Today, Concord Records and Starbucks Entertainment released Encanto (Enchantment), the newest record from the legendary Brazilian musician Sergio Mendes. Encanto is the follow-up to 2006’s highly acclaimed collaboration with will.i.am called Timeless. On Encanto, Sergio takes us even deeper into Brazil , recording all the basic tracks in Rio and Bahia . Mendes enlists several guest musicians from all over the world including Latin superstar Juanes from Colombia, multi-talented Carlinhos Brown and Vanessa da Mata from Brazil, and Italian rapper Jovanotti, as well as American stars like Fergie, Ledisi, Natalie Cole, Herb Alpert and his wife, original Brasil ’66 singer, Lani Hall.

To watch the video for Funky Bahia off the album click here.

In conjunction with the upcoming release of Encanto, Sergio Mendes will be returning to U.S. stages, perfectly timed to bring his samba-based bossa nova sound to summer concert audiences. You can catch Sergio Mendes in concert at these dates:
Date City Venue

Fri, Jun 20 Atlantic City , NJ House of Blues
Sat, Jun 21 New York JVC Jazz Festival Carnegie Hall
Sun, Jun 22 Bridgeport , CA The Klein Memorial Auditorium
Mon, Jun 23 Philadelphia , PA World Café Live
Wed, Jun 25 Somerville , MA Somerville Theatre
Fri, Jun 27 Syracuse , NY Syracuse Jazz Festival
Sat, Jun 28 Toronto , ON Music Hall
Tue, Jul 01 Vienna , VA The Filene Center