and two Latin Grammys for it. The jazzy samba style bossa nova was popularized by his world-famous band Brasil ’66.
With a platinum album in 1966 and a re-recording of the hit single “Mas Que Nada” featuring the Black Eyed Peas in 2006, “Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66” was undoubtedly a hit.
“Sergio Mendes: In the Key of Joy” was a documentary that aired in 2020 and focused on Mendes. Before branching out into jazz and bossa nova, he was a classically trained pianist.
He didn’t get widespread recognition until he collaborated with jazz greats Cannonball Adderley and Herbie Mann in 1961, when his first album “Dance Moderno” was published.
