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She has been featured on Sergio Mendes's album Magic, released in 2014. She also appears frequently in concert with Mendes's band as a vocalist. Along with her work with Mendes, she was a member of the Bossa Nova group Bossa Rio in the early 1970s. [citation needed] Leporace has two sons with Mendes: Gustavo and Tiago.
Mendes moved to the U.S. in 1964 and cut two albums under the group name Sergio Mendes & Brasil '65 with Capitol Records and Atlantic Records. [1] Mendes formed a partnership with Richard Adler, a Brooklyn-born American who had brought Bossa Trés and two dancers, Joe Bennett and a Brazilian partner, to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1963.
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"International music icon Sergio Mendes, who brought the joyous sounds of his native Brasil to the world, passed away peacefully on September 5, 2024 in Los Angeles," his family's statement read.
The 2020 documentary “Sergio Mendes: In the Key of Joy” explored his career and work with other contemporary artists, including will.i.am, Common and John Legend. Mendes and Legend received a ...
“Sergio Mendes was my brother from another country,” trumpet player Alpert wrote on Facebook, along with a photo from decades ago, sitting next to Mendes at the piano. “He was a true friend and extremely gifted musician who brought Brazilian music in all its iterations to the entire world with elegance.”
Sérgio Mendes, the Grammy-winning Brazilian band leader who helped popularize bossa nova in the '60s, died Thursday in Los Angeles. He was 83.
Philipp came to national prominence in 1968 when she was hired as one of the two female vocalists in the second iteration of Sérgio Mendes and Brasil '66, debuting on their Top Ten best-selling album, Fool on the Hill. She remained with Brasil '66 (and its successor group, Brasil '77) until she left in 1972 to pursue an acting career.