Bandleader Sérgio Mendes, the godfather of bossa nova, was Brazil’s most celebrated artist in the Sixties. His most popular recording, “Mas Que Nada,” was originally penned and performed by ...

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 ...

In August, all eyes with be on Rio and Brazil as it hosts the 2016 Summer Olympics. Before we visit our next Olympic showcase, though, let’s travel back in time to Brasil ‘66. For the “in crowd”, ...

Brazilian musician Sérgio Mendes, who brought bossa nova to international audiences in the 1960s, has died, his family said Friday. According to a statement shared with USA TODAY, the Grammy winner ...

Sérgio Mendes, the Brazilian bossa nova legend who became a Grammy-winning international star with his band Brasil ’66, has died at the age of 83. The musician’s family confirmed he died September 5 ...

A pianist, composer and arranger, he rose to fame with the group Brasil ’66 and remained a force in popular music for more than six decades. By Barry Singer Sergio Mendes, the Brazilian-born pianist, ...

Depending on what part of the world you’re from, Tropicália — a multi-disciplinary Brazilian counterculture movement of the ’60s — might have spawned the greatest pop music of the twentieth century or ...

4 Josh Groban Sets 'Stage, Screen, and Symphony' Tour Across U.S. Craft Recordings is pleased to announce a vinyl reissue of Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66's long-out-of-print album Greatest Hits, due out ...

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 ...

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 ...