Sergio Mendes Music

The pianist and composer Sergio Mendes shows off his beautiful Brazilian-like music plenty of good pop melodies and arrangements. If The Beatles lived in Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Mendes would replace George Martin. He catched the real 60's pop spirit and mixed it with his Brazilian style, bossa nova, Latin and jazz roots for this mainstream oriented band. He is supported by marvelous musicians: bassist Bob Matthews, drummer João Palma and percusionist José Soares, and the singers Lani Hall and Janis Hansen that make a superb work with their voices, plenty of delightful harmonies. There're a good balance between the proper music and the voices. This record is recognized as lighter and more easy-listening than the jazz music usually made Sergio Mendes in U.S.A. It's easy-listening, but it isn't elevator music.

This is the first Sergio Mendes album for A&M in U.S.A., the producer was Herb Alpert; it became a big exit, with excellents songs as 'Mas Que Nada,' 'The Joker', the Beatles cover 'Day Tripper' or Jobim's 'Aqua de Beber (Water to Drink).'

Unfortunately this is a short LP, it only takes 26 minutes long. Such as their first and second album for A&M together would fit on one single CD.

I gave it four stars only because I keep five for their second LP 'Equinox.'

One of the very best LPs in the bossa nova field, Sergio Mendes made a name for himself and Brasil '66 with their first album for A & M. "Mas Que Nada" is an unqualified classic while "Slow Hot Wind" is as sultry as it gets. On the amusing side is "One Note Samba/Spanish Flea" which somehow has never left my mind, and Lani Hall was the perfect female vocalist for this and several more albums to come. This is a cant miss if you love 60's music, period!

I found what I was looking for at Amazon.com. I had been hunting it for a while. I ordered it and it came quickly. It was exactly as stated and I am now happy. thanks

The sound is the best I've heard on this album, with rhyhmic percussions that make you want to move. Consider Day Tripper, the Beatles tune, where it's lead guitar lines are transferred to a latin-tinged mambo type rhythmic pattern. Many of their favorite songs are here: Mais Que Nada, The Joker, One Note Samba etc. There is much more presence heard on this album than ever before, with clean and spacious highs and lows. The only negative comment I have is that at only a bit over 25 minutes long with only 10 short cuts, this is like tasting a small box of expensive, classy and delicious Brazilian candies. Give me more! more! Why didn't they add some outakes? But......those 25 minutes are pure ecstasy.

This supposedly remastered CD sounds bright & thin with no body or bass. It's so awful that I had to take it off my stereo within seconds of playing it. I even tried to improve the sound by using a treatment available on the market to improve the sound, but that didn't even work since this CD sounds so bad. Releasing this terrible sounding CD is a disgrace. The A&M label should be ashamed of themselves!

Loved this when it was on an LP and lost it .Now I have it again and I play it every day in my car.

I just purchased "The Very Best of Sergio Mendez and Brasil 66". Fabulous! I have forgotten some of the lyrics (in Portuguese too - although I am not Portuguese) They gave me a yearning to want to learn the language. Anyway, I absolutely love Lani Hall but I don't think the other gal(s) have ever gotten credit at all for the marvelous harmony they created. I think the vocalist on Brazill 66 was Janice _________? I know Karen Philipp replaced her when they recorded "Fool on the Hill". Would love any info on this. Thanks!

When I played this album for the first time, I fell in love with it. My favorite cuts are Mas Que nada, Going out of my head, and daytripper.

The world always sounds like a wonderful place when you're listening to Brasil '66. This was their first album, a stripped down version of their later sound with just a jazz piano, a Brazilian rhythm section, and some wonderful voices. Mendes was a jazz musician when he conceived of this album, and it makes no concession to rock and roll other than a cover of "Daytripper." It's firmly rooted in the pop tradition right down to the cool album cover, in which the musicians wear suits and ties in a jungle setting.

Special favorites are "The Joker," a sultry version of Henry Mancini's "Slow Hot Wind" and the driving "Berimbau" which starts strong and only picks up the pace. This album is like a cool breath of fresh air. You'll never get tired of listening to it.

After years of searching for this Cd I finally found it! Over the years I found several CDs of Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 containing only "Greatest hits", wondering why this and "Equinox" haven't been issued on CD. Today I recieved both and I am delighted! Great music, it's a joy to listen!!!

The pianist and composer Sergio Mendes shows off his beautiful Brazilian-like music plenty of good pop melodies and arrangements. If The Beatles lived in Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Mendes would replace George Martin. He catched the real 60's pop spirit and mixed it with his Brazilian style, bossa nova, Latin and jazz roots for this mainstream oriented band. He is supported by marvelous musicians: bassist Bob Matthews, drummer João Palma and percusionist José Soares, and the singers Lani Hall and Janis Hansen that make a superb work with their voices, plenty of delightful harmonies. There're a good balance between the proper music and the voices. This record is recognized as lighter and more easy-listening than the jazz music usually made Sergio Mendes in U.S.A. It's easy-listening, but it isn't elevator music.

This is the first Sergio Mendes album for A&M in U.S.A., the producer was Herb Alpert; it became a big exit, with excellents songs as 'Mas Que Nada,' 'The Joker', the Beatles cover 'Day Tripper' or Jobim's 'Aqua de Beber (Water to Drink).'

Unfortunately this is a short LP, it only takes 26 minutes long. Such as their first and second album for A&M together would fit on one single CD.

I gave it four stars only because I keep five for their second LP 'Equinox.'

One of the very best LPs in the bossa nova field, Sergio Mendes made a name for himself and Brasil '66 with their first album for A & M. "Mas Que Nada" is an unqualified classic while "Slow Hot Wind" is as sultry as it gets. On the amusing side is "One Note Samba/Spanish Flea" which somehow has never left my mind, and Lani Hall was the perfect female vocalist for this and several more albums to come. This is a cant miss if you love 60's music, period!

I found what I was looking for at Amazon.com. I had been hunting it for a while. I ordered it and it came quickly. It was exactly as stated and I am now happy. thanks

The sound is the best I've heard on this album, with rhyhmic percussions that make you want to move. Consider Day Tripper, the Beatles tune, where it's lead guitar lines are transferred to a latin-tinged mambo type rhythmic pattern. Many of their favorite songs are here: Mais Que Nada, The Joker, One Note Samba etc. There is much more presence heard on this album than ever before, with clean and spacious highs and lows. The only negative comment I have is that at only a bit over 25 minutes long with only 10 short cuts, this is like tasting a small box of expensive, classy and delicious Brazilian candies. Give me more! more! Why didn't they add some outakes? But......those 25 minutes are pure ecstasy.

This supposedly remastered CD sounds bright & thin with no body or bass. It's so awful that I had to take it off my stereo within seconds of playing it. I even tried to improve the sound by using a treatment available on the market to improve the sound, but that didn't even work since this CD sounds so bad. Releasing this terrible sounding CD is a disgrace. The A&M label should be ashamed of themselves!

Loved this when it was on an LP and lost it .Now I have it again and I play it every day in my car.

I just purchased "The Very Best of Sergio Mendez and Brasil 66". Fabulous! I have forgotten some of the lyrics (in Portuguese too - although I am not Portuguese) They gave me a yearning to want to learn the language. Anyway, I absolutely love Lani Hall but I don't think the other gal(s) have ever gotten credit at all for the marvelous harmony they created. I think the vocalist on Brazill 66 was Janice _________? I know Karen Philipp replaced her when they recorded "Fool on the Hill". Would love any info on this. Thanks!

When I played this album for the first time, I fell in love with it. My favorite cuts are Mas Que nada, Going out of my head, and daytripper.

The world always sounds like a wonderful place when you're listening to Brasil '66. This was their first album, a stripped down version of their later sound with just a jazz piano, a Brazilian rhythm section, and some wonderful voices. Mendes was a jazz musician when he conceived of this album, and it makes no concession to rock and roll other than a cover of "Daytripper." It's firmly rooted in the pop tradition right down to the cool album cover, in which the musicians wear suits and ties in a jungle setting.

Special favorites are "The Joker," a sultry version of Henry Mancini's "Slow Hot Wind" and the driving "Berimbau" which starts strong and only picks up the pace. This album is like a cool breath of fresh air. You'll never get tired of listening to it.

After years of searching for this Cd I finally found it! Over the years I found several CDs of Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 containing only "Greatest hits", wondering why this and "Equinox" haven't been issued on CD. Today I recieved both and I am delighted! Great music, it's a joy to listen!!!

The pianist and composer Sergio Mendes shows off his beautiful Brazilian-like music plenty of good pop melodies and arrangements. If The Beatles lived in Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Mendes would replace George Martin. He catched the real 60's pop spirit and mixed it with his Brazilian style, bossa nova, Latin and jazz roots for this mainstream oriented band. He is supported by marvelous musicians: bassist Bob Matthews, drummer João Palma and percusionist José Soares, and the singers Lani Hall and Janis Hansen that make a superb work with their voices, plenty of delightful harmonies. There're a good balance between the proper music and the voices. This record is recognized as lighter and more easy-listening than the jazz music usually made Sergio Mendes in U.S.A. It's easy-listening, but it isn't elevator music.

This is the first Sergio Mendes album for A&M in U.S.A., the producer was Herb Alpert; it became a big exit, with excellents songs as 'Mas Que Nada,' 'The Joker', the Beatles cover 'Day Tripper' or Jobim's 'Aqua de Beber (Water to Drink).'

Unfortunately this is a short LP, it only takes 26 minutes long. Such as their first and second album for A&M together would fit on one single CD.

I gave it four stars only because I keep five for their second LP 'Equinox.'

One of the very best LPs in the bossa nova field, Sergio Mendes made a name for himself and Brasil '66 with their first album for A & M. "Mas Que Nada" is an unqualified classic while "Slow Hot Wind" is as sultry as it gets. On the amusing side is "One Note Samba/Spanish Flea" which somehow has never left my mind, and Lani Hall was the perfect female vocalist for this and several more albums to come. This is a cant miss if you love 60's music, period!

I found what I was looking for at Amazon.com. I had been hunting it for a while. I ordered it and it came quickly. It was exactly as stated and I am now happy. thanks

The sound is the best I've heard on this album, with rhyhmic percussions that make you want to move. Consider Day Tripper, the Beatles tune, where it's lead guitar lines are transferred to a latin-tinged mambo type rhythmic pattern. Many of their favorite songs are here: Mais Que Nada, The Joker, One Note Samba etc. There is much more presence heard on this album than ever before, with clean and spacious highs and lows. The only negative comment I have is that at only a bit over 25 minutes long with only 10 short cuts, this is like tasting a small box of expensive, classy and delicious Brazilian candies. Give me more! more! Why didn't they add some outakes? But......those 25 minutes are pure ecstasy.

This supposedly remastered CD sounds bright & thin with no body or bass. It's so awful that I had to take it off my stereo within seconds of playing it. I even tried to improve the sound by using a treatment available on the market to improve the sound, but that didn't even work since this CD sounds so bad. Releasing this terrible sounding CD is a disgrace. The A&M label should be ashamed of themselves!

Loved this when it was on an LP and lost it .Now I have it again and I play it every day in my car.

I just purchased "The Very Best of Sergio Mendez and Brasil 66". Fabulous! I have forgotten some of the lyrics (in Portuguese too - although I am not Portuguese) They gave me a yearning to want to learn the language. Anyway, I absolutely love Lani Hall but I don't think the other gal(s) have ever gotten credit at all for the marvelous harmony they created. I think the vocalist on Brazill 66 was Janice _________? I know Karen Philipp replaced her when they recorded "Fool on the Hill". Would love any info on this. Thanks!

When I played this album for the first time, I fell in love with it. My favorite cuts are Mas Que nada, Going out of my head, and daytripper.

The world always sounds like a wonderful place when you're listening to Brasil '66. This was their first album, a stripped down version of their later sound with just a jazz piano, a Brazilian rhythm section, and some wonderful voices. Mendes was a jazz musician when he conceived of this album, and it makes no concession to rock and roll other than a cover of "Daytripper." It's firmly rooted in the pop tradition right down to the cool album cover, in which the musicians wear suits and ties in a jungle setting.

Special favorites are "The Joker," a sultry version of Henry Mancini's "Slow Hot Wind" and the driving "Berimbau" which starts strong and only picks up the pace. This album is like a cool breath of fresh air. You'll never get tired of listening to it.

After years of searching for this Cd I finally found it! Over the years I found several CDs of Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 containing only "Greatest hits", wondering why this and "Equinox" haven't been issued on CD. Today I recieved both and I am delighted! Great music, it's a joy to listen!!!

The pianist and composer Sergio Mendes shows off his beautiful Brazilian-like music plenty of good pop melodies and arrangements. If The Beatles lived in Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Mendes would replace George Martin. He catched the real 60's pop spirit and mixed it with his Brazilian style, bossa nova, Latin and jazz roots for this mainstream oriented band. He is supported by marvelous musicians: bassist Bob Matthews, drummer João Palma and percusionist José Soares, and the singers Lani Hall and Janis Hansen that make a superb work with their voices, plenty of delightful harmonies. There're a good balance between the proper music and the voices. This record is recognized as lighter and more easy-listening than the jazz music usually made Sergio Mendes in U.S.A. It's easy-listening, but it isn't elevator music.

This is the first Sergio Mendes album for A&M in U.S.A., the producer was Herb Alpert; it became a big exit, with excellents songs as 'Mas Que Nada,' 'The Joker', the Beatles cover 'Day Tripper' or Jobim's 'Aqua de Beber (Water to Drink).'

Unfortunately this is a short LP, it only takes 26 minutes long. Such as their first and second album for A&M together would fit on one single CD.

I gave it four stars only because I keep five for their second LP 'Equinox.'

One of the very best LPs in the bossa nova field, Sergio Mendes made a name for himself and Brasil '66 with their first album for A & M. "Mas Que Nada" is an unqualified classic while "Slow Hot Wind" is as sultry as it gets. On the amusing side is "One Note Samba/Spanish Flea" which somehow has never left my mind, and Lani Hall was the perfect female vocalist for this and several more albums to come. This is a cant miss if you love 60's music, period!

I found what I was looking for at Amazon.com. I had been hunting it for a while. I ordered it and it came quickly. It was exactly as stated and I am now happy. thanks

The sound is the best I've heard on this album, with rhyhmic percussions that make you want to move. Consider Day Tripper, the Beatles tune, where it's lead guitar lines are transferred to a latin-tinged mambo type rhythmic pattern. Many of their favorite songs are here: Mais Que Nada, The Joker, One Note Samba etc. There is much more presence heard on this album than ever before, with clean and spacious highs and lows. The only negative comment I have is that at only a bit over 25 minutes long with only 10 short cuts, this is like tasting a small box of expensive, classy and delicious Brazilian candies. Give me more! more! Why didn't they add some outakes? But......those 25 minutes are pure ecstasy.

This supposedly remastered CD sounds bright & thin with no body or bass. It's so awful that I had to take it off my stereo within seconds of playing it. I even tried to improve the sound by using a treatment available on the market to improve the sound, but that didn't even work since this CD sounds so bad. Releasing this terrible sounding CD is a disgrace. The A&M label should be ashamed of themselves!