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Grammy Winner 2009: Jazz
= winner Category 45 Best Contemporary Jazz Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.) Randy In Brasil Randy Brecker [MAMA Records] Floating Point John McLaughlin [Abstract Logix] Cannon Re-Loaded: All-Star Celebration Of Cannonball ...
Vince Mendoza: Blauklang
by Glenn Astarita
For jazz aficionados, composer/arranger Vince Mendoza's artisanship is a well-known entity. However, he's also enamored the works of pop-rock stars of note, including Joni Mitchell, Elvis Costello and Sheryl Crow. Mendoza is a master-craftsman who possesses a keen ear to complement his vivid imaginative powers, characteristics that are fastidiously transmitted throughout this rather wondrous ...
Vince Mendoza: Blauklang
by John Kelman
It's been nearly a decade since composer/arranger Vince Mendoza released the sweepingly orchestral Epiphany (Zebra, 1999), but he's been anything but inactive. The arranger/orchestrator of choice for artists including quirky popstress Bjork and her hit album Vespertine (Elektra, 2001), and Joni Mitchell--reinventing the iconic singer/songwriter's vast songbook on Both Sides Now (Reprise, 2000) and Travelogue (Nonesuch, ...
Vince Mendoza: Color, Counterpoint and Open Ears
by Paul Olson
If Vince Mendoza were only known as a composer, he'd still be worth interviewing; his songs have been covered by Pat Metheny, Michael Brecker, Kurt Elling, Charlie Haden and John Abercrombie. He'd be fascinating to talk to if he were only known as a recording bandleader--his early records Start Here (Blue Note, 1990) and Instructions Inside ...
Epiphany
Label: Michael Watts Production
Released: 2005
Track listing: Impromptu; Wheaten Sky; Esperanca; Ambivalence; Sanctus; Epiphany; Barcelona; Deep Song
A Jazz Portrait Of Brian Wilson - Wouldn't It Be Nice
By Don Grusin
Label: IN2N Entertainment Group
Released: 2005
Track listing: Surfer Girl (Prelude) - Don Grusin; Surfer Girl (Version) - Don Grusin; Can't Wait Too Long - Clark
Burroughs Group; Wouldn't It Be Nice - Jeffrey Osborne; 'Til I Die - Elements; The Warmth of the Sun -
Tim Weston/Shelby Flint; I Just Wasn't Made for These Times - Larry Carlton; In My Room - Marilyn
Scott; I Went to Sleep - Clark Burroughs Group; Caroline No - Dori Caymmi; Our Sweet Love/Friends -
Eliane Elias; Cabin Essence - Clark Burroughs Group; Don't Worry Baby (No Te Preocupes Nena) - Steve
Khan/Gabriela Anders; God Only Knows - The Yellowjackets; Surf's Up - Clark Boroughs Group; Don't
Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder) - Vince Mendoza/John Abercrombie; 'Til I Die - Clark Burroughs
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Vince Mendoza/London Symphony Orchestra: Epiphany
by John Kelman
In and out of print since its initial release in '99, composer/arranger Vince Mendoza's Epiphany represents one of the finest examples of orchestration in a jazz setting. While there have been other fine examples of large-scale blending, they have often simply retrofitted existing material, as was the case with last year's Promises Kept, where pianist Steve ...
Vince Mendoza: Epiphany
by Dave Hughes
Vince Mendoza is a highly creative and cerebral composer and arranger. Epiphany represents perhaps his most ambitious work to date, a full symphonic program with jazz soloists. The program works the classical to jazz spectrum thoroughly, although most of the emphasis is on modern classical; the suite never quite lets loose on a full jazz romp. ...
