{"id":202073,"date":"2024-09-06T22:03:54","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T20:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=202073"},"modified":"2024-09-06T22:03:04","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T20:03:04","slug":"brazilian-music-lgend-sergio-mendes-dies-at-83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/brazilian-music-lgend-sergio-mendes-dies-at-83\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian Music Legend S\u00e9rgio Mendes Dies At 83"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"202074\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/brazilian-music-lgend-sergio-mendes-dies-at-83\/sergio-mendes\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sergio-Mendes.jpg?fit=880%2C660&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"880,660\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sergio Mendes\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sergio-Mendes.jpg?fit=540%2C405&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sergio-Mendes.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-202074\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sergio-Mendes.jpg?resize=540%2C405&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sergio-Mendes.jpg?resize=540%2C405&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sergio-Mendes.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sergio-Mendes.jpg?w=880&amp;ssl=1 880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kosu.org\/music\/2024-09-06\/brazilian-music-legend-sergio-mendes-dies-at-83\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kosu.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>RIO DE JANEIRO \u2014 <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2014\/09\/14\/347422111\/sergio-mendes-on-jazz-luck-and-the-magic-of-the-encounter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">S\u00e9rgio Mendes<\/a>, the Grammy-winning Brazilian musician whose hit \u201cMas Que Nada\u201d made him a global legend, has died after months battling the effects of long COVID. He was 83. The death Thursday of the Brazilian pianist, songwriter and arranger was confirmed in a statement by his family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis wife and musical partner for the past 54 years, Gracinha Leporace Mendes, was by his side, as were his loving children,\u201d the statement Friday said. \u201cMendes last performed in November 2023 to sold out and wildly enthusiastic houses in Paris, London and Barcelona.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4Zu0iDvCjgk?si=gaqZrdCx2GQezwQN\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>His composition \u201cMas Que Nada\u201d was one of the songs that helped popularize the Brazilian music genre bossa nova worldwide in the 1960s.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QCn_zeAyOdk?si=oYK6obklMpYzZUrH\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In 2006, a modern version of the song topped U.S. charts, as performed by Black Eyed Peas. It was included in his album \u201cTimeless,\u201d produced by will.i.am and featuring Stevie Wonder, Justin Timberlake, Q-Tip, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Pharoahe Monch, Black Thougth and the Black Eyed Peas, among others. <\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/0LKggW3hJO6iEbAEmVmk5a?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSergio Mendes was my brother from another country,\u201d trumpet player Herb Alpert wrote on Facebook, along with a photo from decades ago, sitting next to Mendes at the piano. \u201cHe was a true friend and extremely gifted musician who brought Brazilian music in all its iterations to the entire world with elegance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mendes also composed the soundtrack for the film \u201cPel\u00e9,\u201d featuring saxophonist Gerry Mulligan, and even produced an album recorded by the Brazilian legendary soccer player.<\/p>\n<p>Mendes won the 1992 Grammy Award for Best World Music Album for \u201cBrasileiro\u201d and two Latin Grammy Awards. He also received an Oscar nomination in 2012 for Best Original Song for \u201cReal in Rio,\u201d from the animated film \u201cRio.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mendes\u2019 family said they will provide details regarding funeral and memorial services at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2024 NPR <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(kosu.org) RIO DE JANEIRO \u2014 S\u00e9rgio Mendes, the Grammy-winning Brazilian musician whose hit \u201cMas Que&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-Qzf","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202073\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}