Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
JazzSee Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66. Sérgio Santos Mendes (born Niterói, 11 February 1941) is a Brazilian musician. Born the... more
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See Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66. Sérgio Santos Mendes (born Niterói, 11 February 1941) is a Brazilian musician. Born the son of a physician in Niterói, Brazil, Mendes attended the local conservatory with hopes of becoming a classical pianist. As his interest in jazz grew, he started playing in nightclubs in the late-1950s just as bossa nova, a jazz-inflected derivative of samba, was taking off. Mendes played with Antonio Carlos Jobim (regarded as a mentor), and many U.S. jazz musicians who toured Brazil. Read more on Last.fmSource: Last.fm