Celso Salim

Celso started playing guitar at the age of 6. At 12, with Berklee graduate music teacher Eduardo Brito, he heard blues for the first time and, since then, never stopped playing it. At the age of 15 Celso was already playing professionally in bars and parties with local bands in Brasilia. In 1996, with 17 years old, Celso went to the USA where he studied at the Musicians Institute (MI), Hollywood-CA. At MI he dedicated most of his time studying country guitar with Steve Trovato. In 1998, he returned to Brazil. In this same year Celso was awarded a scholarship from the Brazilian institution 'CAPES' and returned to MI to finish his studies.This time, he studied Jazz improvisation with Carl Shroeder and Joe Elliot. In 1999 Celso received the outstanding music award at MI. He joined LA's blues band Green Lizards (with harp player Darryl Carriere), playing in many Clubs in Los Angeles area. In 1999 Celso produced 'Lucky Boy', his first CD, with recording engineer and producer Rafael Cury. Lucky Boy has many special guests such as Henry 'Sol-Eh' Brewer on keyboards, Darryl Carriere on vocals & harp, Andreh Benedetti on bass and Jason Sterling on drums among others. 'Lucky Boy' was released on June 2001 in Brasilia and since then Celso has been playing with his band in many clubs and festivals in Brazil. In October 2003 he released his second CD called 'Going Out Tonight', on the GRV record label. This record was also produced by Rafael Cury and Celso Salim. Celso Salim Band is: Vinicius Correa (drums), Daniel Lima( bass), Dillo DAraujo (guitar), Pablo Fagundes (harp) and Celso (guitar & vocals). On stage Celso plays originals from his CDs and also songs by Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Winter, Allman Brothers and Blues Classics. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.