Sérgio Mendes, the Brazilian musician renowned for bringing bossa nova music to a global audience ... but soon fell in love with jazz music and began performing it. In 1962 he traveled to the ...

Brazilian musician Sérgio Mendes ... His relationship with bossa nova stars Tom Jobim and João Gilberto catapulted his career. His rendition of “Mas Que Nada” helped popularize bossa ...

He is credited with having created the bossa nova beat and is known as ... Gilberto, who led the band, was influenced by Brazilian popular songs, American jazz, and even some opera, among other ...