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Vince MendozaAudio CD
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)


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  • Audio CD (November 27, 1990)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Capitol
  • ASIN: B000008BQF
  • Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #402,291 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Different and better for it, April 8, 2005
This review is from: Start Here (Audio CD)
I have 3 of Vince's CDs and this in my opinion is the best. The second track "Angelicus" is worth the price of admission alone. This entire album is not your usual anything - instrumentation, form, even genre. I knew of Vince from jazz, but he's done work for Bjork and Joni Mitchell among others. So when I say "different and better for it" I mean different from what you've heard before, and different from what you expect. Sure there are some general similarities - Gil Evans might be one - and people say nothing truly new is ever created, but when you've heard Giant Steps, Blue in Green, and Take Five about 687,942 times on the radio in the last 3 weeks, you're ready for something new. This is it.
You're still reading? All right. Peter Erskine, Joe Lovano, Ralph Towner, Gary Peacock, John Scofield, Bob Mintzer, and more awesome musicians grace this CD. "Angelicus" for instance has 3 french horns, bass trombone, and tuba in addition to the standard piano, bass, drums, guitar. All the tracks have a different instrumentation, usually with a jazz quintet at its core. Just being different is a good start, but then great compositions, arrangements, soloists.... Words alone cannot do this music justice. If you get the chance, buy it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Another forgotten masterpiece, December 5, 2011
This review is from: Start Here (Audio CD)
Orchestrated jazz of this type will never be mainstream popular music. This is for serious musicians who will appreciate the imagination and beauty of the contributions of some of Jazz's finest players. I'm a drummer and a big fan of Peter Erskine who demonstrates his formidable technique on the first track!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Some of Vince's best, February 20, 2010
This review is from: Start Here (MP3 Download)
One of Jazz's rare gems, Vince let's it roll here reminiscent of the work he's done with Jimy Haslip on Jimmy's solo albums and some of the magic found on Epiphany. A glorious listen with terrific rhythms and percussion. Beauty with rhythm, that's what this CD captures with the terrific back up of Erskine and Scofield is used beautifully here, the way Bill Frisell was used on Lyle Mays' first Solo album.

Buy it. It's a treat for your ears.
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