Released several successful albums for the A&M Records label. The first album on A&M was "Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66", which went platinum, largely due to the success of the single "Mas que Nada".
Brazilian pianist, band leader and composer, the son of a physician, influential in the Bossa Nova movement of the 1960s. Leader of groups Brazil '65 and '66.
After touring South America, he settled in the U.S. during the mid-60s.
Frequently collaborated with arranger and guitarist Antonio Carlos Jobim.