Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

An unforgettable evening celebrating the vibrant sounds of Sergio Mendes and Brazil ’66! This tribute show pays homage to the legendary music that brought Samba and Bossa Nova to the forefront of the ...

A name that’s synonymous with boss nova, Sérgio Mendes was one of the first Brazilian exports to bring the genre into mainstream. He died at age 83. Full of determination, hope and a little luck, ...

We're taking the moment to remember the life of Sérgio Mendes. He died last month. Mendes was 83 and had been dealing with long COVID for several months. For a time, Mendes was one of the most famous ...

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On September 5, world-renowned Brazilian-American pop musician, arranger and bandleader Sergio Mendes died in a hospital in Los Angeles at the age of 83. According to an Instagram post published by ...

Sergio Mendes died at the age of 83 in Los Angeles, California, his family informed the Brazilian newspaper 'O Globo'. The cause of death is not yet known, however, the artist had been facing ...

Over many years he had grown accustomed to the things they liked to say. That his music was “lounge”, lift, airport, cruise-liner, burbling across the aisles as shoppers debated what to buy. That it ...

Sérgio Mendes, a Brazilian jazz and hard-bossa pianist-arranger who relocated to the U.S. in 1964 and launched his Brasil '65 and '66 pop groups, died in Los Angeles on September 5 of complications ...

Sérgio Mendes, the pianist who gifted the world with the most famous version of the Brazilian classic “Mas Que Nada,” died on Thursday. Born in 1941, Mendes was a 20-year-old musician when he first ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Sergio Mendes, the celebrated Brazilian musician whose 1966 hit “Mas Que Nada” made him a global superstar and helped launched a long, Grammy-winning career, has died after months ...

He was the Brazilian music legend who brought bossa nova to a global audience in a career that lasted more than 60 years. In the past few days, tributes have been flooding in for legendary Brazilian ...