Homecoming

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Mendoza is a superb colorist who ably allows his themes to build and his textures to turn. Rhythm and movement, always graceful, swirl throughout. Introspective interludes and a relaxed tone... — Downbeat, January 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 17th Feb 2017
Catalogue No: N77036
Label: Jazzline
Length: 55 minutes

Grammy Awards

2018

Nominee: Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

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Mendoza, V: Keep It Up (feat. Paul Shigihara & Paul Heller)

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Vince Mendoza, WDR Big Band Cologne, Paul Heller, Paul Shigihara

Mendoza, V: Little Voice (feat. Frank Chastenier & Karolina Strassmayer)

Work length6:44

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Vince Mendoza, WDR Big Band Cologne, Karolina Strassmayer, Frank Chastenier

Mendoza, V: Choros #3 (feat. Marcio Doctor, Johan Hörlen & Andy Hunter)

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Vince Mendoza, WDR Big Band Cologne, Andy Hunter, Marcio Doctor, Johan Hörlen

Mendoza, V: Homecoming (feat. Karolina Strassmayer & John Marshall)

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Vince Mendoza, WDR Big Band Cologne, John Marshall, Karolina Strassmayer

Mendoza, V: Amazonas (feat. Ludwig Nuss, Johan Hörlen & Marcio Doctor)

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Vince Mendoza, WDR Big Band Cologne, Marcio Doctor, Ludwig Nuss, Johan Hörlen

Mendoza, V: One Times One (feat. Shannon Barnett, John Marshall & Paul Heller)

Work length8:28

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Vince Mendoza, WDR Big Band Cologne, Paul Heller, Shannon Barnett, John Marshall

Mendoza, V: Daybreak (feat. Frank Chastenier, John Marshall)

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Vince Mendoza, WDR Big Band Cologne, John Marshall, Frank Chastenier

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'Homecoming' is composer, arranger and conductor Vince Mendoza's return to his acknowledged first love, jazz. It's also his reunion with the orchestra he feels deeply connected with for already more than two decades, the WDR Big Band. A glimpse of the joint discography of Mendoza and the WDR Big Band is enough to call this cooperation an exceptional success story. The album 'Jazzpaña' (ACT, 1992) with Arif Mardin was awarded the German Jazz Award and received two Grammy nominations. The CDs Randy Brecker w/Michael Brecker - 'Some Skunk Funk - Live at Leverkusener Jazztage' (BHM, 2005) and Joe Zawinul - 'Brown Street' (Intuition, 2006) earned him two Grammys. In 2015 the outstanding production Chano Domínguez - 'Soleando' (Jazzline, 2015), set new standards in the fusion of jazz and flamenco. And now 'Homecoming'. There was only one guideline: All compositions had to be his own. The second condition was set by the artist himself: He wanted to use only newly written pieces - and it goes without saying - they were made to measure for the WDR Big Band. The band appreciated his high level of commitment. There is no hint of this tiring theme/solo/solo/solo/theme-pattern as Vince Mendoza is a true master of the organic form and the musical arc, a master of densely interwoven musical thoughts. The six-to-nine minutes long compositions are complex and intensive without being excessive - on the contrary: the music breathes.

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January 2018

Mendoza is a superb colorist who ably allows his themes to build and his textures to turn. Rhythm and movement, always graceful, swirl throughout. Introspective interludes and a relaxed tone mark this album as the work of a master who has many colors in his paint box. He shows that a chart can swing without forte bombast.

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