Sérgio Mendes, the pianist who gifted the world with the most famous version of the Brazilian classic “Mas Que Nada,” died on Thursday. Born in 1941, Mendes was a 20-year-old musician when he first ...

Brazilian music legend Sergio Mendes, who helped catapult bossa nova onto the global stage in the 1960s with hits including "Mas Que Nada," died in Los Angeles at the age of 83, his family said Friday ...

As part of a series called "My Big Break," All Things Considered is collecting stories of triumph, big and small. These are the moments when everything seems to click, and people leap forward into ...

When it comes to big names who brought Brazilian music including bossa nova to the United States and around the world, one of them is Sergio Mendes, who died at the age 83 on Thursday. Mendes married ...

Mendes, who died on Thursday at age 83, had the kind of career artists dream about. By Paul Grein Former A&M Records executive Derek Taylor captured the sound of Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66 in a few ...