The Brazilian bossa nova hitmaker Sergio Mendes, known for songs like 'Mas Que Nada' and 'The Look of Love,' has died.

As a child, he studied classical piano but eventually developed a keen interest in jazz. In the 50s he began playing music in Rio’s nightclubs, eventually forming the bossa nova band Sexeto ...

We're doing more jazz tunes, especially in quieter clubs like Cafe Sweetwater. We do more samba, bossa nova and afoxe and less of the dance music." Always versatile, dance music is still in the ...

Brazilian music legend Sergio Mendes, who helped catapult bossa nova onto the global stage in the 1960s with hits including ...

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created a string of worldwide hits by combining bossa nova, the jazz-infused samba music of his native Brazil, with funk, hip-hop and other genres; recognition included three Grammy awards and an ...

His composition "Mas que Nada" was one of the songs that helped popularize the Brazilian music genre bossa nova worldwide in ...

Bossa Nova legend João Bosco praised Mendes as “thinker of Brazilian music” beyond his instrumental talents. Mendes had worked alongside Herb Alpert, his “brother from another country ...

To wrap up the last week of August, a series of live music performances are happening ... gearing up to offer more evenings of live jazz, bossa nova and rock. First up is a jazz performance ...

05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MUSIC BROKERS celebrates its 25th ... updated with gentle arrangements (Bossa Nova, Soft Jazz, Reggae, Chill Out, Lounge, and more recently Afrobeats) performed ...

He was the Brazilian music legend who brought bossa nova to a global audience in a career that lasted more than 60 years. In the past few days, tributes have been flooding in for legendary Brazilian ...

His composition "Mas que Nada" was one of the songs that helped popularize the Brazilian music genre bossa nova worldwide in the 1960s. In 2006, a modern version of the song topped U.S. charts ...