Sergio Mendes, a Brazilian pianist, composer and arranger whose group Brasil ’66 offered a tropical-flavored countermelody to ...

W hen Brazilian composer, producer, and arranger Sergio Mendes passed away in September, the music world lost an icon. Mendes, both with and without his renowned group Brasil ’66, was ...

Called Brasil '66, it featured two American singers ... but his commercial fortunes waned until the 1983 comeback album, Sergio Mendes, gave him the biggest chart hit of his career - a cover ...

“Sergio Mendes was my brother from another country,” trumpeter Herb Alpert wrote on Facebook. “He was a true friend and an extremely talented musician who took Brazilian music in all its ...