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As Sergio Mendes reached the peak of his first A&M period with Brasil '66, his old company, Atlantic, continued to release new instrumental Mendes albums, of which this was the last. As on the Brasil '66 recordings of the time, Mendes exposes fresh material from the '60s bumper crop of great Brazilian songwriters: Edú Lobo, Dori Caymmi, Baden Powell, Chico Buarque, and Caetano Veloso. Dave Grusin returns with his swirling, ambitious orchestral arrangements; John Pisano is back on rhythm guitar (along with a lounge-like bossa nova take of his "So What's New"); and Mendes continues to toy with the Fender Rhodes electric piano and electric harpsichord on a number of cuts. Yet this album has an entirely different sound than Mendes' A&Ms, with a typically trebly Nesuhi Ertegun production and more varied rhythm tracks (only on the title track does the rhythm section sound like that of Brasil '66). Buarque's "A Banda" -- which Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass took to the singles charts in the fall of 1967 -- conjures the effect of a ramshackle marching band in a Brazilian parade, and Caymmi's "The Sea Is My Soil" is an evocative mood-swinging tone poem. Ertegun gives Mendes a shot at one of his own favorite things, "Comin' Home Baby," perhaps hoping for hit lightning to strike yet again on this tune (it didn't). Ultimately, this comes off as a pleasant side trip from Mendes' prime period.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
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Moacir Santos, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Scott, Flute, Piccolo, Soprano Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Sergio Mendes, Harpsichord, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nesuhi Ertegun, Producer, Recording Producer - Oscar Hammerstein, ComposerLyricist - João Donato, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Grusin, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - John Pisano, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Kaye, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dom Um Romao, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Nechtel, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1968 Craft Recordings.
Moacir Santos, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Scott, Flute, Piccolo, Soprano Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Vinicius De Moraes, ComposerLyricist - Sergio Mendes, Harpsichord, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Mondragon, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Nesuhi Ertegun, Producer, Recording Producer - Baden Powell, ComposerLyricist - João Donato, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Grusin, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - John Pisano, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Kaye, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dom Um Romao, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1968 Craft Recordings.
Moacir Santos, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Scott, Flute, Piccolo, Soprano Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Sergio Mendes, Harpsichord, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Mondragon, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Nesuhi Ertegun, Producer, Recording Producer - Edu Lobo, ComposerLyricist - João Donato, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Grusin, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - John Pisano, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Kaye, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dom Um Romao, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jose Capinan, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Craft Recordings.
Torquato Neto, ComposerLyricist - Moacir Santos, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Scott, Flute, Piccolo, Soprano Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Sergio Mendes, Harpsichord, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Mondragon, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Nesuhi Ertegun, Producer, Recording Producer - Edu Lobo, ComposerLyricist - João Donato, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Grusin, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - John Pisano, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Kaye, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dom Um Romao, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1968 Craft Recordings.
Moacir Santos, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Scott, Flute, Piccolo, Soprano Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Sergio Mendes, Harpsichord, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nesuhi Ertegun, Producer, Recording Producer - João Donato, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Grusin, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - John Pisano, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Kaye, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dom Um Romao, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Chico Barque De Hollanda, ComposerLyricist - Larry Nechtel, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1968 Craft Recordings.
Moacir Santos, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Burt Bacharach, ComposerLyricist - Hal David, ComposerLyricist - Tom Scott, Flute, Piccolo, Soprano Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Sergio Mendes, Harpsichord, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nesuhi Ertegun, Producer, Recording Producer - João Donato, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Grusin, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - John Pisano, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Kaye, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dom Um Romao, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Nechtel, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1968 Craft Recordings.
Robert Dorough, ComposerLyricist - Moacir Santos, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Scott, Flute, Piccolo, Soprano Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Sergio Mendes, Harpsichord, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Mondragon, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Ben Tucker, ComposerLyricist - Nesuhi Ertegun, Producer, Recording Producer - João Donato, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Grusin, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - John Pisano, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Kaye, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dom Um Romao, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1968 Craft Recordings.
Moacir Santos, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Scott, Flute, Piccolo, Soprano Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Sergio Mendes, Harpsichord, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Mondragon, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Nesuhi Ertegun, Producer, Recording Producer - João Donato, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Grusin, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - John Pisano, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Kaye, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dom Um Romao, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Caetano Velozo, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Craft Recordings.
Moacir Santos, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Scott, Flute, Piccolo, Soprano Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Sergio Mendes, Harpsichord, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nesuhi Ertegun, Producer, Recording Producer - João Donato, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Grusin, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - John Pisano, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dori Caymmi, ComposerLyricist - Nelson Motta, ComposerLyricist - Phil Kaye, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dom Um Romao, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Nechtel, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1968 Craft Recordings.
Moacir Santos, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Scott, Flute, Piccolo, Soprano Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Sergio Mendes, Harpsichord, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Mondragon, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Nesuhi Ertegun, Producer, Recording Producer - João Donato, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Grusin, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - John Pisano, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Phil Kaye, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dom Um Romao, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1968 Craft Recordings.
Album review
As Sergio Mendes reached the peak of his first A&M period with Brasil '66, his old company, Atlantic, continued to release new instrumental Mendes albums, of which this was the last. As on the Brasil '66 recordings of the time, Mendes exposes fresh material from the '60s bumper crop of great Brazilian songwriters: Edú Lobo, Dori Caymmi, Baden Powell, Chico Buarque, and Caetano Veloso. Dave Grusin returns with his swirling, ambitious orchestral arrangements; John Pisano is back on rhythm guitar (along with a lounge-like bossa nova take of his "So What's New"); and Mendes continues to toy with the Fender Rhodes electric piano and electric harpsichord on a number of cuts. Yet this album has an entirely different sound than Mendes' A&Ms, with a typically trebly Nesuhi Ertegun production and more varied rhythm tracks (only on the title track does the rhythm section sound like that of Brasil '66). Buarque's "A Banda" -- which Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass took to the singles charts in the fall of 1967 -- conjures the effect of a ramshackle marching band in a Brazilian parade, and Caymmi's "The Sea Is My Soil" is an evocative mood-swinging tone poem. Ertegun gives Mendes a shot at one of his own favorite things, "Comin' Home Baby," perhaps hoping for hit lightning to strike yet again on this tune (it didn't). Ultimately, this comes off as a pleasant side trip from Mendes' prime period.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:28:31
- Main artists: Sergio Mendes
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Craft Recordings
- Genre: World
© 1968 Craft Recordings. ℗ 1968 Craft Recordings.
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