Sérgio Mendes has been an Angeleno since November 1964. He moved here to follow his artistic ambitions but he was also escaping a dictatorship that would engulf Brazil for the next two decades. latimes.com/lifestyle/imag…
Speaking a little English and with not much money, Mendes got a small apartment in Glendale and his first car, a Chevrolet 1951, and discovered a city he didn’t know much about. “I immediately liked it,” Mendes, now 80, recalls. latimes.com/lifestyle/imag…
While Mendes was respected as a well-known musician from Brazil, he wasn’t famous when he arrived in L.A. His first band didn’t take off. But his next group caught the attention of a new label – A&M. Soon after, they scored their first hit: “Mas Que Nada.” latimes.com/lifestyle/imag…
In L.A., Mendes became a master of summoning and reimagining the sound of Brazil from afar. He often jumped between languages and cultures; his love for language and the way words sound can be felt in his music. latimes.com/lifestyle/imag… 
Brazil will always be Mendes' inspiration but the other half of his story is how he shared, with a generous heart, Brazilian music with the city of Los Angeles. latimes.com/lifestyle/imag…
Sérgio Mendes will be onstage @HollywoodBowl — his “favorite place, a magical place” — on Aug. 15. It’s sure to be a don’t miss, as is @ewoukalmino’s masterful appraisal of the 80-year-old, L.A.-based artist who reimagined the sound of Brazil from afar 👇 latimes.com/lifestyle/imag…
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