But he also ...