Mais Que Nada/One Note Samba-Spanish Flea/The Joker/Going Out Of My Head/Tim Dom Dom/Day Tripper/Agua De Berber/Slow Hot Wind/O Pato/Berimbau
Brazilian bandleader Sergio Mendes scored a big hit with his A & M debut album. His easy listening bossa nova music was immensely popular in the States during the late 1960s. (US:7)
"He caught the real 60s pop spirit and mixed it with his Brazilian style bossa nova, Latin and jazz roots for this mainstream oriented band. He is supported by marvellous musicians, and singers Lani Hall and Janis Hansen that make a superb work with their voices, plenty of delightful harmonies. This record is recognized as lighter and more easy listening than the jazz music Sergio Mendes usually made in the USA. It's easy listening, but it isn't elevator music."
"Unlike his contemporaries from the post-bossa nova wave in American jazz circles, Sergio Mendes carved a whole new genre, stylizing Brazilian sounds with jazz, and accessible popular tunes of the period. These works were greatly accentuated by the amazing vocal talents of Lani Hall."
"This self-titled set, the debut album by Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 ensemble, establishes the template for the group's popular sound, with its mix of lush late-1960s pop and bossa nova. Tracks such as the lively, percussive Mas Que Nada and the enthusiastic treatment of The Beatles' Day Tripper feature all of Brasil 66's trademarks, most notably Mendes's spry keyboard lines and the bold, expressive vocals of Lani Hall, which stood in sharp contrast to the lighter Astrud/Joao Gilberto singing approach of the era."
"Bossa nova music is quite pleasant to the ear, with its blending of tropical rhythms, jazz and even pop-rock. And Mr. Mendes really knew how to successfully combine all of these elements in a single pot."
"You have to think of this record in context. In 1966 this was massively cool, accessible and smart. This was a bachelor pad must have. Classics like this remind me how much more there was to that decade."
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