Sergio Mendes" first album with his new band Brasil "77 featured a new sound less beholden to his Brazilian roots and more indebted to the soul/funk/quiet storm sound of such "70s artists as Earth, Wind and Fire and Stevie Wonder. But that"s not to say it"s devoid of Latin flavor; compositions by Joao Donato and Gilberto Gil appear here alongside songs by Elton John and Edgar Winter...Sergio"s eclecticism at its finest!