Equinox (Sérgio Mendes album) explained

Equinox
Type:	album
Artist:	Sérgio Mendes
Cover:	Equinoxalbum.jpg
Released:	April 1967^[1]
Recorded:	November 8, 1966 – February 19, 1967
Studio:	Sunset Sound Recording Studios, Hollywood
Genre:	Bossa nova
Label:	A&M
Producer:	Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss
Prev Title:	Herb Alpert Presents
Prev Year:	1966
Next Title:	Look Around
Next Year:	1967

Equinox is the second album by Sérgio Mendes and Brasil '66, released in April 1967, with vocalists Lani Hall and Janis Hansen.

Track listing

1. "Constant Rain (Chove Chuva)" (Jorge Ben, Norman Gimbel)
2. "Cinnamon and Clove" (Johnny Mandel, Alan and Marilyn Bergman)
3. "Watch What Happens" (Michel Legrand, Jacques Demy, Norman Gimbel)
4. "For Me" (Arrastão) (Edu Lobo, Norman Gimbel)
5. "Bim-Bom" (João Gilberto)
6. "Night and Day" (Cole Porter)
7. "Triste" (Antônio Carlos Jobim)
8. "Gente" (Marcos Valle, Paulo Sérgio Valle)
9. "Wave" (Jobim)
10. "Só Danço Samba (Jazz 'n' Samba)" (Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes)

Personnel

Musicians

• Sérgio Mendes – piano, vocals
• John Pisano – guitar
• Bob Matthews (Tracks 2–10), William Plummer (Track 1) – bass, sitar, vocals
• José Soares – percussion, vocals
• João Palma – drums
• Lani Hall, Janis Hansen – vocals

Production

• Bruce Botnick, Larry Levine – recording engineers

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=FSgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=brasil+66+equinox&pg=PA34 Billboard April 22, 1967