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Brazilian musician, journalist and producer
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Male
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Birth:
29 October 1944(São Paulo)
Family:
Children:
Nina Morena
The details
Biography
Nelson Cândido Motta Filho (São Paulo, October 29, 1944) is a Brazilian journalist, ghostwriter, songwriter, writer, and record producer.
He was part of the bossa nova movement, collaborating with Edu Lobo, Dori Caymmi, Lulu Santos, Rita Lee, Djavan and others, and producer for several MPB artists, such as Elis Regina, Gal Costa, Daniela Mercury and others. He was Marisa Monte's first music producer in the late 1980s. Motta also produced early Brazilian rock shows and wrote lyrics in collaboration with rock artists, such as Lulu Santos.