A&M STUDIOS Photo of Sergio MENDES, posed, studio, behind piano - Credit: Jim McCrary/Redferns Sérgio Mendes, the pianist who gifted the world with the most famous version of the Brazilian classic ...

Sérgio Mendes, the Brazilian composer, arranger and pianist whose melding of his native country’s traditional music with ’60s-vintage American pop, bossa nova, samba, funk and hints of cool jazz ...

It was half a century ago that Sergio Mendes formed the unique Brasil ‘66. With that group, Mendes blended the sounds of jazz, Bossa Nova and other Latin musical genres, capturing the attention of the ...

Brazilian musician Sergio Mendes has died, Fox News Digital has learned. Mendes died peacefully Sept. 5 in Los Angeles with his wife, Gracinha Leporace Mendes, and his children by his side, a ...

He was the Brazilian music legend who brought bossa nova to a global audience in a career that lasted more than 60 years. In the past few days, tributes have been flooding in for legendary Brazilian ...

Sergio Mendes, the innovative and influential pianist, composer and arranger who was one of Brazil’s earliest contemporary crossover artists, died Thursday in Los Angeles, his family has confirmed. No ...

Sérgio Mendes, a musician who emerged with Brazil's bossa nova movement in the 1960s and became an ambassador for that country's music around the world, died Thursday in his adopted hometown of Los ...