2008 release 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 it, Sergio takes US even deeper into Brazil, recording all the basic tracks in Rio and Bahia, finishing up in Los Angeles. 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, the foremost Japanese pop group, Dreams Come True, Belgium's Zap Mama 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. Encanto is classic Sergio Mendes, highlighting the maestro's ear for enticing melodies and contagious rhythms. Universal.

Tracklist:

The Look of Love (Feat. Fergie)
Funky Bahia (Feat. Will. I. Am ; Siedah Garrett)
Waters of March (Feat. Ledisi)
Odo-Ya (Feat. Carlinhos Brown)
Somewhere in the Hills (Feat. Natalie Cole ; Till Bronner)
Lugar Comum (Feat. Jovanotti)
Dreamer (Feat. Herb Alpert ; Lani Hall)
Morning in Rio
y Vamos la (Feat. Juanes)
Catavento (Feat. Gracinha Leporace)
Acode (Feat. Vanessa Da Mata)
Agua de Beber (Feat. Will. I. Am)
Waters of March (Feat. Zap Mama)
E Vamos la
E Vamos la (... Let's Go)

UPC: 888072307643
Label: Imports
Release Date: 4.15.08
Format: CD

Sergio Mendes - Encanto (Import)