Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - The Joker TV performance 

I agree he is one of the best on different pianos. Plus those girls had great voices in the band and played classics after classics.

Sergio Mendes: pure genius ...

Such a great drummer

All this is gone

Hard to imagine her as a joker though

The loveliest voice I ever heard in my life.

@@brucesmith3740 It's not. She's got a sense of humor. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QeotM8dasB4.html

Brilliant. Tight harmonies. Great music.

This is lip synced

@@jameswaltermusic would certainly think so. Too balanced. Studio work. But love it

@@timdippel7517 In fact Janis Hansen, who was a great singer, isn't even singing on the recording - this is from the first album and she didn't join the group until the album was already finished. I believe Bibi Vogel, her predecessor, left just as the recording was getting underway, and Lani Hall wound up doing all the vocals on it herself, including the double tracking. Janis sang on the Equinox and Look Around albums.

@@jameswaltermusic yep

Anche Janis Hansen merita un grande applauso!

❤ Un

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They are more than aware of melody, Boomer. No one is waiting on your outdated thoughts on what is and is not music. You might do well to look up who Sergio Mendes hooked up with to make music recently. Oh look… Hip Hop artists and rappers. Your nurse is here with your Metamucil buddy.

Don Mc lean..the day the music die when people stop learning to play an instrument and sing at tge same time

Yes 👍

Rap is a product of the time. Today society lives in a inner city, prison , gangster mentality, absolutely dark, without hope, completely different than Brazil 66 music and other music of the past which was uplifting and positive, a different time and place, and I'm glad I lived in that time . Rap music is absolute sewage made for the ignorant, and the dumbed down.

The same thing applies to 99% of rock music too.

I think as owner of A&M Records he told (or lets put it nicely "convinced") Sergio to hire her back. If the owner of your record company tells you to do something, you do it

@@GeeBee909 If that were the case, then Janis, and the rest would have returned. According to Lani, in an interview with 60 minutes back in the day, she apologized to Sergio.

I think you are referring to Bibi. Lani left because she was to marry Herb. They had the story of it all on PBS. (and we remember some of what happened back in the day) but they never really talked about the other female singers on that show except Sergio's wife.

@@LAwoman1956 Nope, I'm referring to Lani. Sergio fired them all (including Lani) BEFORE Lani and Herb were an item. In fact Herb didn't really know Lani well at the time of the firing. They became "an item" during and after the success of Brasil 66. Yes, it's true Lani LATER left the group to marry Herb, BUT that was later. The late Janis Hansen explains it all in the liner notes of that Carnival CD they released. She was one of the ones who was fired, so she had first hand information. I believe Bibi left and returned to Brazil.

@@MarineCorpsSergeantTollens Sorry, I must disagree with you. The rest of the group would not have returned, BECAUSE Herb apparently only showed "interest" in Lani (plus he liked her singing voice). You noticed later on they got married??? Clearly, he liked HER (for several different reasons). There are a million bands out there who have broken up when a record company shows interest in only ONE member (usually the lead singer) and not the rest of the group. I know one group that I read about where the record company told the lead singer straight up "we only want to sign you, not the rest of the band". Clearly, they saw potential in Lani and apparently not the other members of the group. Did you notice that when the Mickey Mouse Club broke up that Walt Disney only kept Annette on the payrole and fired everyone else???? This is exactly what I am talking about. Companies pick and choose who they want. That is how business works, fair or unfair.

She's American, from Chicago; Janis was American too, from Great Falls, Montana

@@pasqualemuzzupappa8596 Her full name is Leilani which could be Hawaiian Pacific Islander American, she is exotic looking and so beautiful. I have been a fan of this group since they released the first album and her husband and band TJ Brass They will always be part of my favorite catalog of music. I always thought Herb was Hispanic but he said in an interview that he is Jewish American. Just love them both.

@wilber wiley wow Israeli? I thought she was Brazilian or Spanish, she certainly is pretty and easy on the eyes with a lovely voice, and she also sings in Spanish n Portuguese. And I never would’ve guess Herb Albert was Jewish in a million years bcuz of his musical style of playing 🎺 Ty for the info👍🏽

@wilber wiley 🎤Ty👍🏽

​@@LAwoman1956thank you, i didn't know that!

Mid 60s that is Lani Hall. I remember when the record was released. Still listen.

Lani Hall

My Friend Jay Had Part Of Their Basement With Panels Like That Back In 1966.

Ok, but nothing compares to their first three albums:moreover, with Janis Hansen out of the band ,they partly lost their attractive image. She was so charismatic!

He actually fired Lani also, but Herb Alpert convinced/told him to hire her back

Actually, they quit over very poor treatment. Sergio would stay in 5-star hotels and force the rest to stay in dumps.

@@MikeSmithEnterprises That's what I heard, too.

By 70 vanished!

O nome dele é José Soares. Lamentavelmente não se encontra quase nada sobre ele na internet.

Es verdad yo coincido con lo que dices, yo también lo sigo desde niño cuando se empezó a escuchar con Promesa de pescador. Brasil 66 y 77 fue lo mejor de él. Ya cuando empezó a modernizar sus canciones ya dejó de gustarme. Me gusta más en portugués que en inglés.