Sérgio Mendes

Um, they put like such a nice kind of new spin on old school kind of samba riffs and like chord progressions, which to me is just, you know, modern ancestry, let's be real.

Uh, if we're talking about Brazil, we have to speak about Sergio Mendes.

So of course, a shout-out to him for being one of the pioneers.

And I wanted to do a quick shout-out to Dissoft.

Yes, yes.

In the U.S., the Scarborough Fair is named after the famous folk song Simon and Garfunkel recorded as it does a Sergio Mendes in Brazil in 1986.

Oh, it's got a lot of great...

Check there.

Patty Austin, the Brothers Johnson, Tom Brown, John.

Quincy Jones, John Clemmer, Earl Clue, Harvey Mason, Carmen McRae, Sergio Mendez, Jerry Mulligan, Lee Rittenhour, Diane Schurer, James Taylor, Dave Valentin, Sarah Vaughn, Sadao Watanabe, George Benson, Angela Bofill, Ray Brown, Bobby Broom, Eddie Daniels, Kevin Eubanks, Art Farmer, Eric Gale, Gordon Goodwin's Big Fat Band, Leslie Gore, Al Jarreau, Billy Joe, Chaka Khan, Peggy Lee, Bette Midler, Melba Moore, Alphonse Mouzon, Noel Poynter, The Rippingtons, Phoebe Snow, Donna Summer, Clover Washington Jr., Nancy Wilson, and Bill Withers to name a few.

Just the name of you and that A to Z list.

Everybody just about, right? Yes.

I'll lead us off.

It's Pele and Sergio Mendes.

And who better to start this week's proceedings? Who better? Who better than Michael Bublé?

Michael

And before that was some kind of Brazilian classics.

It was Edu Lobo with Zanzibar, Sergio Mendes with Casaforte, and Milton Nascimento with Seides y Banderas.

X hits and flies.

Yeah, absolute classic music.

He was known for his trap style and the hit Type of Way.

In 2024, the brilliant Brazilian musician Mr. Sergio Mendes retired.

who brought Bossa Nova to a global audience, passed away at the age of 83 in Los Angeles.

He is best remembered for his band Brazil 66 and their rendition of Mas Que Nada.

The song remains a favorite of adult standards radio stations.

Wanderlei also established The Carnival with Bob Matthews, Joao Palma, José Soares, and Janice Hansen, all former members of Sergio Mendez's Brazil 66.

After the trio disbanded, though they were briefly reunited for the 1972 album The Return of the Original on Canyon Records, Vonderlei solo recorded albums on Verve, A&M CTI, and GNP Crescendo.

He also continued to tour, including a stop to Mexico.

Anyway, here we go.

Pelé and Sergio Mendes.

Bust the rhymes.

No, it doesn't.