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Sergio Mendes took a deep breath, expanded his sound to include strings lavishly arranged by the young Dave Grusin and Dick Hazard, went further into Brazil, and out came a gorgeous record of Brasil '66 at the peak of its form. Here Mendes released himself from any reliance upon Antonio Carlos Jobim and rounded up a wealth of truly great material from Brazilian fellow travelers: Gilberto Gil's jet-propelled "Roda" and Joao Donato's clever "The Frog," Dori Caymmi's stunningly beautiful "Like a Lover," Harold Lobo's carnival-esque "Tristeza," and Mendes himself (the haunting "So Many Stars" and the title track). Mendes was also hip enough to include "With a Little Help From My Friends" from the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper LP. As things evolved, though, the one track that this album would be remembered for is the only other non-Brazilian tune, Burt Bacharach's "The Look of Love," in an inventive, grandiose arrangement with a simplified bossa beat. The tune just laid there on the album until Mendes and company performed it on the Academy Awards telecast in 1968. The performance was a sonic disaster, but no matter; the public response was huge, a single was released, and it become a monster, number four on the pop charts. So much for the reported demise of bossa nova; in Sergio Mendes' assimilating, reshaping hands, allied with Herb Alpert's flawless production, it was still a gold mine.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
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John Lennon, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Herb Alpert, Producer - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, MainArtist - Jerry Moss, Producer
℗ 1966 Concord Records, Inc.
Gilberto Gil, ComposerLyricist - Herb Alpert, Producer - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, MainArtist - Joao De Campos, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Concord Records, Inc.
D Caymmi, ComposerLyricist - A Bergman, ComposerLyricist - Herb Alpert, Producer - Marilyn Bergman, ComposerLyricist - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, MainArtist - N Motta, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Concord Records, Inc.
Herb Alpert, Producer - CAetano Veloso, ComposerLyricist - João Donato, ComposerLyricist - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, MainArtist
℗ 1967 Concord Records, Inc.
Norman Gimbel, ComposerLyricist - Herb Alpert, Producer - Haroldo Lobo, ComposerLyricist - Niltinho, ComposerLyricist - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, MainArtist - Jerry Moss, Producer
℗ 1966 Concord Records, Inc.
Burt Bacharach, Composer - Hal David, Author - Sergio Mendes, Producer - Herb Alpert, Producer - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, MainArtist - Jerry Moss, Producer
℗ 1968 Concord Records, Inc.
Herb Alpert, Producer - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Concord Records, Inc.
Marcos Valle, ComposerLyricist - RAY GILBERT, ComposerLyricist - Herb Alpert, Producer - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, MainArtist - Paulo Sergio Kostenbader Valle, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Concord Records, Inc.
Sergio Mendes, Composer - Herb Alpert, Producer - Marilyn Bergman, Author - Alan Bergman, Author - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, MainArtist - Jerry Moss, Producer
℗ 1966 Concord Records, Inc.
Sergio Mendes, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Herb Alpert, Producer - Marilyn Bergman, ComposerLyricist - Alan Bergman, ComposerLyricist - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, MainArtist - Jerry Moss, Producer - Arino Mattos, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Concord Records, Inc.
Album review
Sergio Mendes took a deep breath, expanded his sound to include strings lavishly arranged by the young Dave Grusin and Dick Hazard, went further into Brazil, and out came a gorgeous record of Brasil '66 at the peak of its form. Here Mendes released himself from any reliance upon Antonio Carlos Jobim and rounded up a wealth of truly great material from Brazilian fellow travelers: Gilberto Gil's jet-propelled "Roda" and Joao Donato's clever "The Frog," Dori Caymmi's stunningly beautiful "Like a Lover," Harold Lobo's carnival-esque "Tristeza," and Mendes himself (the haunting "So Many Stars" and the title track). Mendes was also hip enough to include "With a Little Help From My Friends" from the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper LP. As things evolved, though, the one track that this album would be remembered for is the only other non-Brazilian tune, Burt Bacharach's "The Look of Love," in an inventive, grandiose arrangement with a simplified bossa beat. The tune just laid there on the album until Mendes and company performed it on the Academy Awards telecast in 1968. The performance was a sonic disaster, but no matter; the public response was huge, a single was released, and it become a monster, number four on the pop charts. So much for the reported demise of bossa nova; in Sergio Mendes' assimilating, reshaping hands, allied with Herb Alpert's flawless production, it was still a gold mine.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:30:21
- Main artists: Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve
- Genre: Jazz
© 2000 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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