Celso Fonseca

Rive Gauche Rio

2005-06-06

This is just the second international release from Celso Fonseca, easily one of Brazil’s most influential musical figures. Fonseca’s name can be found all over the works of Brazil’s top Bossa Nova artists.

Fonseca’s name can be found all over the works of Brazil’s top Bossa Nova artists. His songs are often covered, he’s won awards for his production skills and, in 1998, Fonseca took the Samba scene to London, producing the show Since Samba Has Been Samba, again featuring Brazil’s best.

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