Sérgio Mendes / Sergio Mendes
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Biography
[Edit]For most of the second half of the '60s, Sergio Mendes was the top-selling Brazilian artist in the United States, charting huge hit singles and LPs that regularly made the Top Five. His records with his group, Brasil '66, regularly straddled the domestic pop and international markets in America, getting played heavily on AM radio stations, both rock and easy listening, and he gave his label, A&M, something to offer light jazz listeners beyond the work of the company's co-founder, Herb Alpert. During this period, he also became an international music star and one of the most popular musicians in South America.
Born the son of a physician in Niteroi, Brazil, Mendes began studying music at the local conservatory while still a boy, with the intention of becoming a classical pianist. He was living in Rio de Janeiro as the bossa nova craze hit in the mid- to late '50s, and at age 15, he abandoned classical music in favor of bossa nova. Mendes began spending time with other young Brazilian musicians in Rio de Janeiro, absorbing the musical ferment around him in the company of such figures as Antonio Carlos Jobim and João Gilberto. Their company was augmented by the periodic visits of American jazz giants such as Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Byrd, Paul Winter, Roy Eldridge, and Herbie Mann. Mendes became the leader of his own group, the Sexteto Bossa Rio, and was heard with them by many visiting musicians. He made his first recording, Dance Moderno, in 1961 on the Philips Records label. By 1962, Mendes and his band were playing at Birdland in New York in an impromptu performance with Cannonball Adderley (who was officially on the bill). Mendes and Adderley cut an album together for Capitol Records that was released later that year.
His early music, represented on albums like Bossa Nova York and Girl from Ipanema, was heavily influenced by Antonio Carlos Jobim, on whose recording Mendes worked. Mendes liked what he had found on his visit to New York, and in 1964 he moved to the United States, initially to play on albums with Jobim and Art Farmer, and formed Brasil '65 the following year. The group recorded for Capitol without attracting too much notice at first. In 1966, however, Mendes and his band — renamed Brasil '66 — were signed to A&M Records and something seemed to click between the group and its audience.
The group, consisting in its first A&M incarnation of Mendes on keyboards, Bob Matthews on bass, João Palma on drums, Jose Soares as percussionist, Lani Hall (aka Mrs. Herb Alpert and A&M's co-founder) on vocals, and Janis Hansen on vocals, was successful upon the release of its first album for the label, with its mix of light jazz, a bossa nova beat, and contemporary soft pop melodies. Their self-titled debut LP rose to number six nationally, propelled by the presence of the single "Mas Que Nada." Their second album, Equinox, yielded a trio of minor hits, "Night and Day," "Constant Rain (Chove Chuva)," and "For Me," but their third, Look Around, rose to number five behind a number three single of the group's cover of the Beatles' "Fool on the Hill" and an accompanying hit with "Scarborough Fair," based on the Simon & Garfunkel version of the folk song. Crystal Illusions, from 1969, featured a version of Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" and the hit single "Pretty World." Depending upon one's sensibilities, these covers — especially "Fool on the Hill" and "Scarborough Fair" — were either legitimate, internationalized pop versions of the originals, or they were "elevator music."
During this period, Mendes also made several recordings for Atlantic Records separate from his A&M deal, principally aimed at a light jazz audience, and several of them in association with Jobim. Art Farmer, Phil Woods, Hubert Laws, and Claire Fisher were among the jazz figures who appeared on these records, which never remotely attracted the same level of interest or sales as his records with Brasil '66. Mendes successfully walked a fine line between international and domestic audiences for most of the late '60s until the end of the decade. Ye-Me-Le was notably less successful than its predecessors, and its single, "Wichita Lineman," was only a minor hit. Mendes seemed to lose his commercial edge with the turn of the decade, and his next two A&M albums: Stillness, a folk-based collection that contained covers of Joni Mitchell's "Chelsea Morning" and Stephen Stills' "For What It's Worth," and Primal Roots, an album of traditional Brazilian music, failed to make any impression on the charts whatsoever.
The group moved to the much smaller Bell Records label in 1973, and then Mendes jumped to Elektra for his first official solo album, Sergio Mendes. He relaunched his recording career two years later with Sergio Mendes & Brasil '77 to little avail, and then, after a five-year layoff from the public eye, Mendes returned to A&M in 1982. His 1983 comeback album, Sergio Mendes, was his first Top 40 album in nearly a decade and a half, and was accompanied by his biggest chart single ever, "Never Gonna Let You Go," which hit number four. Since then, Mendes has had limited chart success with the single "Alibis" and the LP Confetti. He remained a popular figure internationally, even when his record sales slumped in America, as evidenced by the fact that his entire A&M catalog (and much of his Atlantic work) from the '60s has been reissued on CD in Japan. Indeed, his popularity in the rest of the world, versus America, was even the basis for a comic vignette in one episode of the television series Seinfeld.
During the '90s, Mendes performed with a new group, Brasil '99, and more recently, Brasil 2000, and has been integrating the sounds of Bahian hip-hop into his music. In 1997, A&M's British division released a remastered double-CD set of the best of Mendes' music from his first seven years on the label. Most of Mendes' back catalog was reissued as the 21st century dawned, and in 2006, Concord Records released Timeless, his first album of newly recorded material in eight years. A mere two years later, Encanto appeared, including co-productions from will.i.am of Black Eyed Peas. A third album on Concord, Bom Tempo, was released in 2010. After appearances at numerous festivals and a global tour, Mendes took a short break before beginning to record again. He signed to Sony's revived OKeh imprint and cut a completely new set of songs in Los Angeles, Salvador, and Bahia, with a host of special guests and old friends, including John Legend, will.i.am., and Brazilian artists such as Carlinhos Brown, with whom he cut the first single, "One Nation," issued on One Love, One Rhythm: The 2014 FIFA World Cup Official Album. Mendes' album Magic was released in September.
Title: Funky Bahia - Single
Artist: Sérgio Mendes / Sergio Mendes
Genre: Rock, Dancefloor, World Music, Latin, Pop, Dance Pop, Lounge
Title: Home Cooking
Artist: Sérgio Mendes / Sergio Mendes, Brasil '77
Title: Live In Japan
Artist: Sérgio Mendes / Sergio Mendes, Brasil '77
Title: Primal Roots
Artist: Sérgio Mendes / Sergio Mendes, Brasil '77
Genre: Jazz, Rock, World Music, Pop, Lounge
Title: Colour Collection (International)
Artist: Sérgio Mendes / Sergio Mendes
Genre: Jazz, World Music, Pop
Title: The Story Of... Sergio Mendes And Brasil '66
Artist: Sérgio Mendes / Sergio Mendes
Genre: Latin Folk, Latin
Title: Timeless
Artist: Sérgio Mendes / Sergio Mendes
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Soul, Rock, World Music, Latin
Title: In Person At el Matador! (Live in San Francisco)
Artist: Sérgio Mendes / Sergio Mendes
Genre: New Age, Rock, Salsa, World Music, Latin, Pop, Lounge
Title: Bossa & Jazz
Artist: Sérgio Mendes / Sergio Mendes
Genre: Downtempo, Electronica, House, Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Club/Dance, World Music, Latin, Pop, Lounge, Chamber & Vocal
Title: Brasil '88
Artist: Sérgio Mendes / Sergio Mendes
Title: Sergio Mendes
Artist: Sérgio Mendes / Sergio Mendes
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Rock, World Music, Latin, Pop, Lounge
Title: Rhino Hi-Five: Sergio Mendes
Artist: Sérgio Mendes / Sergio Mendes
Genre: Rock, World Music, Latin, Pop, Lounge
Title: Brasileiro
Artist: Sérgio Mendes / Sergio Mendes
Genre: New Age, Rock, Punk Rock, Salsa, World Music, Latin, Pop, Lounge, Easy Listening
Title: Bossa Nova Classics
Artist: Antonio Carlos Jobim, Sérgio Mendes / Sergio Mendes
Genre: World Music, Latin
Title: Corcovado (Golden Classics)
Artist: Sérgio Mendes / Sergio Mendes, Carlos Lyra
Genre: World Music
Title: Sergio Mendes: The Swinger From Rio (International Version)
Artist: Sérgio Mendes / Sergio Mendes
Genre: Jazz, World Music, Latin, Pop
Collections
Title: Fiesta - Ministry of Sound
Genre: Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Rio (Music from the Motion Picture)
Genre: Latin, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Rio: Music From the Motion Picture
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Brazil World Cup 2014
Genre: World Music
Title: X-Mas Jazz
Genre:
Title: Jazz Christmas Classics
Genre:
Title: Jazz Pop Lounge
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Stripper: Sexy Jazz Classics
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz - Winter Classics
Genre: Jazz
Title: The No. 1 Latin Jazz Album Ever!
Genre: Latin
Title: Taste Of Latin Jazz
Title: The Greatest Winter Classics - Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Brazilian Top Hits
Genre: Jazz
Title: Rare Grooves
Genre: Jazz
Title: Bosa Nova, Vol. 1
Genre: Latin
Title: Bossa Nova - Trinta Anos Depois
Genre: Jazz
Title: Pure Brazil: Instrumental Bossa Nova
Genre: World Music
Title: Antonio Carlos Jobim - Brasileiro
Genre: Latin
Title: Atlantic Top 60: Jazz, Jive and Strut
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jukebox Favourites - Best of Latin Lounge
Genre: Jazz
Title: Best of Jazz Samba
Genre: Jazz
Title: Agua De Beber - Summer Samba Sauce
Genre: Jazz
Title: Tom Masculino
Genre: World Music, Latin
Title: GOAL!!! Fiesta do futebol
Genre: World Music
Title: Instrumental Bossa Nova
Title: Best of Afro Brazilian Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Brazilian Lounge - 70 Classic Tracks
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Brazilian Nights, Vol.2
Genre: Latin
Title: 100% Brasil
Genre: Latin
Title: Jazz Greats - Pop Songs
Genre: Jazz
Title: Lounge Cocktails
Genre: Jazz
Title: Brazilian Nights, Vol.3
Genre: Latin
Title: Copa Beach
Genre: Latin
Title: Novabossa - Red Hot On Verve
Title: Best of Jazz Samba
Genre: World Music
Title: World Cup Fever 2014
Genre: Pop
Title: BRAVO HITS 54 CD1
Genre:
Title: HIP HOP BEST THE COLLECTION 2CD
Genre:
Title: BRAVO THE HITS 2006
Genre:
Title: Now 12
Genre: Club/Dance
Title: DANCE WITH ME
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Compact Disc Club - Passion CD 2
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: Compact Disc Club - Magic Moments (New Edition) CD 2
Genre:
Title: Compact Disc Club - Magic Moments (New Edition) CD 3
Genre:
Title: Compact Disc Club - Dark Pleasure CD 3
Genre: Soul
Title: Blues Women Anthology 9 (CD2)
Genre: Blues
Title: Best Of Black Summer Party Vol. 7 CD2
Genre: Pop
Featuring albums
Title: Party Groove: Gay Days, Vol. 8 (Mixed By DJ Randy Bettis)
Artist: Randy Bettis
Genre: Electronica, Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Jill Scott Collaborations
Artist: Jill Scott
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Soul, Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Rock
Title: Four Sider
Artist: Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66 / Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
Genre: Rock, World Music, Latin, Pop, Lounge
Title: Do the Bossa Nova with Herbie Mann
Artist: Herbie Mann
Genre: Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Latin, Bossanova
Title: Dance With Me: Music From The Motion Picture
Artist: Original Soundtrack
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor
Title: Foursider
Artist: Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66 / Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
Genre: World Music, Latin
Title: Ultra-Lounge / Bossa Novaville Volume Fourteen
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Latin
Title: Mr. Timberlake
Artist: Justin Timberlake
Genre: Downtempo, Electronica, Eurodance, House, Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Jazz, Rock, Dancehall, Club/Dance, Pop, Pop Rock, Pop Rap, Synth Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Acoustic
Title: Recrimination
Artist: Justin Timberlake
Genre: Downtempo, Electronica, Eurodance, House, Euro House, Techno, Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Jazz, Rock, Alternative Rock, Punk, Reggae, Dancehall, Club/Dance, Pop, Pop Rock, Pop Rap, Synth Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Classical
Title: Sounds From The Verve Hi-Fi 2002
Artist: Thievery Corporation
Genre: Downtempo, Electronica, Jazz
Title: Key To The Groove, Vol. 2 (CD2: Keep The Fire Burning)
Artist: Bevan Keys
Genre: Electronica, House, Soul, Jazz, Disco
Title: Backup 2012 Il Best (Deluxe Edition) - Rarities & Unreleased Live & Studio (CD4)
Artist: Jovanotti
Genre: Pop
Title: Jazz Legends Collection
Artist: João Gilberto / Joao Gilberto
Genre: Electronica, Jazz, Club/Dance, World Music, Latin, Pop, Lounge, Chamber & Vocal
Title: Grand 12-Inches 15
Artist: Ben Liebrand
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco, Synth Pop, Funk
Title: The Real Summer Classics (CD2)
Artist: Fetenhits
Genre: Eurodance, Reggaeton, World Music, Latin, Synth Pop
Title: Tropical Voltage Dancing
Artist: Le Bal Chaloupé / Le Bal Chaloupe
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Dance Pop