A legend of Brazilian music and one of the prime architects of the bossa nova revolution of the 1960s, pianist, composer, and triple GRAMMY winner Sérgio Mendes returns to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the intoxicating mix of jazz and Brazilian pop he helped define. Mendés first made an impact in collaboration with Antonio Carlos Jobim and Cannonball Adderley, and came to international stardom with his iconic Brasil '66. "The man who put go-go boots on Brazilian music and brought it to the world" (Billboard), Mendes jettisoned thoughts of a classical career when the distinctive jazz-meets-samba fusion called bossa nova began to evolve in the clubs of Rio in the late 50s.
Over the following five decades, the endlessly prolific Mendes recorded 40 albums and has remained a timelessly vital artist, collaborating with a who's-who of pop music, world music, and jazz.