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heavily crossed with

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and

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. He was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song in 2012 as co-writer of the song "Real in Rio" from the animated film ''

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''. Mendes is a unique example of a Brazilian musician primarily known in the United States, where his albums were recorded and where most of his touring took place. Mendes is married to

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, who has performed with him since the early 1970s. Mendes has also collaborated with many artists through the years, including

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, with whom he re-recorded in 2006 a version of his breakthrough hit " Mas que Nada".

Biography

Early career

Mendes was born in

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, Brazil, the son of a physician. He attended the local conservatory with hopes of becoming a classical pianist. As his interest in

grew, he started playing in nightclubs in the late 1950s just as

, a jazz-inflected derivative of

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, was emerging. Mendes played with

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(regarded as a mentor) and many U.S. jazz musicians who toured Brazil. Mendes formed the Sexteto Bossa Rio and recorded ''

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'' in 1961. Touring Europe and the United States, Mendes recorded albums with

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and Herbie Mann and played at the

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. Mendes moved to the U.S. in 1964 and cut two albums under the group name Sergio Mendes & Brasil '65 with

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and

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. Mendes became full partners with Richard Adler, a Brooklyn-born American who had previously brought Bossa Trés plus two dancers, Joe Bennett and a Brazilian partner, to appear on ''

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'' in 1963. He was also accompanied by Jobim; Flavio Ramos, and Aloísio de Oliveira, a record and TV producer from Rio who used to be a member of

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's backing group Bando da Lua. The Musicians Union only allowed this group to appear on one TV show and make one club appearance ( Basin Street East) before ordering them to leave the U.S. When the new group Brasil '65 was formed, Shelly Manne,

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and other West Coast musicians got Mendes and the others into the local musicians union. Adler and Mendes formed Brasil '65, which consisted of Wanda Sá and Rosinha de Valença, as well as the Sergio Mendes Trio. The group recorded albums for Atlantic and Capitol.

Brasil '66

All of Mendes' jazz albums for Atlantic Records, through Nesuhi and

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, had low sales. Richard Adler suggested that Mendes and the group sing in English, as well as Portuguese as Mendes had demanded, and Adler sought new English-based material such as "

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" by

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and Bobby Weinstein. In order to sing these songs properly in English, Adler suggested that the group find two American girl singers who would sing in both English and Portuguese. Adler called his friend Jerry Dennon and

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founders

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and

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, and arranged for an audition for Mendes' new group, which was dubbed "Brasil '66.'" Alpert and Moss signed Mendes and his group to A&M Records. Adler then went to the Ertegun Brothers at Atlantic Records and sought to have them release Mendes from his Atlantic Jazz contract. Ahmet agreed to allow him to record albums under the name "Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66" with A&M. Mendes was not at this meeting, only Adler and Ahmet Ertegun. Alpert took over as producer for the A&M albums, and the group became a huge success with their first single, " Mas que Nada", by writer

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. The first album on A&M was '' Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66'', an album that went platinum based largely on the success of the single "Mas que Nada" (a

cover) and the personal support of Alpert, with whom Mendes toured. The original lineup of Brasil '66 was Mendes (piano), vocalists Lani Hall (later Alpert's wife) and Sylvia Dulce Kleiner (

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) (1942 - 2004), Bob Matthews (bass), José Soares (percussion) and João Palma (1943 - 2016) (drums). John Pisano (1931 - ) played guitar. This new line-up then recorded two more albums between 1966 and 1968 (including the best-selling '' Look Around'' LP), before there was a major personnel change for their fourth album '' Fool on the Hill''. Mendes often changed the lineup. Vocalist Kleiner (Bibi Vogel) was replaced by Janis Hansen, who in turn was replaced by

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. Veteran drummer

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teamed with

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to assume percussionist duties.

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joined the group as drummer in 1969, and went on to play with Mendes for nearly a decade. Sebastião Neto took over on bass and Oscar Castro-Neves took on guitar. These changes gave the group a more orchestral sound than before. In the early 1970s, lead singer Hall pursued a solo career and became Alpert's second wife. Some accounts claim that Mendes was upset with Alpert for years for "stealing" Hall away from his group. 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 " The Look of Love" on the

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telecast in April 1968. Brasil '66's version of the song quickly shot into the top 10, peaking at No. 4 Whitburn, Joel (1996). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', 6th Edition ( Billboard Publications) and eclipsing

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's version from the soundtrack of the movie '' Casino Royale''. Mendes spent the rest of 1968 enjoying consecutive top 10 and top 20 hits with his follow-up singles " The Fool on the Hill" and " Scarborough Fair". From 1968 on, Mendes was arguably the biggest Brazilian star in the world and enjoyed immense popularity worldwide, performing in venues as varied as stadium arenas and the

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, where he gave concerts for presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and

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. The Brasil '66 group appeared at the World Expo in

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in June 1970.

Middle career

Mendes' career in the U.S. stalled in the mid-1970s, but he remained popular in South America and Japan. His two albums with

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in 1973 and 1974 followed by several for Elektra from 1975 on such as "

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", found Mendes continuing to mine the best in American pop music and post-Bossa writers of his native Brazil, while forging new directions in soul with collaborators like

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, who wrote Mendes' R&B-inflected minor hit "The Real Thing". In 1983, he rejoined Alpert's A&M records and enjoyed success with a self-titled album and several follow-up albums, all of which received considerable adult contemporary airplay with charting singles. " Never Gonna Let You Go", featuring vocals by Joe Pizzulo and Leeza Miller, equalled the success of his 1968 single "The Look of Love" by reaching No. 4 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart; it also spent four weeks atop the ''Billboard''

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. In 1984, he recorded the ''Confetti'' album, which had the hit songs "Olympia", which was also used as a theme song for the Olympic Games that year, and "Alibis" which reached #5 on the A/C chart and #29 on the Hot 100. The 1980s also saw Mendes working with singer Lani Hall again on the song "No Place to Hide" from the ''Brasil '86'' album, and as producer of her vocals on the title song for the

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film ''

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''. By the time Mendes released his Grammy-winning Elektra album ''

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'' in 1992, he was the undisputed master of pop-inflected Brazilian jazz. The late-1990s

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revival brought retrospection and respect to Mendes' oeuvre, particularly the classic Brasil '66 albums.

Later career

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'' features a wide array of neo-soul and

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guest artists, including

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, Black Thought, Jill Scott,

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of Jurassic 5, India.Arie, John Legend,

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, Q-Tip,

and

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. It was released February 14, 2006 by

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. The 2006 re-recorded version of " Mas que Nada" with The Black Eyed Peas had additional vocals by

(Mendes' wife); this version is included on ''Timeless''. In Brazil, the song is also well known for being the theme song for the local television channel Globo's Estrelas. The Black Eyed Peas' version contains a sample of their 2004 hit " Hey Mama". The re-recorded song became popular on many European charts. On the

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, the song entered at No. 29 and rose to and peaked at No. 6 on its second week on the chart. He makes an appearance dancing along for one of the segments

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' 24 hour of happy. Mendes served as co-producer on the soundtrack albums for two animated films about his homeland: 2011's ''

'' and its 2014 sequel.

Discography

*1961: ''

'' (Philips) *1962: '' Cannonball's Bossa Nova'' (Riverside/Capitol Records) *1963: ''Você Ainda Não Ouviu Nada!'' (a.k.a., ''The Beat of Brazil'') (Philips) *1964: '' The Swinger from Rio'' (a.k.a., ''Bossa Nova York'') (Atlantic) *1965: '' In Person at El Matador'' (Atlantic) *1965: ''Brasil '65'' (a.k.a. ''In The Brazilian Bag'') (Capitol) *1965: ''

The Great Arrival ''The Great Arrival'' is a 1966 instrumental album by Sérgio Mendes. Track listing #"The Great Arrival (Chegança)" (Edu Lobo, Oduvaldo Vianna Filho) 2:19 #"Monday, Monday" (John Phillips (musician), John Phillips) 2:32 #"Carnaval" (Clare Fische ...

'' (Atlantic) *1966: '' Herb Alpert Presents: Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66'' (A&M) *1967: ''

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'' (A&M) *1967: ''Quiet Nights'' (Philips) *1967: '' Look Around'' (A&M) *1968: '' Fool on the Hill'' (A&M) *1968: '' Sergio Mendes' Favorite Things'' (Atlantic) *1969: '' Crystal Illusions'' (A&M) *1969: '' Ye-Me-Lê'' (A&M) *1969: ''The Story of... Sérgio Mendes and Brasil '77'' (a.ka., Italia - Brazil (A&M) *1970: ''Live at the Expo'' (A&M) *1970: ''

Stillness ''Stillness'' is an album by Sérgio Mendes and the Brasil '66 band. Track listing #"Stillness" (Paula Stone) - 2:40 #"Righteous Life" (Paula Stone) - 3:15 #"Chelsea Morning" (Joni Mitchell) - 2:56 #"Canção Do Nosso Amor" (Silveira, Medeiro ...

'' (A&M) *1971: ''País Tropical'' (A&M) *1971: ''Giorno'' (A&M) *1972: ''Four Sider'' (A&M, double compilation album) *1972: ''Primal Roots'' (a.k.a., ''Raízes'' - Brazil) (A&M) *1973: '' Love Music'' (Bell) *1974: '' Vintage 74'' (Bell) *1975: '' Sérgio Mendes'' (a.k.a., ''I Believe'' - Brazil) (Elektra) *1976: ''Homecooking'' (Elektra) *1977: ''Sergio Mendes and the New Brasil '77'' (Elektra) *1977: ''

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'' (Atlantic) *1978: ''

'' (Elektra) *1979: ''Alegria'' (a.k.a., ''Horizonte Aberto'' - Brazil) (WEA) *1979: ''Magic Lady'' (Elektra) *1980: '' The Beat Of Brazil'' (Atlantic) *1983: '' Sérgio Mendes'' (A&M) *1984: ''

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'' (A&M) *1986: '' Brasil '86'' (A&M) *1989: ''Arara'' (A&M) *1992: ''

'' (Elektra) *1993: '' Oceano'' (Verve) *1999: ''Matrix'' (Concord) *2006: ''

'' (Concord) *2007: '' Encanto'' (Concord) *2009: ''Bom Tempo'' (Concord) *2014: ''Magic'' (Okeh) *2020: ''In the Key of Joy'' (Concord)

Awards

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Latin Grammy Awards

Sergio Mendes en Gracinha Leporace (1971)

References

External links

Official websiteSergio Mendes interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' July 2008

Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66/'77/etc. The Sérgio Mendes Discography
" ''brasil66.com,'' 2006.
The Sounds and Colours of Brazil: An Interview with Sergio Mendes
'Sounds and Colours' June 25, 2012.

" ''The Brazilian Sound: Brazil's Music & Culture,'' July 13, 2008.
July 2009 Interview
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