Vince Mendoza

American composer

keyboard instrument

Born: 17 November 1961
Norwalk
Country: United States
Active: 1990–
Record labels: Blue Note, ACT Music
Discography: 14 albums

Biography

Vince Mendoza is a jazz musician who plays keyboard instrument. Vince Mendoza was born on 17 November 1961 in Norwalk. Record labels: Blue Note and ACT Music. The discography here lists 14 albums, from “Start Here” (1990) to “Olympians” (2023).

Vince Mendoza (born November 17, 1961) is an American composer, music arranger and conductor. He debuted as a solo artist in 1989, and is known for his work conducting the Metropole Orkest and WDR Big Band Köln, as well as arranging music for musicians such as John Scofield, Joni Mitchell, Michael Brecker and Björk. Over the course of his career, he has won seven Grammy Awards and one Latin Grammy Award and has been nominated for a total of 38 between the two awards.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Start Here 1990

Instructions Inside 1991

Jazzpaña 1993

Sketches 1994

Epiphany 1997

Vince Mendoza 1998

Blauklang 2008

El viento: The Garcia Lorca Project 2009

Fast City: A Tribute to Joe Zawinul 2010

The Phoenix 2010

Nights on Earth 2011

Homecoming 2017

Freedom over Everything 2021

Olympians 2023

Also plays on

Albums where Vince Mendoza is credited as a sideman

1989	Flying Cowboys — Rickie Lee Jones	trumpet
1990	Animato — John Abercrombie	synthesizer
1991	Greenhouse — Yellowjackets	arranger, conductor
1993	Motion Poet — Peter Erskine	arranger
1996	Di Meola Plays Piazzolla — Al Di Meola	instrument arranger
1998	From There To Here — Kyle Eastwood	arranger
2000	Red Heat — Jimmy Haslip	keyboard
2002	American Dreams — Charlie Haden with Michael Brecker feat. Brad Mehldau and Brian Blade	arranger, conductor
2004	Taking a Chance on Love — Jane Monheit	arranger, conductor
2005	Some Skunk Funk — Randy Brecker With Michael Brecker & WDR Big Band Köln	conductor
2006	The Look of Love: Burt Bacharach Songbook — Traincha	conductor, arranger
2006	Brown Street — Joe Zawinul	arranger
2007	Who’ll Speak for Love: Burt Bacharach Songbook II — Trijntje Oosterhuis, Metropole Orkest	conductor
2009	This Girl's in Love — Traincha	conductor, arranger
2009	Best of Burt Bacharach Live — Trijntje Oosterhuis	conductor
2009	A Thousand True Stories — Silje Nergaard	arranger, conductor
2011	The Jazz Ballad Song Book — Randy Brecker with DR Big Band and the National Danish Chamber Orchestra	arranger
2012	Al Jarreau and the Metropole Orkest Live — Al Jarreau and the Metropole Orkest	conductor
2012	Impressions — Chris Botti	arranger, conductor
2015	Wallflower — Diana Krall	orchestrator
2016	Some Other Time: A Tribute to Leonard Bernstein — Nils Landgren with Janis Siegel, Bochumer Symphoniker	arranger, conductor
2017	Nat “King” Cole & Me — Gregory Porter	arranger, conductor, producer
2018	Channels of Energy — Antonio Sánchez with WDR Big Band under Vince Mendoza	conductor
2021	Everchanging Times: Burt Bacharach Songbook III — Trijntje Oosterhuis & Metropole Orkest	arranger
2021	Houses — Silje Nergaard	orchestrator