Bossa Nova legend João Bosco praised Mendes as “thinker of Brazilian music” beyond his instrumental talents. Mendes had worked alongside Herb Alpert, his “brother from another country ...

Brazilian musician Sérgio Mendes, who brought bossa nova to international audiences ... He was 83. "International music icon Sergio Mendes, who brought the joyous sounds of his native Brasil ...

Brazilian musician Sérgio Mendes, who helped popularise bossa nova and samba with Western ... his favourite version of the song. Although his music was dismissed as "easy listening" at the ...

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His composition "Mas que Nada" was one of the songs that helped popularize the Brazilian music genre bossa nova worldwide in the 1960s. In 2006, a modern version of the song topped U.S. charts ...

Iconic bossa nova producer ... which featured new lead vocalist Gracinha Leporace and Love Music, his third album with the ...

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Now the sound is something else, I would call it Modern Bossa.” Austin’s Brazilian music scene waxes and wanes. Presently it is in a flow state with new groups uniting for consistent showcases ...

Chrissy Hampton/Getty Sérgio Mendes, the Brazilian-born musician who brought bossa nova music to a global audience in the 1960s, died on Thursday, Sept. 5, in a Los Angeles hospital. He was 83.

His composition "Mas Que Nada" was one of the songs that helped popularize the Brazilian music genre bossa nova worldwide in the 1960s. In 2006, a modern version of the song topped U.S. charts ...

For decades, Mendes defined how American audiences heard and digested Brazilian music, first as part of influential bossa nova guitarist-composer’s Antônio Carlos Jobim’s band, then with his ...