Sergio Mendez and Brazil 66 ~cover Simon & Garfunkels golden vocal hit,Scarborough Faire and following a 22 Greatest Hit medley on You-Tube -( https://youtube/watch?v=4OEe8BhO26g ) Sergio Mendez today,is music& cultural legend in Brazil ..a extremely talented,suave Latin Figure,Sergio is always a swingin -BOP style Brazilian Jazz pianist,..a genius of Mixing colors of Sounds ..He took the sophisticated,,seductive sounds of Rio de Janeiro ,with the percussive,rhythmic drive,that laid back swing..a swaying style beat of Bossa Nova which was heavily crossed with his pure American Jazz love..So Sergio Mendez created a Hybrid World sound which was further enhanced with Americanized English lyrics to the Portuguese words of Brazilian Bossa Nova songs ..In 1965,Mendez adjusted his Mix of of musicians in the Group,changed the groups Name from Brazil 65 to the modern sound of Brazil 66 and hit Bill Board record Gold,in the perfect sound Mix the magnetic sophisticated appeal of Sergio Mendez & Brazil 66` Music,with that soaring blend of crystal clear female Vocal sounds in those distinctively cool female American lead singers first Lana Hall &Janis Hanson later Lana with Karen Phillip) Sergio Mendez also adjusted the Song Material of his Musical Group and started covering current American Hit Song Covers of many already popular Pop Hits of those swingin hip Go-Go 1960`s times ..Sergio percussive Piano rhythms in note lines driving those ,sophisticated,so heavenly female,vocal harmonies in painted soft feathery textures, As Mendez mind re-imagining those already popular Songs packaged Sounds, invigorating the well known songs of Beatles,Simon & Garfunkel,Righteous Bros and the elegant Jazz influenced sophistication of young songwriter arranger Burt Bachrach & Henry Mancini their popular 60`s Movie Orchestrations &Hit songs (Sergio did this later over the decades with many other Artists & covers )Those great .American songs,which were skilfully combined in his Albums,song mixed along with his native Bossa Nova songs of Brazil.(by now legendary Brazilian Songwriter Composers such as Antonio Carlos Jobim) .And Mendez & Brazil 66 similar to American Trumpeter Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass( Mexican sounds ) made for a long string of Brazil 66 American Billboard song Hits and Gold Hit Albums ..I still love that unique hypnotic mix of World Cultural Sounds,of the best of both our Americas from the U.S.Pop & Latin sounds of Rio& Brazil(especially Luv female lead Lana Hall`s distinctive Vocal,a cool,crystal clear female voice mixed in delightful smooth,female harmonies with leads Janis Hansen or Karen Hanson on their hits,two Brazilian male voices as supporting Backup singers ) ..As those World Sounds-.the Artistic colors of both great Music cultures of our Americas mix and blend in surprising Fresh Sounds As,North America meets South America~~ In the great swingin,swaying Sounds of pure sweet Music poured out to your Listener`s Ears --Here`s the Song Lyrics and Wikipedia plus All Music on Sergio Mendez-> SONGS + LYRICS SCARBOROUGH FAIR/CANTICLE Are you going to Scarborough Fair Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme Remember me to one who lives there She once was a true love of mine On the side of a hill in the deep forest green Tracing of sparrow on snow-crested brown Blankets and bedclothes the child of the mountain Sleeps unaware of the clarion call Tell her to make me a cambric shirt Parsley sage rosemary and thyme Without no seams nor needle work Then she’ll be a true love of mine On the side of a hill in the sprinkling of leaves Washes the grave with silvery tears A soldier cleans and polishes a gun Sleeps unaware of the clarion call Tell her to find me an acre of land Parsley sage rosemary and thyme Between the salt water and the sea strands Then she’ll be a true love of mine War bellows blazing in scarlet battalions Generals order their soldiers to kill And to fight for a cause they have long ago forgotten Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather Parsley sage rosemary and thyme And gather it all in a bunch of heather Then she’ll be a true love of mine ( allmusic/…/sergio-mendes-brasil-66-mw0000319… ) ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9rgio_Mendes )
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 19:30:24 +0000
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