''Confetti'' is an album by Sérgio Mendes, released in 1983. Most of the songs of the album were written by established US pop

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

s and lyricists such as

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and Marilyn Bergman,

Barry Mann Barry Mann (born Barry Imberman; February 9, 1939) is an American songwriter and musician, and part of a successful songwriting partnership with his wife, Cynthia Weil. He has written or co-written 53 hits in the UK and 98 in the US. Early li ...

Cynthia Weil Cynthia Weil (born October 18, 1940) is an American songwriter who wrote many songs together with her husband Barry Mann. Life and career Weil was born in New York City, and was raised in a Conservative Jewish family. Her father was Morris Wei ...

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, and Tom Snow. Among the notable singers on the album are Joe Pizzulo and

Gracinha Leporace Gracinha Leporace (born Maria da Graça Leporace; 20 January 1950) is a Brazilian singer who works extensively with her husband Sérgio Mendes and his band. Leporace was born in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro. She has a sister, Marianna Leporace, who ...

. The song "Olympia" was written for the

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in Los Angeles. Notable singles from album were: "Alibis", "Olympia" & "Let's Give a Little More This Time"

Track listing

Olympia The name Olympia may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film * ''Olympia'' (1938 film), by Leni Riefenstahl, documenting the Berlin-hosted Olympic Games * ''Olympia'' (1998 film), about a Mexican soap opera star who pursues a career as an athlet ...

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) – 5:25 #"Say It with Your Body" ( John Bettis, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) – 4:31 #"Let's Give a Little More This Time" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) – 3:42 #"The Sound of One Song (Depende de Nós)" ( Ivan Lins,

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, Cynthia Weil) – 3:23 #"Alibis" ( Tony Macaulay, Tom Snow) – 3:59 #"Dance Attack" ( David Batteau,

) – 3:55 #"Kisses" (Ivan Lins, Vítor Martins,

Alan Bergman Alan Bergman (born September 11, 1925) and Marilyn Keith Bergman (November 10, 1928 – January 8, 2022) were an American songwriting duo. Married from 1958 until Marilyn's death, together they wrote music and lyrics for numerous celebrated telev ...

, Marilyn Bergman) – 3:20 #"Real Life" (Barry Alfonso, Tom Snow) – 3:59 #"''Morrer de Amor''" ("To Die of Love") ( Oscar Castro-Neves, Luvercy Fiorini) – 3:29

Brazilian version

" – 5:28 #"Say It with Your Body" – 4:32 #"Let's Give a Little More This Time" – 3:43 #"''Depende de Nós''" ( Ivan Lins,

) – 3:30 #"Real Life" – 3:59 #"Alibis" – 4:03 #"Dance Attack" – 3:55 #"Kisses" – 3:24 #"To Die of Love" – 3:27 #"Olympia" (Instrumental version) (

) - 4:19

Personnel

Musicians * Sérgio Mendes – keyboards (1, 2, 3, 5, 6), arrangements (2-8), synthesizers (3, 4), synth solo (4), synthesizer arrangements (4), percussion (4),

Fender Rhodes The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional piano, the Rhodes generates sound with keys and hammers, but instead of strings, th ...

(7) * Michael Boddicker – keyboards (1, 2, 5), synthesizer programming (1, 2, 5) * Robbie Buchanan – keyboards (1, 2, 3, 5, 8), synthesizer programming (1, 2, 3), drum synthesizer programming (1), arrangements (1, 2, 3, 5, 8), synthesizers (3, 8) * Don Dorsey – synthesizer programming (1, 5) * Ivan Lins – acoustic piano (4, 7), arrangements (7) * Gilson Perenzzetta – Fender Rhodes (4, 7), arrangements (7) * John Beasley – synthesizers (4), synthesizer arrangements (4) *

Randy Waldman Randy Waldman (born September 8, 1955, Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American pianist, arranger, composer, and conductor. In 2019, Waldman's arrangement of the " Spider-Man Theme" on his ''Superheroes'' album garnered the Grammy Award f ...

– synthesizers (4) * John Barnes – keyboards (6), synthesizer programming (6), arrangements (6) * Don Freeman – keyboards (6), arrangements (6) * Dann Huff – guitars (1, 2, 3, 5), guitar solo (3, 8), electric guitar (4, 8) *

Paul Jackson Jr. Paul Milton Jackson Jr. (born December 30, 1959) is an American fusion/urban jazz composer, arranger, producer and guitarist. He was born and raised in Los Angeles. Jackson knew by the age of fifteen that he wanted to become a professional musi ...

– guitars (2, 3, 5), acoustic guitar (4) * Oscar Castro-Neves – acoustic guitar (4, 7, 9) *

Nathan East Nathan Harrell East (born December 8, 1955) is an American jazz, R&B, and rock bass player and vocalist. With more than 2,000 recordings, East is one of the most recorded bass players in the history of music. East holds a Bachelor of Arts degr ...

– bass (2, 3, 4) * Jimmy Johnson – bass (5, 8) *

John Robinson John Robinson may refer to: Academics *John Thomas Romney Robinson (1792–1882), Irish astronomer and physicist * John J. Robinson (1918–1996), historian and author of ''Born in Blood'' *John Talbot Robinson (1923–2001), paleontologist *John ...

– drums (1, 2, 3) * Terry Bozzio – drum synthesizer programming (1), clap-trap (6) * Carlos Vega – drums (4, 5, 8) * Steve Forman – percussion (1-7) * Ron Powell – percussion (2) Strings (Tracks 7 & 9) * Dave Grusin – arrangements and conductor (7) * Oscar Castro-Neves – arrangements and conductor (9) * Mary Lane, Raphael Kramer, Harry Shlutz and David Speltz – cello * Isabelle Daskoff, Reginald Hill, Bill Hybell, George Kast, Norma Leonard, Constance Meyer, David Montagu, Spiro Stamos, Robert Sushel, Mari Tsumura-Botnick, Gerard Vinci and Harold Wolf – violin Vocals * Joe Pizzulo – vocals (1, 3, 5, 8), additional backing vocals (1), backing vocals (5), BGV arrangements (5) * Harold Clousing – additional backing vocals (1) * Sérgio Mendes – additional backing vocals (1) * Phil Perry – additional backing vocals (1), vocals (6) *

Siedah Garrett Deborah Christine "Siedah" Garrett (born June 24, 1960) is an American singer and songwriter who has written songs and performed backing vocals for many recording artists in the music industry, such as Michael Jackson, the Pointer Sisters, Brand N ...

– vocals (2) * Carmen Twillie – backing vocals (2, 3) * Julia Waters – backing vocals (2, 3) * Maxine Waters – backing vocals (2, 3) * Gary Falcone – backing vocals (5), BGV arrangements (5) * Tommy Faragher – backing vocals (5) *

– vocals (7, 9) ;Olympic choir on "Olympia" * Beth Anderson, Deborah Davis, Gary Falcone, Lani Hall, James Ingram, Phil Perry, Joe Pizzulo, Jeffrey Osborne, Carmen Twillie, Julia Waters and Maxine Waters ;Children's choir on "The Sound of One Song" * Kristin Bernhardi, Kristina Birk, Elizabeth Cathcart, Jennifer Cathcart, Rebecca Clinger, Teresa Dawson, Sandie Hall, Richard Hamilton, Jessica Harris, Joel Harris, Brandon Roberts and Latisha Smith * Jon Joyce – vocal coordinator

Charts

Album

Singles

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Confetti (Sergio Mendes album) 1983 albums Sérgio Mendes albums A&M Records albums Albums arranged by Sérgio Mendes