LISTEN · DISCOVER · CONNECT
Sérgio Mendes | Essential albums and listening guide
Explore Sérgio Mendes through Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66. Discover what to listen for and follow related styles to your next record.
Sérgio Mendes
Meet the artist
A pianist and bandleader who brought Brazilian music into conversation with jazz and pop. His work ranges from the vocal arrangements of Brasil '66 to collaborations with hip-hop artists. Buoyant piano and carefully blended vocals give Brazilian rhythms an approachable song form.
Different languages and song origins meet within a clear groove. Beneath the polished surface, small accents and layered voices offer rhythmic detail. Later encounters with new singers and beats renew the approach, creating multiple entrances between jazz, Brazilian music and popular song.
Where to start listening
Move from the voices and piano of Brasil '66 to the beats of Timeless, hearing Brazilian rhythmic ideas take different forms across generations.
1966Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
Sérgio Mendes
The starting point for Brasil '66 includes Mas Que Nada. Portuguese-language singing, piano and Brazilian rhythms come together in a polished pop ensemble.
Open this album in the Atlas →
2006Timeless
Sérgio Mendes
Created with will.i.am, this recording connects Brazilian music with hip-hop and R&B. A varied guest cast opens Sergio Mendes's melodies and rhythms to another generation.
Open this album in the Atlas →
Years follow the Atlas catalogue. Recording dates, original release dates and digital reissue dates may differ.