They were bossa nova in their time” Such U.S. jazzmen as Flutist Herbie Mann heard the new music, liked it and began putting it in their programs back home. (“Twist music,” said Mann ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Brazilian music legend Sergio Mendes, who helped catapult bossa nova onto the global stage in the 1960s with hits including "Mas Que Nada," died in Los Angeles at the ...

Brazilian musician Sérgio Mendes, who helped popularise bossa nova and samba with Western audiences, has died at the age of 83, his family has confirmed. The bandleader and composer is best known ...

Even before he asserted himself musically with his classic run of albums in the 1970s, Wonder was already putting his distinct stamp on his music — and all of Motown’s. For one thing ...

Brazilian musician Sérgio Mendes, who helped popularise bossa nova and samba with Western audiences ... version of the song. Although his music was dismissed as "easy listening" at the time ...

“I think what happened was that the feel-good tunes of bossa nova were used as Muzak in supermarkets and elevators because the melodies were so strong. But that’s a kind of praise for the ...

"The songs are relaxing and the topics simple ... Ipanema by Antonio Carlos Jobim for an idea of what bossa nova is about. World music basically means songs that incorporate lesser-known styles ...

During the late 1960s, Sérgio Mendes was the biggest-selling Brazilian artist in the world Brazilian musician Sérgio Mendes, who helped popularise bossa nova and samba with Western audiences ...

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Gilberto's style - mixing traditional and modern musical influences - inspired bossa nova, or new trend, music and many other artists after him. In 1964, he famously collaborated with America ...

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