Artist:Celso Fonseca
Song:Slow Motion Bossa Nova
Album:Juventude/Slow Motion Bossa Nova
Singer songwriter Celso Fonseca has been a significant player in the post Bossa Nova era in Brazil since the 80s. At first he was an accompanist and a songwriter. He started recording as a solo act in the 90s. Slow Motion Bossa Nova from the 2002 album Juventude/Slow Motion Bossa Nova. At the time he was writing a lot of songs with Ronaldo Bastos. That's why Bastos' name appears on the cover despite the fact that he doesn't appear on the album. But he does own the record label Dubas Musica so he's executive producer of the album. Fonseca was born Nov. 16, 1956 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He started playing guitar at age 12. His main influence was Baden Powell. Fonseca joined Gilberto Gil's band in 1981. For the next few years he recorded and toured with Chico Buarque, Milton Nascimento and many others. And he produced Vinicius Cantuaria, Gilberto Gil and others. He recorded his first solo album in 1986. He started writing songs with Bastos in 1983. They wrote so many songs together that it took up three albums including the 2002 album Juventude/Slow Motion Bossa Nova. They wrote all the songs together and Fonseca produced the album. As I said, it is on Bastos' label Dubas Musica with Universal distribution. It's available as a digital download. Slow Motion Bossa Nova is probably Fonseca's best known song. So you should be able to find it on various artists collections of Brazilian music. Fonseca is still around. His 2015 album Like Nice was nominated for three Latin Grammys. That was his final album for Universal. He released the 2021 CD Nossa Musica on Joia Moderna. He still performs live in Brazil. Here's the video for Slow Motion Bossa Nova by Celso Fonseca.
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