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When did Sérgio Mendes's career begin?
As his interest in jazz grew, he started playing in nightclubs in the late 1950s just as bossa nova, a jazz-inflected derivative of samba, was emerging.
What was his first recording?
Mendes formed the Sexteto Bossa Rio and recorded Dance Moderno in 1961.
Where did he do his first tour?
Touring Europe and the United States, Mendes recorded albums with Cannonball Adderley and Herbie Mann and played Carnegie Hall.
What was his first album named?
Mendes moved to the U.S.
in 1964 and cut two albums under the Sergio Mendes & Brasil '65 group name with Capitol Records and Atlantic Records.

Question: Who was his record producer?
Self-contained rewrite: Who was Sérgio Mendes' record producer?