Sergio Mendes, 83, Dies; Brought Brazilian Rhythms to the Pop Charts
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.
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Sergio Mendes, Brazilian bossa nova musician, dies at 83
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I always liked Brasil 66.
Turns out a lot of that style of music came from Antonio Carlos Jobim. The last time I had an opportunity to listen to an actual standards station in the Charlotte market before it returned to Christian programming (its music did come back when a co-owned station brought it back just as a way to say on the air until it sold), one of his songs was the last song I heard. I had never heard of him but I emailed the station and got an answer. I wasn't told the station was about to change.
Turns out a lot of that style of music came from Antonio Carlos Jobim. The last time I had an opportunity to listen to an actual standards station in the Charlotte market before it returned to Christian programming (its music did come back when a co-owned station brought it back just as a way to say on the air until it sold), one of his songs was the last song I heard. I had never heard of him but I emailed the station and got an answer. I wasn't told the station was about to change.
No, “a lot of that music” came from Brazil, with hundreds of artists involved in the “New Beat” movement of the 60’s. A few were exposed in the US, but most were too “Brazilian” for international exposure. In fact, due much to the ethnic and linguistic differences, Bossa Nova was not even particularly popular in the rest of South America.
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Yes me too, and Brasil 77, even the Brasil 88 album from 78
Is “Bissau Nova” new music from the African country just south of Senegal?🤔
Trying to type on the smaller screen iPhone is an invitation to error.
Actually, that music you mention is from the nation that split from Burkina Faso.... Burkina Nova.
The obit said that he was suffering from "long term COVID" and died in a Los Angeles hospital. He joins Charlie Pride, Meat Loaf and David Crosby as musical artists who were victims of the coronavirus.
Last week, I got a Covid booster shot when I got my annual flu vaccine. I've never had Covid.
Last week, I got a Covid booster shot when I got my annual flu vaccine. I've never had Covid.
I get both of mine tomorrow. While this is off topic, I should mention that I had a checkup with my doctor today and he was happy I had scheduled the two vaccines because "COVID is way up in the last month".
I had COVID in November of last year, despite being vaccinated. My physician said, "if you had not been vaccinated, formaldehyde would be the only injection you'd be getting now."
Frogs croak. I didn't. Now back to our regularly scheduled Chimpanzee marathon.
I’m going to get my Novavax covid vaccine in the next few weeks from Costco, but it will also be available at other pharmacies too. I’m getting Novavax because since it targets the JN.1 variant, it will also protect against the subvariant known as KP.2 and other JN.1-derived subvariants, also. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines only target the KP.2 variant. If you want to get Novavax also, you can use this site to find out when it will be in stock near you:
I’ve never had Covid either, since I wear an N95 mask everywhere I go. I have seen long covid wreck one of my parents, so I never want to get covid in the first place. I also have a rare disease which could be worsened if I were to get covid, so I have to be very careful. And before anyone asks, it isn’t anything to do with loving standards and/or doowop… 😀
I’ve never had Covid either, since I wear an N95 mask everywhere I go. I have seen long covid wreck one of my parents, so I never want to get covid in the first place. I also have a rare disease which could be worsened if I were to get covid, so I have to be very careful. And before anyone asks, it isn’t anything to do with loving standards and/or doowop… 😀
There is something different about the Novavax brand which I couldn't remember. Then I found it. I went with Pfizer at Smith's (Kroger) They had another brand but it was still frozen
"But, unlike the other vaccines, Novavax directly injects a version of the spike protein, along with another ingredient that also stimulates the immune system, into the body, leading to the production of antibodies and T-cells"
"But, unlike the other vaccines, Novavax directly injects a version of the spike protein, along with another ingredient that also stimulates the immune system, into the body, leading to the production of antibodies and T-cells"
The movement began in the late 50s. The breakthrough was the soundtrack to the 1958 film "Black Orpheus".
American guitarist Charlie Byrd and saxophonist Stan Getz recorded an album of Bossa Nova music, "Jazz Samba", with two tracks, "Desafinado" and "Samba de Uma Nota So" ("One Note Samba"), co-written by Antonio Carlos Jobim. It was recorded in February of 1962 and released in April of that year.
That album went to #1 on the Billboard Album Chart, propelled by airplay from middle-of-the-road radio stations. "Desafinado" peaked at #15 on the Hot 100, but KHJ was playing it as Gold as late as 1970.
Largely due to its success, a Bossa Nova concert was arranged for November of 1962 at Carnegie Hall in New York. Getz was the headliner and Jobim, Sergio Mendes, Joao Gilberto and Luis Bonfa flew from Brazil.
The concert was a success, Jobim and Sergio Mendes decided to stay in America, and both moved to Los Angeles.
Much of Jobim's catalog of well-known songs, including "The Girl From Ipanema", were actually written at his home in the Hollywood Hills.
Jobim was more a songwriter than a performer, Mendes was the opposite, and between them, they got the music heard in the U.S, largely on MOR radio.
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And getting back on topic - I really like Sergio Mendes music and I grew up with "Never Gonna Let You Go" playing all the time on the soft rock station here.
Alpert
Thanks. Corrected.
Here is one of Sergio Mendes hits. RIP to the legend.
Jobim may not have been the only artist in the genre, but he was certainly one of the most popular with American audiences. Mendes certainly helped popularize the genre, where some of his cover versions ("Fool On The Hill," "Scarborough Fair") and of course "Mas Que Nada" received a good amount of airplay on easy listening stations.
I always liked the way the genre was part of the easy listening music of the time. Aritists included of course Mendes, and Astrud Gilberto, Stan Getz and Walter Wanderly. Even Frank Sinatra recorded an album with Jobim.
I always liked the way the genre was part of the easy listening music of the time. Aritists included of course Mendes, and Astrud Gilberto, Stan Getz and Walter Wanderly. Even Frank Sinatra recorded an album with Jobim.
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