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The Grammy-winning musician, whose hit "Mas Que Nada" helped make him a global ambassador for Brazilian music, died after months battling the effects of long COVID.
The Grammy-winning jazz and bossa nova musician, who formed the group Brasil '66, was known for his 1966 hit, "Mas Que Nada." ...
The Grammy-winning musician's composition "Mas Que Nada" was one of the songs that helped popularize the Brazilian music genre bossa nova worldwide in the 1960s.
A pianist, composer and arranger, he rose to fame with the group Brasil ’66 and remained a force in popular music for more than six decades. By Barry Singer Sergio Mendes, the Brazilian-born ...
Sergio Mendes, a Brazilian pianist, composer and arranger whose group Brasil ’66 offered a tropical-flavored countermelody to the hard edge of rock-and-roll in the late 1960s and who had a late ...
Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian band leader who helped popularize bossa nova, dies at 83 Brazilian singer Sérgio Mendes died Thursday in Los Angeles. He was 83.
Sérgio Mendes, the Brazilian musician whose melding of pop, bossa nova, funk and cool jazz became one of the 1960s most popular sounds, died Thursday.
Sérgio Mendes, the Brazilian-born musician known for his bossa nova style, died on Thursday, Sept. 5, in a Los Angeles hospital. He was 83.
Sérgio Mendes, the Brazilian composer, arranger and pianist whose melding of his native country’s traditional music with ’60s-vintage American pop, bossa nova, samba, funk and hints of cool ...
On September 5, world-renowned Brazilian-American pop musician, arranger and bandleader Sergio Mendes died in a hospital in Los Angeles at the age of 83. According to an Instagram post published ...
Brazilian musician, Sergio Mendes, who popularised bossa nova, has died at the age of 83.
Sérgio Mendes, the multi-talented Brazilian musician who brought bossa nova music to a global audience and earned a Best Song Oscar nomination, died at 83. His family cited long-term effects of ...