# Sergio Mendes (RIP) appreciation thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Music\ **Created:** [6 September 2024 21:59 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/sergio-mendes-rip-appreciation-thread/1622 "2024-09-06T21:59:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MusicForHangovers](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/musicforhangovers/32/2254_2.png) [@MusicForHangovers](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/MusicForHangovers)\ **Post date:** [6 September 2024 21:59 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/sergio-mendes-rip-appreciation-thread/1622/1 "2024-09-06T21:59:26Z")
Just heard that Sergio Mendes has died. Anyone else like that style of soft-bossa-pop? There was a time (long before the Black Eyed Peas involvement) when his arrangements were quite interesting and reasonably innovative. Thought I’d share a few tracks that I like… This used to get played on the old jazz-dance scene… Been comped a few times: [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/1/156c965deaa3bb9e68395aff5c201a05322a1154.jpeg "Primitivo - Sergio Mendes & Bossa Rio") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhrK9czh4us) A reasonably ‘authentic’ version: [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/a/a095a488b40a6281f2ab1a064c8afa824ce6d834.jpeg "Roda ♫ Sergio Mendez & Brasil ‘66") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLZygN2nXRA) His big psychedelic track. Dave Grusin involvement, iirc. [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/7/7bb415ee7e1c788011056996878424e40ebab684.jpeg "Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Crystal Illusions (Memorias de Marta Sare) (1969)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1U1R7oxLDI) Heard Joey Negro play this about 30 years ago, thought it sounded amazing and the crowd loved it (I have subsequently tried on several occasions to emulate it’s effect, without success 😬): [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/b/b7d721965bc91b14540925aa9424519726730fe3.jpeg "Love Music") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B0raxG5CTI) Any more…? ---
**Author:** ![MusicForHangovers](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/musicforhangovers/32/2254_2.png) [@MusicForHangovers](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/MusicForHangovers)\ **Post date:** [9 September 2024 08:23 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/sergio-mendes-rip-appreciation-thread/1622/2 "2024-09-09T08:23:09Z")
More Sergio… Penned by Leon Ware, and originally performed by the Average White Band: [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/7/7de0cc027d0be89afb7c63d13c59b81f063bdf97.jpeg "Sergio Mendes if I ever lose this heaven") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx-yJEvoBt8) A kinda jazz-funk/fusion cut that used to get played on the jazz-dance scene: [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/5/5557bb559d08253ca34e67df9a474f636ae57e31.jpeg "Sergio Mendes And The New Brasil '77 - Mozambique (1977)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqJUDZ49_lE) Good version of the Edu Lobo track. I find that the girls ‘Brazilian’ accents can often sound artificial, but they’re pretty good here: [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/8/826badf9f8368d8457328d464aa194d3bd5aaaa5.jpeg ""Upa, Neguinho" Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq3NupvC6z8) Another nice cover, can’t remember who did the original (Buffalo Springfield?): [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/5/53954b8f0ada82714f493578b5868945a29380a5.jpeg "Sergio Mendes Brasil '66 - For What It's Worth") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oHamg_dOlk) ---
**Author:** ![Supersquishee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/supersquishee/32/92_2.png) [@Supersquishee](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/Supersquishee)\ **Post date:** [9 September 2024 10:44 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/sergio-mendes-rip-appreciation-thread/1622/3 "2024-09-09T10:44:00Z")
[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/a/a3e17140b905cfb96b02e1459f81da5613255161.jpeg "Sergio Mendes - I'll Tell You (Official Visualizer)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeSdL9uynhM) ---
**Author:** ![Rodney-Bennett](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/rodney-bennett/32/1109_2.png) [@Rodney-Bennett](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/Rodney-Bennett)\ **Post date:** [9 September 2024 16:00 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/sergio-mendes-rip-appreciation-thread/1622/4 "2024-09-09T16:00:45Z")
I always liked his takes on Scarborough Fair and Norwegian Wood: [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/4/428d75dc02fe0225e62df6c018900f11ae948063.jpeg "Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Scarborough Fair (Official Visualizer)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVuE8qURGoU) [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/a/a7312a21c1497ce77bc74d3ab6c45fbc17212617.jpeg "Sergio Mendes - Norwegian Wood (Official Visualizer)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lnxBfPXCN0) Unfortunately I can’t hear his name without being reminded of this scene from Sienfeld, where Kramer and Newman are trying to sell Jerry’s old records. [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/b/bd269210e046f2c74dacff7c807929b83dbd362f.jpeg "How not to sell used records") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF3KftUXbzg) ---
**Author:** ![MusicForHangovers](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/musicforhangovers/32/2254_2.png) [@MusicForHangovers](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/MusicForHangovers)\ **Post date:** [10 September 2024 19:38 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/sergio-mendes-rip-appreciation-thread/1622/5 "2024-09-10T19:38:59Z")
More Sergio… He included a version of Viramundo (by Gilberto Gil) on his Brasil '66 album, but it was the live version by his Brasil '77 line-up that got attention on the dancefloor courtesy of Paul Murphy and Gilles P. I think the drums on this got sampled by someone, but can’t remember who 🤷‍♂️: [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/a/ac46273414a0a43285a628490492c2091d1e838c.jpeg "Sergio Mendes & Brasil 77 / In Concert - Viramundo (1973)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws9t3PrQltY) This one feels quite Balearic, I think: [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/0/0b61b17b29743f9c815e40a93fc8d8ae4bb2b933.jpeg "Aquelas Coisas Todas") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0pLo10gWwU) Another one for the jazz dancers…: [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/3/3b4ef0978638dd014430ae7427476ed0c68825c0.jpeg "Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Casa Forte") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0JzrPTZzok) Any more…? ---
**Author:** ![MusicForHangovers](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/musicforhangovers/32/2254_2.png) [@MusicForHangovers](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/MusicForHangovers)\ **Post date:** [10 September 2024 19:40 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/sergio-mendes-rip-appreciation-thread/1622/6 "2024-09-10T19:40:22Z")
> [@Rodney-Bennett](#): > > Unfortunately I can’t hear his name without being reminded of this scene from Sienfeld, where Kramer and Newman are trying to sell Jerry’s old records. Never seen this before! 😃👍 ---
**Author:** ![HadrianElephant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HadrianElephant](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/HadrianElephant)\ **Post date:** [13 September 2024 09:35 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/sergio-mendes-rip-appreciation-thread/1622/7 "2024-09-13T09:35:50Z")
[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/e/ef3f0aaa7d0321f78ac9a4cf15bc4e0baa9bbbc2.jpeg "Sergio Mendes - Magalenha (Official Visualizer)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijnujobdJ4c) ---
**Author:** ![HadrianElephant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HadrianElephant](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/HadrianElephant)\ **Post date:** [13 September 2024 09:46 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/sergio-mendes-rip-appreciation-thread/1622/8 "2024-09-13T09:46:08Z")
[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/6/625736ad18c629339c34daa4c61172d4e9a72fac.jpeg "Canto De Ubiratan") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y15jeESFXFQ&t=1s) ---
**Author:** ![HadrianElephant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HadrianElephant](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/HadrianElephant)\ **Post date:** [13 September 2024 09:48 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/sergio-mendes-rip-appreciation-thread/1622/9 "2024-09-13T09:48:02Z")
[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/5/5853815cdf565d52571a0b2ab88d3d8b2a884882.jpeg "SERGIO MENDES AND THE NEW BRASIL '77 - THE REAL THING (LONG VERSION)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rreRhxKf_wk&t=22s) ---
**Author:** ![Rodney-Bennett](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/rodney-bennett/32/1109_2.png) [@Rodney-Bennett](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/Rodney-Bennett)\ **Post date:** [17 September 2024 09:30 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/sergio-mendes-rip-appreciation-thread/1622/10 "2024-09-17T09:30:54Z")
I, and I’m sure many other people, found this album after Magalenha and Fanfarra were sampled by The Good Men on the Batucada version of Give It Up. [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/f/f46e616f00e23bf25ee80e602200cc46683a7225.jpeg "SERGIO MENDES \* FANFARRA") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJIIhVAqkWM&t=64s) [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/f/f0d84896de3cdfb276e64934a370526e51df0194.jpeg "Give It Up (Batucada)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3QmgWKxBAI&t=23s) in turn, sampled by Simply Red on Fariground [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/b/b4f8d401ba3f45a19d15674951531c057204347f.jpeg "Simply Red - Fairground (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiRyiVgWj6g) ---
**Author:** ![Rodney-Bennett](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/rodney-bennett/32/1109_2.png) [@Rodney-Bennett](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/Rodney-Bennett)\ **Post date:** [17 September 2024 09:34 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/sergio-mendes-rip-appreciation-thread/1622/11 "2024-09-17T09:34:55Z")
Although it was filmed in an LA studio I’m sure the use of the exterior shot of Bleecker Bob’s in NYC was due to the near-legendary truculence of the staff there. ---
**Author:** ![MusicForHangovers](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/musicforhangovers/32/2254_2.png) [@MusicForHangovers](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/MusicForHangovers)\ **Post date:** [17 September 2024 14:35 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/sergio-mendes-rip-appreciation-thread/1622/12 "2024-09-17T14:35:11Z")
Great stuff! Thanks for dropping the knowledge on these, Hadrian 👍 I can’t help feeling that if that particular track (Magalenha) was on a SoulJazz comp and had been on a rare album by some otherwise obscure Brazilian band then lots of collectors would be going mad for it - but because it’s by Sergio Mendes it somehow won’t count because it won’t be understood to be sufficiently ‘authentic’ 🤷‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![MusicForHangovers](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/musicforhangovers/32/2254_2.png) [@MusicForHangovers](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/MusicForHangovers)\ **Post date:** [17 September 2024 15:24 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/sergio-mendes-rip-appreciation-thread/1622/13 "2024-09-17T15:24:12Z")
> [@MusicForHangovers](#): > > I can’t help feeling that if that particular track (Magalenha) was on a SoulJazz comp and had been on a rare album by some otherwise obscure Brazilian band then lots of collectors would be going mad for it - but because it’s by Sergio Mendes it somehow won’t count because it won’t be understood to be sufficiently ‘authentic’ 🤷‍♂️ When Shakespeare wrote the phrase ‘It was ever thus’ he could do easily have been referring to situations like this 🙄🙃 ---
**Author:** ![Dubble\_eh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/dubble_eh/32/1126_2.png) [@Dubble\_eh](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/Dubble_eh)\ **Post date:** [25 October 2024 20:07 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/sergio-mendes-rip-appreciation-thread/1622/14 "2024-10-25T20:07:36Z")
For what it’s worth is a personal fave! ---
**Author:** ![Ries](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/ries/32/3323_2.png) [@Ries](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/Ries)\ **Post date:** [11 November 2024 13:55 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/sergio-mendes-rip-appreciation-thread/1622/15 "2024-11-11T13:55:38Z")
If you like Sergio, you might like Itamar Assumpcao. Funkier, and often more political, but many things in common as well. He put out a lot of great music, very little of it is known outside of Brazil. [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/9/9f43a080cd624ec9606518e60c3a61b7d1d72086.jpeg "Itamar Assumpção - Boa Noite (Djavan)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP8THYfozHg)