Sérgio Mendes, the Brazilian composer, arranger and pianist whose melding of his native country’s traditional music with ’60s-vintage American pop, bossa nova, samba, funk and hints of cool jazz ...

Sérgio Mendes, a Brazilian music powerhouse and bossa nova pioneer has died in his hometown of Los Angeles, his family said in a statement Friday. He was 83. Mendes, who’s known across the globe for ...

He helped popularize bossa nova music starting in the ’60s, especially with hit single 'Mas Que Nada.' Sérgio Mendes, the Brazilian musician renowned for bringing bossa nova music to a global audience ...

In a quaint bungalow humming with Portuguese, a cool breeze of lilting harmonies and rhythmic bounce invites a leisurely sway to the tranquility of bossa nova. It’s a modern take on a sound pioneered ...

AUSTIN, Texas (Hollywood Reporter) - The enduring cool of uncategorizable Brazilian music is deliciously, if incompletely, conveyed in "Beyond Ipanema," a documentary with appeal for hipsters and ...

My roommate once noted that I only sing in the apartment when we play Brazilian music. I realized that I remember lyrics to Brazilian songs better than American ones, which I tend to misunderstand.

It’s bossa nova and samba, but so much more — funky, soulful and esoteric. Listen to these songs chosen by Joyce Moreno, Marcos Valle, Amaro Freitas and more lovers of Brazilian rhythms. Credit ...