Oscar credits Sergio

[cleveland mike]

Well, I think we can forget about any "bad blood" existing between Oscar Castro-Neves and Sergio. Two pieces of evidence- Oscar's performing with Sergio in Detroit, and the credit Oscar gives to Sergio in the liner notes in his latest CD " All One".
The following is copied from the text written by Fernando Gonzalez found in the new Mack Avenue CD by Oscar and his all-star band....
A different kind of private pleasure is Castro-Neves arrangement of "Nao Me Dinga Adeus" (Don't Tell Me Goodbye). It's an old song from the 1920s, but here he arranged it with a wink and a nod to Sergio Mendes' hit "Mas Que Nada".
Castro-Neves joined Sergio Mendes' Brasil 66 in 1971 and remained with the group as featured guitarist, musical director, and vocal coach until 1981. "I learned a lot by working with the group and I understand Sergio"s approach" he says.
In his arrangement, Castro-Neves evokes musical gestures such as piano figures and even a finger snap from Mendes' hit. "Basically, I used the template of a song on to another song-until they became twin sisters" he says. "This is like retro vision of Brasil 66 and part of the fun was addressing that part of my past.

 

[JMK]

Wherever did you hear of "bad blood" between Oscar and Sergio? That's a new one to me.

 

[cleveland mike]

This came up in the thread reviewing Sergio and Oscars appearance at the Detroit JazzFest. I never did believe there was anything to it myself, but the question was raised, and has now been settled.

 

[Chris Martin]

The original post read: "Sergio and Oscar sat at oopoite ends of the stage, as far from each other as possible" which I took to indicate they were not on good terms. Sorry if I read in to it something that was not there.

 

[Mike Blakesley]

Well if they had a disagreement years ago, it's not such a big deal. Remember Sergio was somewhat "irritated" with Herb A. for "stealing his girl" (Lani Hall) and now they are all great friends. Time heals all wounds.