Sergio Mendes, the Grammy Award-winning Brazilian musician whose hit music “Mas Que Nada” made him a world legend, has died after months of battling the consequences of the coronavirus, his supervisor Karen Fok confirmed to CBS Information on Friday. He was 83.
The Brazilian pianist, songwriter and arranger died Thursday in Los Angeles, his household stated in an announcement.
“His spouse and musical associate of the previous 54 years, Gracinia Lipoares Mendes, was by his facet, as had been his loving kids,” the assertion launched on Friday stated. “Mendes will give his last live performance in November 2023 to the thrill and keenness of theatres in Paris, London and Barcelona.”
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His music “Mas Que Nada” was one of many songs that helped unfold the Brazilian bossa nova music style world wide within the Nineteen Sixties.
In 2006, a contemporary model of the music topped the US charts, carried out by the Black Eyed Peas. It was included on his album “Timeless”, produced by will.i.am and that includes Stevie Surprise, Justin Timberlake, the Black Eyed Peas, and others.
“Sergio Mendez was my brother from one other nation,” trumpeter Herb Alpert wrote on Facebook“Alongside a photograph from many years in the past, Mendes sits subsequent to him on the piano. He was a real buddy and a particularly proficient musician, who elegantly introduced Brazilian music in all its varieties to the world.”
Mendes additionally composed the soundtrack to the movie “Pelé”, which featured saxophonist Gerry Mulligan, and even produced an album recorded by the legendary Brazilian footballer.
Mendes received the 1992 Grammy Award for Finest World Music Album for “Brasileiro” and two Latin Grammy Awards. He was additionally nominated for an Academy Award in 2012 for Finest Unique Music for “Actual in Rio” from the animated movie “Rio”.
The Mendez household stated it will present particulars concerning the funeral and memorial companies at a later date.
