Talk:Sérgio Mendes

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brasil 66 definately needs to have its own article. it is a vast portion of sergio mendes career, and possibly the most popular section.

satan165 04 October 2008 (UTC)

"By the time Mendes released his Grammy-winning Elektra album Brasileiro in 1992, he was the undisputed master of pop-inflected Brazilian jazz. The late-1990s lounge music revival brought retrospection and respect to Mendes' oeuvre, particularly the classic Brasil '66 albums. His stature in his native Brazil is reflected by "Cantor de Mambo," a song by fellow Brazilians Os Mutantes, which they regularly dedicate to Mendes in concert."

This is wrong. "Cantor de Mambo" is an irony. In thruth, Os Mutantes make funny of Mendes. Search: In 2006 album "Ao Vivo - Barbican Theatre" Sérgio Dias (Os Mutantes' guitar player) starts saying that the song is dedicate to Mendes, who "after trying to be a sucess in brazil, never achiveing, go to "Hollywood" to finally became a star". Mambo isn't brazilian music, they say Mambo exactly for that, intending to show mendes a guy who made a easy and fake version of the bossa nova to north american market. I have no intention to bully mendes or something like that, i just waste my time writing with my poor english because i believe an encyclopedia has a comitment with truth, and mendes isn't such "star" in Brazil. This don't change how important he is. This is just a comment about a wrong fact in his "wiki" biography. I'm sure that many brazilians musicians dedicate songs to his "stature", only Os Mutantes definitly aren't one of those. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.27.251.31 (talk) 21:44, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Writing style
The writing style of this article is apalling. It may be appropriate to the back of an album cover (which I suspect is where it came from), but is not appropriate to an encyclopedia. I have removed some of the more sexist comments, but much needs to be done to bring it up to Wikipedia's standards. As it stands, it is probably also a copyright violation! Skinsmoke (talk) 10:30, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Now confirmed as a copyright violation. Large parts have been lifted word for word from one of the sources listed, Jazz Station—Arnaldo DeSouteiro's Blog.  This needs to be rewritten using original language, or it will have to be removed in its entirety.  Skinsmoke (talk) 10:34, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Copyright problem removed
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Better article is definitely needed
I would agree with most of the above. Sergio Mendes may have been the driving force behind these projects and have benefited most from the record sales and performances but that is about it. He mostly arranged and played keyboard. He did not write the succesful material nor did he have important singing parts. The rest of the personnel changed continuously, this may have had to do with the way Mendes treated his musicians. Brasil, 66, 77 and 88 all changed considerably but the music remained the same.

Also I do not agree that Mendes was a great Brazilian musician (maybe an arranger or keyboard player). In my opinion people like Tom Jobim and João Gilberto are much greater artists, although they have not enjoyed the huge commercial success mendes has enjoyed. But that is of course personal and why it is on the talk page.

This article could defenitely be better. JHvW 19:54, 30 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Obviously, Mendes's group had his name in its because he was its leader. I don't know why you think he needed to compose or sing. TheScotch (talk) 09:42, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

Changing group name?
The article could be clearer about whether and how Mendes's group's name my have changed. I've always assumed the 66 in Brasil 66 referred to the year (1966), which would make it quickly obsolete. Was there a Brasil 67 and a Brasil 68, for example? The article needs to say or suggest, one way or another. TheScotch (talk) 09:47, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

I don't agree here. I believe the name did change several times, but not annually. In each case, the name has been Sergio Mendes and Brasil [insert number]. Thus, the primary impetus for the group is its leader. The condition would likely best be met with a disambiguation page and/or automatic references to Sergio Mendes, and not to any group name. Tgkohn (talk)

Problematic Notes on Personnel
From the article as written at this point, I gather the following personnel in the group's history:

The original lineup of Brasil '66:
 * Mendes, Sergio (pno); Hall, Lani (voc); Vogel, Bibi (voc); Matthews, Bob (bass); Soares, José (perc); Palma, João (drums); Pisano, John (guit).

two albums between 1966–1968 (including the best-selling Look Around LP):
 * Mendes, Sergio (pno); Hall, Lani (voc); Hansen, Janis (voc); Matthews, Bob (bass); Soares, José (perc); Palma, João (drums); Pisano, John (guit).

major personnel change for their 1968 album Fool on the Hill:
 * Mendes, Sergio (pno); Hall, Lani (voc); Philipp, Karen (voc); Matthews, Bob (bass); Bassini, Rubens (perc); Um Romão, Dom (drums); Pisano, John (guit).

1969:
 * Mendes, Sergio (pno); Hall, Lani (voc); Philipp, Karen (voc); Neto, Sebastiao (bass); Bassini, Rubens (perc); Slon, Claudio (drums); Castro-Neves, Oscar (guit).

early 1970s:
 * Mendes, Sergio (pno); unknown (voc); Philipp, Karen (voc); Neto, Sebastiao (bass); Bassini, Rubens (perc); Slon, Claudio (drums); Castro-Neves, Oscar (guit).

Note that the article presently does not identify the vocalist who replaced Lani Hall, upon her marriage to Herb Alpert.

From the mid-1970s into the present day, little evidence is provided for any personnel changes.

Tgkohn (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 20:52, 24 May 2015 (UTC)

Known in the US, not Brazil.
The mention of the article that Sergio is known in the US but not in Brazil is very true. I studied Portuguese in São Paulo and was astonished that no one knew who is Sergio Mendes. Flybd5 (talk) 15:15, 29 January 2019 (UTC)