The bandleader and musician, who died on Thursday at 83, was a bridge from Brazilian music to the world — and back. By Jon Pareles Sergio Mendes earned a lasting place in international pop as a ...
Mendes, who died on Thursday at age 83, had the kind of career artists dream about. By Paul Grein Former A&M Records executive Derek Taylor captured the sound of Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66 in a few ...
Sérgio Mendes in mid-'60s, left, and in 2011 Everett Collection Sérgio Mendes, the Brazilian composer, arranger and pianist whose melding of his native country’s traditional music with ’60s-vintage ...