CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Sergio Mendes' 'Bom Tempo' and 'Bom Tempo Brasil

Earlier this year the great Brazilian artist Gilberto Gil toured the United States performing what he referred to at UCLA's Royce Hall as a "very simple concert": vocals, cello and two guitars. Gil's contemporary Sergio Mendes takes the opposite tack on his new album, which features busy interpretations of tunes by Gil, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Jorge Ben Jor and other Brazilian songwriters. Where Gil's tour demonstrated the writerly sophistication and architectural elegance of much of his countr...

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