Sérgio Santos Mendes (; 11 February 1941 – 5 September 2024) was a Brazilian musician. His career took off with worldwide hits by his band Brasil '66. He released 35 albums and was known for playing bossa nova, often mixed with

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. He was nominated for an

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for Best Original Song in 2012 as a co-writer of "Real in Rio" from the animated film '' Rio''. Mendes was primarily known in the United States, where his albums were recorded and where most of his touring took place. He was married to Gracinha Leporace, who performed with him from the early 1970s. Mendes collaborated with many artists, including

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, with whom he re-recorded in 2006 a remake of his 1966 version of the song " Mas que nada", which was a breakthrough hit for him.

Biography

Early career

Mendes was born in

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, east across

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from

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, on 11 February 1941. As he related in ''In the Key of Joy,'' a biopic about his career, he had to wear a cast for three years because he had

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. His father was a doctor, and he was one of the first people in

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to be given

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. Sergio studied classical music at the local conservatory with hopes of becoming a classical pianist. As his interest in

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grew, he started playing in nightclubs in the late 1950s at the time that bossa nova, a jazz-infused derivative of

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, was emerging. Sergio Mendes played with

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, who was regarded as a mentor, and U.S. jazz musicians who toured Brazil. Mendes formed the Sexteto Bossa Rio and recorded '' Dance Moderno'' in 1961. He toured Europe and the United States where he recorded albums with

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and

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. In 1962 he played in a bossa nova festival at

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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 formed a partnership with Richard Adler, a Brooklyn-born American who had brought Bossa Trés and two dancers, Joe Bennett and a Brazilian partner, to appear on ''

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'' in 1963. He was accompanied by Jobim, Flavio Ramos and Aloísio de Oliveira, a record and TV producer from Rio who had been 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 to make one club appearance ( Basin Street East) before ordering them to leave the U.S. When the new group Brasil '65 was formed,

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and other West Coast musicians enrolled Mendes and the other band members into the local musicians' union. Adler and Mendes formed Brasil '65, which consisted of Wanda Sá and

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, as well as the Sergio Mendes Trio. The group recorded albums for Atlantic and Capitol.

Brasil '66

Mendes' jazz albums for Atlantic Records, through Nesuhi and

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, had low sales. Adler suggested that Mendes and the group sing in English as well as Portuguese, as Mendes had demanded, and Adler provided new English-based material such as " Goin' Out of My Head" 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 female singers to sing in both English and Portuguese. Adler contacted his friend Jerry Dennon and

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founders

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and Jerry Moss, and arranged for an audition for Mendes' new group, which was named "Brasil '66.'" Alpert and Moss signed Mendes and his group to A&M Records. Adler asked the Ertegun Brothers at Atlantic Records to 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. 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 composer and singer Jorge Ben. The first album on A&M was '' Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66'', an album that went platinum as a result of the success of the single "Mas que nada" and the personal support of Alpert, with whom Mendes toured. The original lineup of Brasil '66 was Mendes (piano), vocalists

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(later Alpert's wife) and Sylvia Dulce Kleiner () (1942–2004), Bob Matthews (1935–2022) (bass), José Soares (percussion) and João Palma (1943–2016) (drums). John Pisano (1931–2024) played guitar. The new lineup recorded two albums between 1966 and 1968, including the best-selling '' Look Around'' LP, before a major personnel change for its fourth album '' Fool on the Hill''. Mendes often changed the band's lineup. Vocalist Kleiner (Bibi Vogel) was replaced by Janis Hansen, who in turn was replaced by Karen Philipp. Veteran drummer Dom Um Romão teamed with

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to assume percussionist duties. Claudio Slon joined the group as drummer in 1969 and played 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. 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. Kevyn Lettau sang and toured with Mendes for eight years after being discovered by him in 1984. Though his early singles with Brasil '66, most notably "Mas que nada", met with some success, Mendes burst into mainstream prominence when he performed the

-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 (

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) 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 "

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" and " Scarborough Fair". From 1968 on, Mendes was a major Brazilian star 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

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and

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. The Brasil '66 group appeared at the

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in June 1970.

Renewed success

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

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in 1973 and 1974 and several for Elektra from 1975 such as " Brasil '88", Mendes continued 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'' adult contemporary chart. 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. In the 1980s Mendes worked again with singer

on the song "No Place to Hide" from the '' Brasil '86'' album, and produced her vocals on the title song for the

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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. In the 4th season of Seinfeld, during the episode titled "The Old Man", Mendes is mentioned when Kramer and Newman try and sell their used records to a record store. Because of his popularity in South America, Kramer and Newman feel they should have received more money on their trade-in.

Later career

The 2006 album '' Timeless'' featured a wide array of

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and

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guest artists, including

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, Jill Scott,

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, India.Arie,

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, Q-Tip,

and

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. It was released on 14 February 2006,by

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. The 2006 re-recorded version of " Mas que Nada" with the Black Eyed Peas had additional vocals by Gracinha Leporace (Mendes' wife) and this version was included on ''Timeless''. In Brazil, the song became the theme song of the local television channel Globo's Estrelas. The Black Eyed Peas' version contained a sample of their 2004 hit " Hey Mama". The re-recorded song became popular on European charts. On the UK Singles Chart, the song entered at No. 29 and peaked at No. 6 in its second week on the chart. In 2013, Mendes made an appearance dancing to one of the segments of

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' "24 Hours of Happy." In 2012, he was nominated for an

for Best Original Song as co-writer of "Real in Rio" from the animated film '' Rio''. He was the co-producer on the soundtrack albums for two animated films about his homeland: 2011's ''Rio'' and its 2014

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. He was the subject of the 2020 documentary ''Sergio Mendes in the Key of Joy''. Mendes gave his final performances in November 2023. He played bossa nova which was often combined with funk. He had released 35 albums.

Death

Mendes died from complications of

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at a hospital in

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, on 5 September 2024, at the age of 83.

Discography

*1961: '' Dance Moderno'' (

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) *1962: '' Cannonball's Bossa Nova'' ( Riverside/

) *1963: ''Você Ainda Não Ouviu Nada!'' (a.k.a., ''The Beat of Brazil'') (Philips) *1965: ''In Person at El Matador'' (Atlantic) *1965: ''Brasil '65'' (a.k.a. ''In The Brazilian Bag'') (Capitol) *1965: '' The Great Arrival'' (Atlantic) *1966: '' The Swinger from Rio'' (a.k.a., ''Bossa Nova York'') (

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) *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: '' Sérgio 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.k.a., Italia – Brazil, A&M) *1970: ''Live at Expo '70'' (unreleased in the US, A&M) *1970: ''

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'' (A&M) *1971: ''País Tropical'' (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 Sérgio Santos Mendes (; 11 February 1941 – 5 September 2024) was a Brazilian musician. His career took off with worldwide hits by his band Brasil '66. He released 35 albums and was known for playing bossa nova, often mixed with funk. He ...

'' (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: '' Brasil '88'' (Elektra) *1979: ''Alegria'' (a.k.a., ''Horizonte Aberto'' – Brazil) (WEA) *1979: ''Magic Lady'' (Elektra) *1980: ''The Beat of Brazil'' (Atlantic) *1983: ''

'' (A&M) *1984: ''

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

'' (Elektra) *1996: ''Oceano'' (Verve) *1999: ''Matrix'' (Concord) *2006: '' Timeless'' (Concord) *2007: ''

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

Awards

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References

External links

Official website
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2012 interview
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Biography

Early career

Brasil '66

Renewed success

Later career

Death

Discography

Awards

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Latin Grammy Awards The Latin Grammy Awards (stylized as Latin GRAMMYs) are awards presented by the Latin Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the Latin music, Latin music industry. The Latin Grammy honors works recorded in Spanish language, S ...

See also

References

External links