Remembering Sérgio Mendes
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Sérgio Mendes died last month. He was 83 and had been dealing with long COVID for several months. His band Brasil '66 was at the forefront of a bossa nova explosion that introduced the genre to listeners across the world. When Mendes joined us nearly a decade ago, he talked about how his music evolved over the years and he got into the show at Carnegie Hall that changed music history forever.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Remembering Sérgio Mendes