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The Greatest Hits Of Sergio Mendes And Brasil '66 (1987)

Artist: Sergio Mendes
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Song TitleSampleTimePriceDownload
1. Mais Que Nada (Ma-sh Kay Nada) ~ Sergio Mendes & Brasil '662:40$0.99
2. Scarborough Fair ~ Sergio Mendes & Brasil '663:19$0.99
3. With A Little Help From My Friends ~ Sergio Mendes & Brasil '662:35$0.99
4. Like A Lover ~ Sergio Mendes & Brasil '663:50$0.99
5. Look Of Love, The - (from "Casino Royale") ~ Sergio Mendes & Brasil '662:42$0.99
6. Night And Day ~ Sergio Mendes & Brasil '663:06$0.99
7. Fool On The Hill ~ Sergio Mendes & Brasil '663:14$0.99
8. Goin' Out Of My Head ~ Sergio Mendes & Brasil '663:03$0.99
9. Look Around ~ Sergio Mendes & Brasil '663:02$0.99
10. So Many Stars ~ Sergio Mendes & Brasil '664:27$0.99
11. Day Tripper ~ Sergio Mendes & Brasil '663:05$0.99
12. Pretty World ~ Sergio Mendes & Brasil '663:19$0.99


 
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Release Date: 6/1/1985
Label:  A&M Records
UPC: 00075021325821
Buy.com Sku: 200679017

 
Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
Personnel includes: Sergio Mendes (piano); Lani Hall (vocals).
Engineers include: Larry Levine, Henry Lewy, Bones Howe.
Unlike vocalist Astrud Gilberto, pianist Sergio Mendes was highly respected as a musician in his native Brazil from the very beginnings of bossa nova in the early '60s. Mendes and his combo, Brasil '66, were also the most Americanized of the Brazilian semi-expatriates who enjoyed stateside success at the height of the bossa nova craze. Brazil '66, which featured gifted singer Lani Hall, could occasionally even sound like a slightly Latin version of the Fifth Dimension-without the soaring strings and deluxe production values.
Mendez was a shrewd leader, and he understood that much of '60s pop music was ripe for bossa nova treatment. He successfully covered Beatles tunes several times, with his version of "Fool On The Hill" being a particularly winning example, as well as songs by Simon & Garfunkle, Burt Bacharach, and even Cole Porter-whose "Night And Day" seemed tailor-made for the sensual bossa rhythms. From time to time, Brasil '66 would also introduce the songs of fellow countrymen, such as Jorge Ben's exuberant, "Mais Que Nada," sung in Portuguese.

 
Artist Overview
Sergio Mendes is a Brazillian pianist/composer who created a highly accessible mix of Latin jazz, bossa nova, and AM-radio soft pop. This sound earned him and his group, Brasil '66 (originally Brasil '65 and later Brasil '77), a string of huge hit records in the '60s, and Mendes has remained an influential figure in world and lounge music circles.

Artist Influences
Antonio Carlos Jobim (Jazz)
Burt Bacharach
Caetano Veloso
Edu Lobo
Frank Sinatra
Joao Gilberto
Jorge Ben
Simon & Garfunkel
The Beach Boys
The Beatles

Artist Contemporaries
Astrud Gilberto
Charlie Byrd
Chico Hamilton
Claudine Longet
Dionne Warwick
Esquivel
Gal Costa
George Shearing
Herb Alpert
Herbie Mann
Martin Denny
Os Mutantes
The Mamas & The Papas
Vince Guaraldi

Artist Followers
BossaCucaNova
Chuck Mangione
Combustible Edison
David Byrne
Everlounge
Friends Of Dean Martinez
Stereolab
The Carpenters
Zuco 103
 

Technical Info
Release Date : 10/25/1990
Original Release Date : 1987
Catalog ID : 213 258
Label : A&M Records (USA)
Number of Discs : 1
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00075021325821

 
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