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Sérgio Mendes

(Sergio Mendes)

Brazilian pianist, composer and arranger, Sérgio Mendes became famous for the crossover between bossa nova and jazz, which earned him many successes with his various groups. Born in Niterói opposite Rio de Janeiro on February 11, 1941, the son of a physicist, Sérgio Santos Mendes studied piano at the conservatory and witnessed the emergence of bossa nova before becoming part of it, playing with the master Antônio Carlos Jobim. He formed a first group, Sexteto Bossa Rio, which produced the instrumental album Dance Moderno (1961), and traveled to the United States where he collabor...