Epiphany

Artist: Vince Mendoza & London Symphony Orchestra
Label: Zebra Records (Wea)
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 633014440724
EAN: 0633014440724
ASIN: B00000IFWC

Release Date: 1999-05-11

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Tracks:

Impromptu
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Esperanca
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Customer Reviews:

symphonic swing.......2001-08-02

Vince Mendoza is a prodigiously talented composer and arranger whose melodically inventive compositions caught my attention years ago on the recordings of jazz vibraphonist Gary Burton. On Epiphany, the composer has constructed nine "tone poems" for orchestra and jazz soloists, who include John Abercrombie, Joe Lovano, and Peter Erskine, among others. This recording is a wake-up call for anyone who thinks that jazz is not serious music, or conversely, for anyone of the opinion that highly arranged orchestral music cannot swing. This is breathtakingly beautiful music of the first order.

Want to be touched by the hidden music of your dreams?,.......2000-07-10

There are places you must see, places where you feel your soul belongs.

There are recordings too, which you must listen, and feel.

I'm talking about the awesome CD of the renowed composer VINCE MENDOZA and the London Symphony Orchestra titled "Epiphany", this CD has eight tracks: "an album of beautifully crafted tone poems for Symphony Orchestra and seven jazz soloists".

These jazz soloists are awesome, too: John Abercrombie, Michael Brecker, Peter Erskine, Marc Jonson, Joe Lovano, John Taylor and Kenny Wheeler. This isn't a Big Band, it's a living experience with what the music is: a profund human expression.

Want to be touched by the hidden music of your dreams?, just buy this CD and let the magic took place in your soul, in your Herat.

Hay lugares que debes ver, lugares donde sientes que tu alma pertenece.

Hay grabaciones tambiýn, que debes escuchar y sentir.

Hablo del sorprendente CD del reconocido compositor VINCE MENDOZA y la Orquesta Sinfýnica de Londres titulado "Epiphany", que tiene ocho piezas: "un ýlbum de ocho poemas bellamente creados para Orquesta Sinfýnica y siete solistas de jazz."

ýsos solistas de jazz son sorprendentes tambiýn: John Abercrombie, Michael Brecker, Peter Erskine, Marc Jonson, Joe Lovano, John Taylor y Kenny Wheeler. Esta no es una "Big Band", es sýlo una experiencia viva de lo que la mýsica es: una expresiýn profundamente humana.

ýQuieres ser acariciado por la mýsica escurridiza de tus sueýos?, sýlo consigue este CD y deja que la magia tome el control en tu alma, en tu corazý

Vince Mendoza is a genius!.......2000-03-03

Eversince his first collaboration with the most versatile drummer Peter Erskine (on "Transition" followed by "Motion Poet", both currently unavailable in the US!), who discovered him, I have been blown away by the equally versatile arranging and composing skills of Vince Mendoza. His ability to create different musical textures sometimes emanates an out-of-this-world-like quality but is always surprisingly effective and has a beauty all its own. This project is another proof of what he is capable of, this time with strings at hand where he normally is more into brass particularly and woodwinds. As always accompanied by both my favorite drummer Peter Erskine and other jazz masters among which Kenny Wheeler this time (check him out, too!), this album is another beautiful example of his work. I would like to take this opportunity also to note that it is unbelievable why the majority of his past releases are currently deleted from the catalogue! There is so much beautiful music to be discovered: "Start Here" on the World Pacific label, "Instructions Inside" on the Manhattan Records label, "Jazzpaýa" on ACT Records and his first nameless solo album on the Fun House label, issued by 2Step Records in Germany. No one else is able to mix different musical styles with jazz like Vince Mendoza does!

STUNNING DEPTH.......2000-02-26

I originally found this as a MP3 file. When I got the CD, I was stunned. The richness and depth of this recording are astounding. I know nothing of Vince Mendoza before this (although I know I heard and loved Wheaten Sky in this or some other life). This a great mix of jazz with classical overtones. The London Symphony gives this enormous size and the quality of the recording is extremely dynamic with tremendous texture. It blew me away!

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