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Celso Fonseca: Rive Gauche Rio
by Chris M. Slawecki
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 ...
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Back in the late 1950s, when the bossa nova was first emerging in Rio de Janeiro, the music was all about a feathery touch. The acoustic guitar had to sound barely strummed, as if the breeze were whistling through the strings. The vocals had to sound almost whispered. Early masters such as João Gilberto, Johnny Alf, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luiz Bonfá and others wrote songs meant to sound ethereal, like a lover's breathy secret. In the early 1960s, when producer ...
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