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Beloved bossa nova producer, composer, pianist and song interpreter Sérgio Mendes has died at 83. The legendary Brazilian superstar whose career spanned more than three dozen albums released ...
Sérgio Mendes, the Grammy-winning Brazilian band leader who helped popularize bossa nova in the '60s, died Thursday in Los Angeles. He was 83.
Brazilian composer and pianist João Donato, who helped lay the groundwork for bossa nova but defied confinement to any single genre, has died at the age of 88.
Sergio Mendes, the innovative and influential pianist, composer and arranger who was one of Brazil’s earliest contemporary crossover artists, died Thursday in Los Angeles, his family has ...
An overflow crowd turned out to hear the "Masters of Bossa Nova" concert at the Inter-American Development Bank's Cultural Center on Thursday evening, and hardly anyone left until after the entire ...
The New Haven-based Bossa Nova Project, which Mendes and Carter co-founded, draws its inspiration from the bossa nova movement that arose out of Brazil in the 1960s and swept the world with its urbane ...
“Sete de Setembro” marks Brazil’s Independence Day, and Brazilian musicians are introducing new audiences to samba, tropicália, baião, and bossa nova.
Sergio Mendes, the Brazilian singer, composer, bandleader, and keyboardist who became an international sensation after moving to the United States in the 1960s, died, in Los Angeles, on September ...
Sergio Mendes, the influential pianist, composer and arranger who was one of Brazil’s earliest contemporary crossover artists, has died.
Sergio Mendes, the Brazilian singer, composer, bandleader, and keyboardist who became an international sensation after moving to the United States in the 1960s, died, in Los Angeles, on September ...