Brasil '66

E199025
Brazilian-American music group music group

Brasil '66 was a popular 1960s Brazilian-American music group led by Sérgio Mendes, known for blending bossa nova, jazz, and pop into internationally successful hits.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Brasil '66 canonical 4
Brasil '77 2
Brasil '65 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Brazilian-American music group ⓘ
music group ⓘ
achieved international commercial success ⓘ
activeInDecade 1960s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66 ⓘ
associatedAct A&M Records ⓘ
surface form: A&M Records artists

Herb Alpert ⓘ
Sergio Mendes ⓘ
surface form: Sérgio Mendes
associatedWithMovement bossa nova wave ⓘ
backingVocalistsIncluded Janis Hansen ⓘ
Karen Philipp ⓘ
Lani Hall ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Brazil ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
era mid-20th century popular music ⓘ
formedInDecade 1960s ⓘ
genre bossa nova ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
pop music ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn Latin pop ⓘ
adult contemporary music ⓘ
smooth jazz ⓘ
hasMember Sergio Mendes ⓘ
surface form: Sérgio Mendes
keyboardPlayer Sergio Mendes ⓘ
surface form: Sérgio Mendes
languageOfPerformance English ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
leader Sergio Mendes ⓘ
surface form: Sérgio Mendes
notableAlbum Equinox ⓘ
The Fool on the Hill ⓘ
surface form: Fool on the Hill

Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 ⓘ
Look Around ⓘ
notableWork Day Tripper ⓘ
The Fool on the Hill ⓘ
surface form: Fool on the Hill

Goin’ Out of My Head ⓘ
surface form: Going Out of My Head

Mas Que Nada ⓘ
The Look of Love ⓘ
originCity Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
performanceSetting international concert tours ⓘ
primaryInstrumentalist Sergio Mendes ⓘ
surface form: Sérgio Mendes
recordLabel A&M Records ⓘ
styleCharacteristic blend of bossa nova, jazz, and pop ⓘ
successRegion Europe ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
North America ⓘ
typicalRepertoire Brazilian standards ⓘ
contemporary pop covers ⓘ
vocalStyle female vocal harmonies ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sergio Mendes → associatedBand → Brasil '66 ⓘ
Sergio Mendes → associatedBand → Brasil '66 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brasil '77
Sergio Mendes → associatedAct → Brasil '66 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brasil '65
Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66 → associatedAct → Brasil '66 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brasil '77
Mas Que Nada (recording) → associatedAct → Brasil '66 ⓘ
Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 → artist → Brasil '66 ⓘ
Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 → breakthroughWorkFor → Brasil '66 ⓘ