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 Celso Alberti was born in Curitiba, Southern Brazil. The driving rhythms of his country’s music led him to develop an early interest in the drums and by the age of 17, he was performing regularly as a professional. In 1982 he decided to expand his musical horizons and move to New York City. After 2 years of playing with numerous jazz and Brazilian artists in the Big Apple he landed a gig with Terra Sul, a San Francisco based Brazilian band signed to the Motown’s MoJazz label.
In 1986 Celso started his first major tour as a drummer for the world-renowned percussionist Airto Moreira and his wife singer Flora Purim. They traveled extensively throughout Europe, United States and Brazil and recorded the album “The Magicians” for Concord Crossover Records and “The Flight” for B&W Records.
In 1989, he toured with jazz flautist Herbie Mann and also formed an original rock instrumental power trio called No Man’s Land which performed as a supporting act for guitarist Eric Johnson.
The years following have been filled with recordings, tours and performances with various artists including guitarists Joyce Cooling, Danny Heines, John Lucien, Jose Neto (Steve Winwood),bassist Michael Manring, keyboardist Kit Walker (Kitaro, Airto), Frank Martin (Narada Michael Walden), and others.
Celso is now dividing his time between teaching, producing and drumming with artists like Steve Winwood, Craig Chaquico, Neto Band, Sandy Cressman, James Robinson, Rolando Morales and many others.
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