Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66 Brazil
Biography
Sérgio Santos Mendes, pron. IPA: ['s?x?iu 's??tus 'm?'d?is], (born February 11, 1941 in Niterói, Brazil) is a Grammy Award-winning Brazilian musician. He has released over thirty-five albums, and plays bossa nova heavily crossed with jazz and funk. Mendes is married to the singer Gracinha Leporace who regularly performs vocals alongside Mendes and can be heard on his 2006 version of the song Mas Que Nada with the Black Eyed Peas. Early career
