Sergio

Sérgio Mendes (1941-2024)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
September 10, 2024

Sérgio Mendes, a Brazilian jazz and hard-bossa pianist-arranger who relocated to the U.S. in 1964 and launched his Brasil '65 and '66 pop groups, died in Los Angeles on September 5 of complications from long Covid. He was 83. Mendes first performed in the U.S. at the famed Bossa Nova at Carnegie Hall concert in late 1963 and remained here the following year. Like many Brazilian musicians who became expatriates in America, Mendes felt he could be more successful in ...
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Sérgio Mendes: Brasil '66

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
May 12, 2017

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 would become Mendes's partner, urged him to keep his Brazilian feel but bring on American female vocalists to sing contemporary pop hits in English. So Mendes gave it a shot at A&M, and the result was the Brasil '66. Their first album, Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes ...
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Sergio George Releases "Salsa Giants"

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
July 21, 2013

In the summer of 2012, over 12,000 music fans gathered at the Curacao North Sea Jazz Festival to witness a once in a lifetime concert experience as a select group of renowned salsa musicians came together for a historical one night event. That experience has been immortalized forever as Salsa Giants CD/DVD has been released under the production of musical director and producer Sergio George through Top Stop Music. “I couldn't have made a better decision," said Sergio George. “To ...
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On Second Thought: Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 - Fool on the Hill (1968)

Source: Something Else!
December 8, 2011

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 and half decades ago puts me right back into preschool. Fool On The Hill was probably Mendes' most popular album in the U.S., and being squarely in the target demographic of adults too old for rock 'n' roll and too young for Glenn Miller, my dad snapped ...
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"Habanera" by Sergio Puccini

Source: Sound Insights by Doug Payne
March 1, 2011

Spanish guitarist Sergio Puccini's recent record Romerias features Lalo Schifrin's title piece, a suite of nine solo guitar pieces that the composer was commissioned to write in 1986 by famed guitarist Angel Romero. Puccini's remarkable performance here marks the first time this suite has been recorded in its entirety. The guitarist plays as if he knows exactly what the composer is aiming for—guitar artistry that touches on both classical structures and jazz inflections. Puccini takes the piece and his performance ...
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Sergio Mendes Comes to the Hollywood Bowl

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
July 28, 2010

SERGIO MENDES COMES TO THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL | MORCHEEBA OPENS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, JULY 30 AND 31, 2010, AT 8:30 PM July 30 Media Sponsors: Hollywood & Highland Center, Univision/TeleFutura July 31 Media Sponsor: Univision/TeleFutura Brazilian pop maestro Sergio Mendes comes to the Hollywood Bowl for two nights, Friday and Saturday, July 30 and 31, at 8:30 p.m. Opening for and complementing Mendes' sound is the return of the newly-reunited Morcheeba, in its Hollywood Bowl debut.

For ...
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Sergio Mendes' 'Bom Tempo' & 'Bom Tempo Brasil

Source: Michael Ricci
June 2, 2010

Earlier this year the great Brazilian artist Gilberto Gil toured the United States performing what he referred to at UCLA's Royce Hall as a “very simple concert": vocals, cello and two guitars.

Gil's contemporary Sergio Mendes takes the opposite tack on his new album, which features busy interpretations of tunes by Gil, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Jorge Ben Jor and other Brazilian songwriters. Where Gil's tour demonstrated the writerly sophistication and architectural elegance of much of his country's music, “Bom Tempo" ...
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Sergio Mendes' "Bom Tempo" and Album Remix out June 1

Source: Michael Ricci
May 17, 2010

The new release date for Sergio Mendes' upcoming album Bom Tempo has now been set for June 1st via Concord Records, which will simultaneously release Sergio's remix disc Bom Tempo Brasil . Produced by Sergio himself, Bom Tempo expands Mendes' use of color, texture and street-derived energy, highlighting his mastery of authentic Brazilian rhythms and composition. The companion remix album Bom Tempo Brasil features dance mixes of new and classic Mendes tracks from producers including Paul Oakenfold, Cutmore, Moto Blanco, ...
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Sergio Salvatore at Carnegie Hall on October 30th

Source: Michael Ricci
October 26, 2009

Steinway Pianist Sergio Salvatore & Special Guest Christos Rafalides (Vibraphonist) Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall Friday, October, 30th 8 P.M. Steinway jazz pianist Sergio Salvatore will perform at. historic Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall (57th Street and Seventh Avenue, NYC). on Friday, October 30th, at 8:00 pm. Mr. Salvatore will be joined by vibraphonist Christos Rafalides, performing selections from their new release Dark Sand." (four-star review. - Downbeat Magazine) Sergio Salvatore began playing at a very early age and was ...
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Jazz Legends Pay Tribute to Sergio Mendes at Anthology

Source: Michael Ricci
July 20, 2009

By Erick Pettersen On July 26, at 7PM, at Anthology--a jazz club in San Diego's Little Italy neighborhood--an ensemble of seven jazz performers, including jazz guitarist Peter Sprague and vocalist Kevyn Lettau, will perform a tribute concert to Sergio Mendes--a Brazilian musician who plays bossa nova, which he crosses with funk and jazz. Mendes influenced modern jazz, as well as the seven people who will perform that evening.

In 1995, many years after he met Mendes, jazz guitarist Peter Sprague's ...
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