Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 LP Mas Que Nada Brazil
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Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 LP Mas Que Nada Brazil Bossa Nova Archival Sleeve
I was 10 in 1966 and when "Mas Que Nada" came on our Rambler AM car radio, I was hooked, till this day that song brings me joy Herb Alpert and Sergio Mendes found a potent brew mixing Bossa Jazz Pop with English & Portuguese lyrics and tight harmony's
Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 is the first albumby Sérgio Mendes and Brasil '66. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2011. Referring to the song "Mas que Nada" Mendes said in 2014: "It was the first time that a song in Portuguese was a hit in America and all over the world".
After bouncing around Philips, Atlantic, and Capitol playing Brazilian jazz or searching for an ideal blend of Brazilian and American pop, Sergio Mendes struck gold on his first try at A&M (then not much more than the home of Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass and the Baja Marimba Band). He came up with a marvelously sleek, sexy formula: dual American female voices singing in English and Portuguese over a nifty three-man bossa nova rhythm/vocal section and Mendes' distinctly jazz-oriented piano, performing tight, infectious arrangements of carefully chosen tunes from Brazil, the U.S., and the U.K. The hit was Jorge Ben's "Mas Que Nada," given a catchy, tight bossa nova arrangement with the voice of Lani Hall soaring above the swinging rhythm section. But other tracks leap out as well; the obvious rouser is the Brazilian go-go treatment of the Beatles' "Day Tripper," but the sultry treatment of Henry Mancini's "Slow Hot Wind" and the rapid-fire "Tim Dom Dom" also deserve mention.
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