Pet peeve of mine re: Mendes (which happened way too often on these later A&M records)--knowing the original "Moanin'" as @JOv2 and I do, turning what is basically a call and response gospel/blues-based tune into an overly-commercialized, trite pop song drowned in Grusin's overbearing arrangement makes no musical sense other than a desperate attempt to sell records and chase down a hit.
Which, for Brasil '66 in 1969....