04/12/2021

Sergio Mendes "Alegria" (1980) -Jazz Pop / Bossa Nova-



Label : WEA Records Ltd.


Brésil Side One

01 - Fato Consumado (Fait accompli) (Djavan)
02 - Tô Voltando (I Am Coming Back) (Mauricio Tapajós & Paulo Cesar Pinheiro)
03 - Última Batucada (The Last Batucada) (Sebastião Leporace)
04 - Aquelas Coisas Todas (All Those Things) (Toninho Horta)

Side Two

01 - Adeus América (Goodbye America) (Haroldo Barbosa & Geraldo Jacques)
02 - Milagre (Miracle) (Dori Caymmi)
03 - Nowadays (There Was A Time...) (Sergio Mendes - English Lyrics by Adrienne Andersen)
04 - O Mar É Meu Chão (The Sea Is My Soul) (Dori Caymmi & Nelson Motta)
05 - Desenredo (The Unravelling) (Dori Caymmi & Paulo Cesar Pinheiro)


Keyboards : Sergio Mendes (Acoustic Piano, Fender Rhodes 88, Yamaha CP80)
Acoustic Guitars : Oscar Castro-Neves, Djavan, Toninho Horta, Dori Caymmi
Electric Guitar : David Amaro
BassSebastião Neto (except on "Fato Consumado (Fait accompli)")
Drums : Picole (except on "Fato Consumado (Fait accompli)"), Jamil on "Fato Consumado (Fait accompli)")
Percussion : Chacal, Nenem, Luna, Eliseu, Marçal, Chico Batera, Sergio Mendes
Female Vocals : Carol Jeanne Rogers, Marietta Waters, Gracinha Leporace, Bonnie Bowden
Male Vocals : Sergio Mendes, Marcio Lott, Claudio Cartier, Sebastião Neto

Vocal Solo on "Nowadays (There Was A Time...)" : Gracinha Leporace
Flugel Horn Solo on "Nowadays (There Was A Time...)" : Marcio Montarroyos
Vocal Solo on "Desenredo (The Unravelling)" : Sergio Mendes
String & Horn Orchestrations : Oscar Castro-Neves except "Nowadays (There Was A Time...)", Walter Blanco, "O Mar É Meu Chão (The Sea Is My Soul)", Dave Grusin

Recorded & Mixed by Geoff Gillette
Recorded & Mixed at Sigla Studios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October/November 1979
Re-Mixed at Monterey Studios, Glendale, California
Mastered by Bernie Grundman
Produced & Arranged by Sergio Mendes