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Sérgio Mendes

Bossa nova
Bossa novaDiscoJazz

Sérgio Mendes is a Bossa nova and Disco act. Their catalogue also touches Jazz and Latin. Their sound grew out of I Say a Little Prayer, Ivan Lins, Carlinhos Brown, Edu Lobo and Insensatez. Those roots explain a lot about how Sérgio Mendes arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as João Donato, Baden Powell, Marcos Valle, Astrud Gilberto and João Gilberto, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Phyllis Hyman, Siedah Garrett, Getz/Gilberto, Paulinho da Costa and Since I Left You, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 51 connections around Sérgio Mendes, reaching back through I Say a Little Prayer and forward to Phyllis Hyman. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Sérgio MendesI Say a Little PrayerIvan LinsCarlinhos BrownEdu LoboInsensatezMarcelo D2Raul de SouzaPhil PerryPhyllis HymanSiedah GarrettGetz/GilbertoPaulinho da CostaSince I Left YouOh Happy DayJohn BeasleySweet TripJoão DonatoBaden PowellMarcos ValleAstrud GilbertoJoão GilbertoWalter WanderleyLuiz BonfáToco

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Sérgio Mendes connections

Sérgio Mendes grew out of I Say a Little Prayer, Ivan Lins, Carlinhos Brown and Edu Lobo, shares an orbit with João Donato, Baden Powell, Marcos Valle and Astrud Gilberto, went on to shape Phyllis Hyman, Siedah Garrett, Getz/Gilberto and Paulinho da Costa. 51 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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