Sergio Mendes: Celebration

"Mike Ragogna: Sergio, you have a double disc collection coming out soon titled Celebration: A Musical Journey. Sergio Mendes: Yes. MR: It's going to basically cover your whole career. SM: That's correct, yes. MR: Can you talk about its span a little? SM: It goes back from my first record, back in '66. Then, it goes onto the other records after that. So, it's a lot of songs that I've recorded. It's coming out to celebrate fifty years of my career. MR: By the time this gets printed, you will have already played some anniversary shows at the Geffen Playhouse, but since you've already played a night, can you go into the experience? SM: Yes, we just played last night for the opening, and the whole thing is sold out. It's a lovely theater, people were dancing and standing up, and it was wonderful last night. I think we're going to have a nice run. ... MR: Did any of your old friends like Herb Alpert show up? SM: Yes, yes, actually, yes. Jerry Moss, Herb Alpert--all my old friends--absolutely'" (Mike Ragogna, "Celebrating a Musical Journey," Huffington Post, 3/19/11).
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