Biography: Cedric Brooks, Cedric Hardwick, Cedric Hardwicke, Célia e Celma, Cady Finlayson, Caecilie Norby, Celly Campelo, Celso Blues Boy, Celso Viáfora, Celtic Fiddle Festival,

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Cedric Brooks Biography, Photos, Pictures

Tenor saxophonist Cedric “Im” Brooks is one of Jamaica’s most adventuresome musicians Born in 1943 in Kingston, Brooks has the heart of a bop jazzman beating to a reggae rhythm, and his experiments with ancient rasta nyahbinghi drum patterns has led him to fuse elements of calypso, rhumba, jazz, Afro-beat, funk, Latin, and soul into a totally unique, Sun Ra-like synthesis

Cedric Hardwick Biography, Photos, Pictures

Not only should this bassman not be confused with the great actor Sir Cedric Hardwicke, it seems as if no musician on the face of the Earth would want to be confused with Cedric Hardwick, whose main claim to fame was participating in one of the worst recording sessions in the history of music

Cedric Hardwicke Biography, Photos, Pictures

One of the grandest of the golden generation of Hollywood character actors, Sir Cedric Hardwicke owned the sort of vocal pipes and dextrous diction perfectly suited to the world of recorded literature

Célia e Celma Biography, Photos, Pictures

The vocal duo formed by the twin sisters Célia e Celma went through a multitude of styles ranging from Italian music, bossa nova, MPB, and jovem guarda, to finally end up dedicating itself to recovering upcountry folk music from their home state of Minas Gerais

Cady Finlayson Biography, Photos, Pictures

Although the majority of Celtic musicians are from Ireland or Scotland, one doesn’t have to be from either of those countries to play traditional Celtic music There are also plenty of Celtic-oriented musicians living in the United States, especially around the Northeastern Corridor (which has historically attracted a lot of Irish immigrants)

Caecilie Norby Biography, Photos, Pictures

Caecilie Norby is a singer with an unusual repertoire that not only includes some jazz standards, but a few pop tunes of the past 30 years (including “Spinning Wheel” and “The Look of Love”)

Celly Campelo Biography, Photos, Pictures

In the dawn of Brazilian rock, Odeon found in Celly Campelo their first young muse With Nora Ney as a precursor because of her isolated recording of “Rock Around the Clock” (Max Freeman/Jimmy DeKnight) in 1955 when she was already 33, Campelo recorded her first single, “Handsome Boy,” at 15 in 1958

Celso Blues Boy Biography, Photos, Pictures

One of the pioneers of blues in Brazil, Celso Blues Boy has played some dates with BB King, both in Europe and Brazil, with his participation in the track “Mississippi: Sobre Robert Johnson” (Celso Blues Boy) included in the CD Indiana Blues (1995)

Celso Viáfora Biography, Photos, Pictures

A composer consecrated in MPB festivals since the late ’70s, Celso Viáfora has had increased visibility in the specialized media His four solo albums have not had commercial success, but Viáfora’s creativity is acknowledged by partners Guinga and Ivan Lins (with whom Viáfora wrote ten songs, four of them included in Lins’ 2000 album A Cor Do Por Do Sol: the title track, “Nada Sem Você,” “Emoldurada,” and “Olimpo” (the latter having Viáfora as special guest) and by interpreters Vânia Bastos (who recorded “Linda De Lua”) and Ney Matogrosso (“A Cara Do Brasil)

Celtic Fiddle Festival Biography, Photos, Pictures

The Celtic Fiddle Festival is actually a trio of musicians, not a musical gathering The misleading name arose from the group’s origins, when three dazzling Celtic fiddlers joined forces for what was meant to be a one-time U