Sergio Mendes & Brazil '66 Herb Albert Presents 1966 A&M Records SP-4116 EX OG
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Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66
A&M SP 4116 (Stereo)
LP: EX Great Sound
Cover: EX with the slightest corner wear
Beautiful Copy shy of NM with vocals by Lani Hall & Janis Hansen. Bob Mathews on Bass, Jose Soares on Percussion, Joao Palma on drums
Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 Review by Richard S. Ginell (Allmusic)
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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