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ONE COMMON THREAD WEAVES THROUGHOUT THE STAGGERINGLY DIVERSE TAPESTRY OF MUSIC THAT SERGIO MENDES HAS CREATED OVER HIS REMARKABLE SIX-DECADE CAREER: THE SPIRIT OF JOY.
FROM HIS PIONEERING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FOUNDATIONS OF BOSSA NOVA ALONGSIDE THE LIKES OF ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM, THROUGH THE ERA-DEFINING LATIN-POP SOUND OF HIS ICONIC GROUP BRASIL '66; HIS SCINTILLATING COLLABORATIONS WITH JAZZ LEGENDS LIKE CANNONBALL ADDERELEY AND HERBIE MANN TO HIS CHART-TOPPING ADULT CONTEMPORARY SMASH "NEVER GONNA LET YOU GO;" ON THROUGH HIS 21ST-CENTURY REINVENTION WITH THE BLACK-EYED PEAS AND JOHN LEGEND OR HIS OSCAR-NOMINATED THEME SONG FROM THE ANIMATED HIT RIO: AN INFECTIOUS SPIRIT OF JOY PERVADES EVERYTHING MENDES HAS USHERED INTO THE EARS OF LISTENERS.
THE BRAZILIAN LEGEND'S 2020 ALBUM IS NO EXCEPTION. ON IN THE KEY OF JOY, MENDES LOOKS BACK THE ONLY WAY HE KNOWS HOW - BY ONCE AGAIN MOVING FORWARD. RELEASED TO COINCIDE WITH A SPECTACULAR NEW DOCUMENTARY ON HIS LIFE BY ACCLAIMED FILMMAKER JOHN SCHEINFELD (CHASING TRANE, WHO IS HARRY NILSSON?), THE ALBUM IN THE KEY OF JOY MELDS THE CLASSIC BRAZILIAN, JAZZ AND POP SOUNDS THAT HAVE LONG CHARACTERIZED MENDES' MUSIC WITH STUNNINGLY CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONS THAT MAKE THE ALBUM SOUND AT ONCE UTTERLY TIMELESS AND WHOLLY OF THE MOMENT.
THE DOCUMENTARY, SERGIO MENDES: IN THE KEY OF JOY IS ENJOYING WORLDWIDE RELEASE IN 2021, AFTER ITS WORLD PREMIERE AT THE SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IN 2020. HERE'S A TIMELINE OF THE MILESTONES IN SERGIO'S LIFE AND DISCOGRAPHY, WHICH ARE WONDERFUL "COMPANION" REFERENCES TO THE DOCUMENTARY AND CHRONICLE AN AMAZING LIFE AND CAREER.
The overall evening was definitely upbeat, fun and enjoyable. However, I would put Poncho Sanchez as the star group, not Sergio Mendes. Mendes has added a rapper to his group.....okay.....not what I expected or wanted. Palmieri's sound was too disjointed for my taste...but Sanchez was outstanding.....good old latin jazz.
The music was excellent, the people fun around us but those benches need to be replaced and renewed. Also workers need to more stern with some smokers. Also who is H20, thought Sergio had more star power and would bring out like fergie or timberland.
I waited all my life to see them live, it was so much fun!!!
The evening was romantic, funky and eclectic. Sergio Mendes was phenomenal as well as his band members. Eddier Palmieri was out of this world with his talent and inspired us all to want to become musicians or ensure that our children are exposed to music! Poncho Sanchez was lively, entertaining and we were fortunate to hear his new material which with out a doubt will be a success. What a treat!!!!!
It was great to see these 3 great Latin jazz masters on the same stage. Eddie still has all the vitality and energy when he first started, and Poncho is LA's reigning congero king who never disappoints. I will always be grateful to Sergio for introducing me to Brazilian music in 1966, but his shows have become somewhat predictable and formulmatic. I would like to see him stretch and explore his Brazilian roots. And call me a purist and old-fashioned, but introducing rap into the beautiful melodic harmonies of bossa nova is a perversion that I'm sure has Jobim rolling in his grave. It's nothing more than extraneous noise that adds nothing to the music, similar to adding graffiti to a fine work of art. Problem is, it sells but hopefully introduces the uninitiated to the true beauty of Brazilian music. Would have been nice to see the three interact and blend their styles together.
I don't know why the volume of the whole thing was so low, we could barely hear what Palmieri was saying on his mic when he addressed the audience. Poncho Sanchez was the first to perform and the best performance of the night. Palmieri's was alright and Sergio Mendes was a disappointment! I could actually see people standing up and leaving! The choice of songs was not a fortunate one for the weird mix of hits and mellow songs didn't allow the audience to ever get excited! And then they destroyed "Aguas de Marco" and the back vocals' wardrobe was hideous! Come on people, you were at the Hollywood Bowl, you can do better than that!!!! Have some respect for the people that went through the trouble to come and see you!
Another magical night at the Hollywood Bowl, this one featuring a whole salsa bowl of sounds from mind-blowing cool jazz to out-and-out partying. Poncho Sanchez and his band set the mood with some technically excellent, if derivative numbers spanning the Caribbean (including one that put a Latin spin on Motown). Eddie Palmieri's jazz combo was out of this world -- piano, sax and trumpet solos that are still with me more than 12 hours later. And Sergio Mendes and co were a hoot -- a throwback to 1970s Eurotrash chic with a samba beat that started out kitschy and ended up as a spectacle only the Bowl can pull off -- carnival dancers, hot pink dresses and muumuus, and rhythms that brought the entire ampitheatre to its feet. Just fabulous.
Well, Poncho Sanchez was good, Eddie Palmieri was ok, repetitive and toooo long!! Sergio Mendes was great, but toooo short he didn't play even an hour??!!!
It was so amazing! beeing 40yeas now but never forget Brazil 66' !!!
