By beatminister on Skatehive
Once more sad news have reached music lovers world wide. Brazilian legend and bed rock of modern Samba Sérgio Mendes has passed away at the age of 83. https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1536/cpsprodpb/dfb3/live/80b9e930-6c6c-11ef-8f7b-5519bba3a793.jpg Already in 1956 he turned away from studying classical piano, after he heard the - then new - modern Jazz of Dave Brubeck. Already in 1961 he published his first album "Dance Moderno": https://youtu.be/QVn7JIH2_6k During the time of the military dictatorship in Brasil he immigrated to the USA. There he founded, together with the american singers Lani Hall, Karen Philip and others, the famous band Brasil '66. And there he became a huge success with his cover of Jorge Ben's song "Mas Que Nada" - I assume almost everybody has heard that at some point. And if not - now you can: https://youtu.be/4Zu0iDvCjgk During his over 60 years as a musician he published 35 albums, numerous soundtracks, and collaborated with all kinds of famous musicians, from