Suffering from poor albums sales as a jazz-bossa pianist at Atlantic Records in 1965, Sérgio Mendes decided to listen to a recommendation made by Richard Adler, a producer at A&M Records. Adler, who ...

Like a Wayback Machine, certain sights, sounds, smells and tastes transports us to certain times and places in our lives. Listening to Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 from their hitmaking days from four ...

The stars did not so much align as take their place in line when Brazilian music mainstay Sergio Mendes made his 2006 album, “Timeless.” The stars included everyone from Stevie Wonder, Justin ...

It was half a century ago that Sergio Mendes formed the unique Brasil ‘66. With that group, Mendes blended the sounds of jazz, Bossa Nova and other Latin musical genres, capturing the attention of the ...

Mendes: Paul McCartney enjoyed his uptempo version of the Beatles standard The Fool on the Hill - Jim McCrary/Redferns Sérgio Mendes, who has died in Los Angeles aged 83, created a string of worldwide ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Craft Recordings is pleased to announce a vinyl reissue of Sergio Mendes & Brasil ...

When Sergio Mendes reflects on the amazing journey he calls life, from his formative years at the forefront of a bossa nova revolution through his Oscar-nominated work on "Rio" to the recent ...

Sergio Mendes is perhaps the most durable survivor of a '60s Latin pop fad that produced such contemporaries as Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass and the Baja Marimba Band. Brasil '66 has seen many ...

Brazilian musician Sergio Mendes has died, Fox News Digital has learned. Mendes died peacefully Sept. 5 in Los Angeles with his wife, Gracinha Leporace Mendes, and his children by his side, a ...

The bandleader and musician, who died on Thursday at 83, was a bridge from Brazilian music to the world — and back. By Jon Pareles Sergio Mendes earned a lasting place in international pop as a ...