His model of ‘Mas Que Nada’ was one of many songs that helped popularize the Brazilian music style bossa nova worldwide within the Nineteen Sixties.
Sérgio Mendes, the Grammy-winning Brazilian musician whose hit “Mas Que Nada” made him a world legend, has died after months battling the results of lengthy Covid. He was 83.
The loss of life on Thursday, September 5, of the Brazilian pianist, songwriter and arranger was confirmed in an announcement by his household.
“His spouse and musical accomplice for the previous 54 years, Gracinha Leporace Mendes, was by his facet, as have been his loving kids,” the assertion Friday stated. “Mendes final carried out in November 2023 to bought out and wildly enthusiastic homes in Paris, London and Barcelona.”
His model of “Mas Que Nada” was one of many songs that helped popularize the Brazilian music style bossa nova worldwide within the Nineteen Sixties. In 2006, a contemporary model of the track topped US charts, as carried out by Black Eyed Peas. It was included in his album Timeless, produced by will.i.am and that includes Stevie Surprise, Justin Timberlake and the Black Eyed Peas, amongst others.
“Sergio Mendes was my brother from one other nation,” trumpet participant Herb Alpert wrote on Fb, together with a photograph from a long time in the past, sitting subsequent to Mendes on the piano. “He was a real pal and very gifted musician who introduced Brazilian music in all its iterations to the whole world with class.”
Mendes additionally composed the soundtrack for the movie Pelé, that includes saxophonist Gerry Mulligan, and even produced an album recorded by the Brazilian legendary soccer participant.
Mendes gained the 1992 Grammy Award for Greatest World Music Album for Brasileiro and two Latin Grammy Awards. He additionally obtained an Oscar nomination in 2012 for Greatest Authentic Track for “Actual in Rio,” from the animated movie Rio. Mendes’ household stated they are going to present particulars relating to funeral and memorial companies at a later date.
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