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Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
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Sérgio Santos Mendes (born Niterói, 11 February 1941) is a Brazilian musician. Born the son of a physician in Niterói, Brazil, Mendes attended the local conservatory with hopes of becoming a classical pianist. As his interest in jazz grew, he started playing in nightclubs in the late-1950s just as bossa nova, a jazz-inflected derivative of samba, was taking off. Mendes played with Antonio Carlos Jobim (regarded as a mentor), and many U.S. jazz musicians who toured Brazil.
Mendes formed the Sexteto Bossa Rio and recorded Dance Moderno in 1961. Touring Europe and the United States, Mendes recorded albums with Cannonball Adderly and Herbie Mann and played Carnegie Hall. Mendes moved to the U.S. in 1964 and cut two albums under the Brasil ‘66 group name with Capitol Records and Atlantic Records. When sales were tepid, he replaced his Brazilian born vocalist Wanda Sa with the distinctive voice of Chicago native Lani Hall (who learned Mendes’ Portuguese material phonetically) and switched to Herb Alpert’s A&M label and released Sergio Mendes and Brasil ‘66. (Hall would later marry Alpert). The album ultimately went platinum based largely upon the success of the single Mas Que Nada and the personal support of Alpert, with whom Mendes toured regularly. Though his early singles with Brasil ‘66 (most notably Mas Que Nada) met with some success, Mendes really burst into mainstream prominence when he performed the Oscar nominated Burt Bacharach/Hal David song “The Look of Love” on the Academy Awards telecast in March 1968.
Mendes formed the Sexteto Bossa Rio and recorded Dance Moderno in 1961. Touring Europe and the United States, Mendes recorded albums with Cannonball Adderly and Herbie Mann and played Carnegie Hall. Mendes moved to the U.S. in 1964 and cut two albums under the Brasil ‘66 group name with Capitol Records and Atlantic Records. When sales were tepid, he replaced his Brazilian born vocalist Wanda Sa with the distinctive voice of Chicago native Lani Hall (who learned Mendes’ Portuguese material phonetically) and switched to Herb Alpert’s A&M label and released Sergio Mendes and Brasil ‘66. (Hall would later marry Alpert). The album ultimately went platinum based largely upon the success of the single Mas Que Nada and the personal support of Alpert, with whom Mendes toured regularly. Though his early singles with Brasil ‘66 (most notably Mas Que Nada) met with some success, Mendes really burst into mainstream prominence when he performed the Oscar nominated Burt Bacharach/Hal David song “The Look of Love” on the Academy Awards telecast in March 1968.
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Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 - Going Out Of My Head
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Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 - Day Tripper
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Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 - Mas Que Nada
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Sergio Mendes & Brasil´66-The fool on the hill
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Roda
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The Look of Love
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Like a Lover
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Look Around
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Night and Day
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Scarborough Fair
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The Joker
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So Many Stars
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Going Out of My Head
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For What It's Worth
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Slow Hot Wind
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audiophiledaffi wrote:
Utterly fantastic! I love this when I first heard it in the 60's it never goes out of style!
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Lilithfan3 wrote:
Love this great song...makes my hips move with such a sway...
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Danimod wrote:
bueno
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alfredo5 wrote:
I was introduced to Sergio Mendes (& Brazil 66) by my father's vinyls. I remember being a kid and just jamming out.
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rasimb wrote:
i love this tunes...
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Mythtall wrote:
Very good :)
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Maelkoch wrote:
Scarborough Fair <3
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Audio-drug wrote:
Waters of march... It rocks babe
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LarkCGN wrote:
I love him too
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daslava wrote:
Mais que Nada is simply perfect.
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SixShooterSam wrote:
I love this stuff.
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