Vince Mendoza

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Metropole Orchestra The Mendoza/Mardin Project

American music arranger, composer and instrumentalist.
Born November 17, 1961 in Connecticut.

ALBUMS

Vince Mendoza & Metropole Orkest*

Fusion/Big Band/Swing/Electric Blues

Vince Mendoza / Arif Mardin

Fusion/Flamenco/Big Band

Freedom Over Everything

2021, CD, Album, Modern Recordings (2),

Modern/Contemporary Jazz

Constant Renaissance

2019, CD, EP, BCM+D Records

Antonio Sanchez (2), WDR Big Band*, Vince Mendoza

Channels Of Energy

Contemporary Jazz

Vince Mendoza & The WDR Big Band*

Chano Domínguez & WDR Big Band Cologne* Arranged & Conducted By Vince Mendoza

Sabrina Starke With Metropole Orkest* Conducted By Vince Mendoza

Lean On Me - The Songs Of Bill Withers

Al Jarreau And The Metropole Orkest* Conducted By Vince Mendoza

Al Jarreau And The Metropole Orkest Live

Metropole Orkest* O.l.v. Vince Mendoza, Jules Buckley, Jim McNeely Met Ivan Lins, Edu Lobo, Wagner Tiso, Lilian Vieira En Izaline Calister

'No Parangolé Do Samba'

2011, CD, Comp, Promo, Jazzism Magazine, NTR:,

Het Metropole Orkest* O.L.V. Vince Mendoza Featuring: Edsilia Rombley - Trijntje Oosterhuis - Leonie Meijer - 3JS - Jennifer Ewbank - Ruth Jacott - Paul de Munnik - Giovanca - Hind - LA, The Voices* - Glennis Grace - Karin Bloemen - Lee Towers

Wereldwijd Orkest

Ivan Lins And The Metropole Orchestra* Conducted By Vince Mendoza Featuring: Trijntje Oosterhuis, Paulo De Carvalho, Stafano De Batista*

Ivan Lins And The Metropole Orchestra

MPB/Contemporary Jazz

Nights On Earth

Chris Minh Doky / Larry Goldings / Peter Erskine With Vince Mendoza and The Metropole Orkest*

Scenes From A Dream

2010, CD, Album, Red Dot Music,

Danish Radio Big Band, Vince Mendoza

2010, CD, Album, Red Dot Music

Metropole Orkest* Featuring John Scofield On Guitar, Conducted By Vince Mendoza

Metropole Orkest* / Vince Mendoza

Fast City - A Tribute To Joe Zawinul

Vince Mendoza And The Metropole Orchestra

El Viento: The Garcia Lorca Project

2009, CD, Album, ACT (4),

Flamenco/Contemporary Jazz

Trijntje Oosterhuis | Metropole Orchestra Conducted By Vince Mendoza

Best Of Burt Bacharach Live

2008, CD, Album, ACT (4),

Contemporary Jazz/Big Band/Neo-Romantic

Jim Beard With Vince Mendoza & The Metropole Orchestra*

Yuri Honing, Vince Mendoza, Metropole Orchestra

2006, CD, Album, Enh, Jazz In Motion Records,

Randy Brecker W/ Michael Brecker, WDR Big Band Köln Conducted by Vince Mendoza

Some Skunk Funk - Live At Leverkusener Jazztage

Randy Brecker w/ Michael Brecker − Jim Beard, Will Lee, Peter Erskine, Marcio Doctor + The WDR Big Band Köln* Arr. And Conducted By Vince Mendoza

Some Skunk Funk - Live At Leverkusener Jazztage

Bart Van Lier Featuring Vince Mendoza, Netherlands Metropole Orchestra*

1998, CD, Album, Koch Jazz

WDR Big Band Köln Conducted By Vince Mendoza

Caribbean Night

Big Band/Contemporary Jazz

Vince Mendoza, London Symphony Orchestra

Instructions Inside

Trijntje Oosterhuis, Metropole Orkest*

Everchanging Times (Burt Bacharach Songbook III)

Butter Miracle: Suite One

2020, CD, Album, Sunnyside Communications, Inc.,

Fred Hersch & WDR Big Band Köln

Raul Midón With The Metropole Orkest*

If You Really Want

2018, CD, Album, dig, Artistry Music,

Nat "King" Cole & Me

Contemporary Jazz/Soul-Jazz

Mary Chapin Carpenter

Songs From The Movie

A Song A Day...

1998, CD, Comp, Zebra Records

1988, LP, Album, K2B2 Records,

Peter Erskine = ピーター・アースキン*

Transition = トランジション

Fusion/Contemporary Jazz/Post Bop

Metropole Orchestra

Morricone - The Maestro, The Music, And The Orchestra

2009, CD, Album, Promo, VMO,

2001, CD, Sea Breeze Vista

The Mendoza / Mardin Project*

Fusion/Flamenco/Big Band

APPEARANCES +

Constant Renaissance

2019, File, WAV, BCM+D Records

Rise Up (A Voice To Be Heard)

2023, CD, Album, Convivium Records,

Bacharach* & Costello*

The Songs Of Bacharach & Costello

Easy Listening/Lounge/Vocal

A Glimpse Of The Eternal

2022, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz,

Contemporary Jazz/Post Bop

Hollywood Bowl 100: The First 100 Years Of Music

2022, 7xLP, Comp, Ltd, Num, Los Angeles Philharmonic Association

Metropole Orkest*

Bright Lights And Jubilations (Live In Budapest)

2022, CD, Single, Promo, Not On Label

Christine McVie

Songbird (A Solo Collection)

The Manhattan Transfer With The WDR Funkhausorchester

Metropole Orkest Cellos

2021, CD, Album, Metropole Orkest,

Ballad/Spoken Word/Flamenco/Pop Rock

Butter Miracle Suite One

Vocal/Swing/Ballad/Soft Rock/Soul/Salsa/Country Rock/Bolero

2020, CD, Comp, Sony Classical,

The Airmen Of Note, John Fedchock, Christian McBride, Randy Brecker

The 2020 Jazz Heritage Series

Secrets Are The Best Stories

Sunset In The Blue

Soul-Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Bossa Nova

August And Everything After (Amazon Original)

2019, File, MP3, Single, Counting Crows, LLC,

Claudio Filippini, Andrea Lombardini, U.T. Gandhi

2018, CD, Album, C.A.M. Jazz,

Contemporary Jazz

Jimmy Haslip | Scott Kinsey | Gergő Borlai*

2018, CD, Album, Blue Canoe Records

Airmen Of Note* Featuring The United States Air Force Band Airmen Of Note* With Guest Artists Nnenna Freelon, Peter Erskine, Marshall Gilkes Hosted By Mr. Dick Golden*

2018 Radio Broadcasts

2018, 3xCD, Album, The United States Air Force Band

Jazz 100年 Part3 Jazz Vocal Collection 51 Vocals Of The 21st Century Vol.2

2018, CD, Comp, Universal Music,

Trisha Yearwood

One Night Only (Live At The Royal Albert Hall)

Jazz 100年 Part3 Jazz Vocal Collection 41 Fusion Jazz Vocal

2017, CD, Comp, Universal Music,

Martin Brygmann

Peter Erskine Trio*

2016, CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, ECM Records, ECM Records,

Contemporary Jazz

Michael Ball & Alfie Boe

2016, File, FLAC, Single, Decca,

Magic Moments 9 (In The Spirit Of Jazz)

2016, CD, Comp, ACT (4)

Daniele Cappucci, Marcello Allulli, Israel Varela

2016, CD, Album, EvArt

Nils Landgren With Janis Siegel, Bochumer Symphoniker

Some Other Time, A Tribute To Leonard Bernstein

New York Rhapsody

The ACT Man (A Life In The Spirit Of Jazz) 75 Siggi Loch

2015, 5xCD, Comp + Box, ACT (4),

Swiss Jazz Orchestra, Mike Mainieri, Peter Erskine

Pools - Live At Jazzfestival Bern

2015, CD, Mons Records

James Muller Adelaide Quartet

Live @ COMA 2015 02 09

2015, 7xFile, FLAC, Album, Creative Original Music Adelaide,

Contemporary Jazz/Post Bop

Contemporary Jazz

Umo Jazz Orchestra With Michael Brecker

Live in Helsinki 1995

Vocal/Ballad/Musical

Don't Dream It's Over

2014, CDr, Single, Promo, Verve Records, Universal Music Group

Madeleine Peyroux

The Best Of Madeleine Peyroux (Keep Me In Your Heart For A While)

Contemporary Jazz/Vocal

Vocal/Smooth Jazz/Easy Listening/Contemporary Jazz

Metropole Orkest*

Perfect Vision The Esquivel Sound

2013, CD, Album, Basta,

Matthew Szemela, Chad Kaltinger, Kelley Maulbetsch, Jeremy Cohen, Quartet San Francisco

Quartet San Francisco Pacific Premieres

2013, CD, ViolinJazz Recordings,

Contemporary Jazz

The Sweetness Of A Saffron Wind

Contemporary Jazz

What's Left Is Forever

The Jubilee Album (20 Magic Years)

2012, CD, Album, Comp, ACT (4)

Melissa Stylianou

2012, CD, Album, Anzic Records

Head Radio Retransmissions: A Tribute To Radiohead

2012, 2xCD, Comp, ESC Records

Michel Bisceglia, Carlo Nardozza

2012, CD, Album, Prova Records

Khari Cabral Simmons*

Madeleine Peyroux

Contemporary Jazz

Randy Brecker with DR Big Band* & The Danish National Chamber Orchestra*

The Jazz Ballad Song Book

Magic Moments 4 - Jazz Is Cool

2010, CD, Comp, ACT (4),

Contemporary Jazz

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson

Unreleased Vol. 1

2010, CDr, Ltd, Not On Label

Metropole Orkest*

2010, CD, Comp, Promo, Metropole Orkest,

University Of Missouri Concert Jazz Band

Vertigo, The Music Of Mike Mainieri

2010, CD, University of Missouri Jazz Studies

Sting Featuring The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra Conducted By Steven Mercurio

Pop Rock/Classical

Larry Goldings | Harry Allen

When Larry Met Harry

Robbie Williams

In And Out Of Consciousness (Greatest Hits 1990-2010)

Vocal/Pop Rock/Synth-pop/Ballad

Chuck Owen & The Jazz Surge

The Comet's Tail

2009, CD, Album, Mama Records (2),

Big Band/Post Bop

A Thousand True Stories

My One And Only Thrill

Smooth Jazz/Cool Jazz

Tom Lellis And The Metropole Orchestra*, John Clayton

Ivan Lins & The Metropole Orchestra*

Ivan Lins And The Metropole Orchestra

Yoichi Murata Solid Brass & Big Band* Featuring Randy Brecker

Tribute To The Brecker Brothers

Trijntje Oosterhuis, Metropole Orchestra

That's What Friends Are For

2007, CD, Single, Blue Note, Blue Note,

Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint

Hot As A Pistol Keen As A Blade

2007, DVD-V, NTSC, EmArcy,

Alternative Rock/Louisiana Blues/Modern Electric Blues

Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint

Hot As A Pistol Keen As A Blade

WDR Radio Die Kunst Des Klangs

Darkness Out Of Blue

Trijntje Oosterhuis, Metropole Orchestra

Who'll Speak For Love (Burt Bacharach Songbook II)

Randy Brecker W/ Michael Brecker

Some Skunk Funk - Live At Leverkusener Jazztage

Big Band/Jazz-Rock/Jazz-Funk/Contemporary Jazz

Fat Kid Wednesdays

2006, CD, Album, Hope Street, Nato,

Free Jazz/Free Improvisation

Carine Bonnefoy, The Metropole Orchestra*

Outre-Terres — Overlands

2006, CD, Album + DVD, Album, Cristal Records,

Elvis Costello, Metropole Orchestra

Live With The Metropole Orkest - My Flame Burns Blue

2006, DVD-V, Promo, Universal, FNAC

The Henry Mancini Institiute

2006, 2xCD, The Henry Mancini Institute,

Speech/Spoken Word/Classical/Cool Jazz

Marc Van Vugt & Ineke van Doorn

2006, CD, Album, Timeless Records (3)

Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

Trijntje Oosterhuis, Metropole Orchestra

The Look Of Love (Burt Bacharach Songbook)

Easy Listening/Vocal

Joe Zawinul, WDR Big Band*, Alex Acuña, Nathaniel Townsley*, Victor Bailey

Fusion/Big Band/Jazz-Rock

Elvis Costello Live With The Metropole Orkest*

My Flame Burns Blue

Pop Rock/Contemporary

Crème Anglaise

Crème Anglaise

Leftfield/House/Abstract/Vocal/Downtempo/Modern Classical/Experimental

Pop-Duo Bauer* & The Metropole Orchestra*

The Bauer Melody Of 2006

Downtempo/Pop Rock/Synth-pop

Che Mistero è L'Amore

2005, CD, Album, Copy Prot., EMI,

Randy Brecker W/ Michael Brecker

Some Skunk Funk - Live At Leverkusener Jazztage

Jens Winther & Metropole Orchestra

Pluto And Beyond

2004, CD, Album, StuntX

101 Movie Themes & Songs (The SBS Movie Show Presents You Must Remember This)

2004, 7xCD, Comp, SBS (3), Decca,

Muthspiel* | Johnson* | Blade*

Air, Love & Vitamins

Taking A Chance On Love

Soul-Jazz/Big Band/Swing

Norma Winstone, Glauco Venier, Klaus Gesing

2003, CD, Album, EmArcy, Universal

The Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra*

2003, CD, Album, Promo, Concord Records,

Live At The Rainbow Room

Contemporary Jazz/Vocal

Six Songs From Travelogue - A Radio Sampler

Leftfield/Glitch/IDM

Castle In The Sky (Original USA Soundtrack)

Acoustic/Leftfield/Downtempo/Experimental

Stefano di Battista

'Round About Roma

Robbie Williams

Lounge/Pop Rock

Charlie Haden With Michael Brecker Featuring Brad Mehldau And Brian Blade

American Dreams

Contemporary Jazz

Tunes Of The Year 2001

2001, CD, Comp, Muzik Magazine,

Progressive House/House/Breakbeat

Netherlands Metropole Orchestra* Featuring Paul Van Kemenade

2001, CD, Album, TMD Records BV,

Contemporary Jazz/Fusion

Robbie Williams And Nicole Kidman

Somethin' Stupid

Robbie Williams

Swing When You're Winning

Abstract/Experimental/Ambient

Leftfield/Downtempo

2000, CDr, Promo, Universal

Experimental/Soundtrack

Contemporary Jazz/Vocal

Fusion/Smooth Jazz/Latin Jazz

The Pete Cater Big Band*

Natural Selection . . . A Sampler

1999, CD, Smplr, Zebra Acoustic

Leo Janssen (3) & Netherlands Metropole Orchestra*

Shadow And Light

1999, CD, Album, Dig, Koch Jazz

Basses Influences (Volume 2)

1998, CD, Enh, AT&T,

The University Of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Jazz Ensemble I*

A Timeless Vision

1998, CD, Sea Breeze Vista,

Martin Speake, Nikki Iles

1998, CD, Album, FMR Records (2),

Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation/Free Jazz

Clare Fischer, Netherlands Metropole Orchestra*

1998, CD, Album, Koch Jazz,

From There To Here

Cool Jazz/Contemporary Jazz

The Blue Devils*

Through The Years 1990-1995

1997, CD, Comp, Ltd, RM, The Blue Devils,

Wouldn't It Be Nice (A Jazz Portrait Of Brian Wilson)

Live At Montreux 1996

1996, CD, Sea Breeze Vista, Tantara (2),

WDR Big Band Köln

Summer Olympics Atlanta 1996 - Flame

1996, CD, Album, Carlton,

Di Meola Plays Piazzolla

A Little Magic In A Noisy World

Contemporary Jazz

Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz

Jarmo Savolainen

1995, CD, Album, A-Records

1995, CD, Album, Novus J,

Joey Calderazzo

Turtle Island String Quartet, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi

A Night In Tunisia, A Week In Detroit

1994, CD, Album, Chandos

Denon Jazz Sampler Plus The Audio Tool Box II

1994, CD, Comp, Promo, Denon,

Technical/Contemporary Jazz/Fusion

Various Original Artists*

Dyna Hit List Volume 4

1993, Cass, Comp, Dypro Records, Dyna

World Sinfonia - Heart Of The Immigrants

Flamenco/Contemporary Jazz/Tango/Latin Jazz

GRP All-Star Big Band

GRP All-Star Big Band

Fusion/Smooth Jazz/Contemporary Jazz

Gene Aitken Directs UNC Jazz Lab Band I

Alive X - Off The Cuff

1991, CD, Album, United Jazz Artists,

Big Band/Contemporary Jazz

Fusion/Contemporary Jazz

A New Start [Minus One]

Contemporary Jazz

Golden Instrumentals Vol. 1

1990, CD, Comp, Pilz, Magma (4),

Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Mitch Forman*, Will Lee, Peter Erskine

Contemporary Jazz

Hotter Than Hell! Live

Big Theatre : A Collection Of Original Theatrical Compositions

Rickie Lee Jones

Jazz-Rock/Pop Rock

Crimes Of The Heart

Ballad/Romantic/Vocal/Chanson

John Abercrombie

Fusion/Contemporary Jazz

Michael Brecker

Don't Try This At Home

Times Like These

John Abercrombie, Marc Johnson (2), Peter Erskine And Guest Michael Brecker

Charlie Haden Quartet West

The Ohio State University Jazz Ensemble*

1983, LP, OSUJE Records

When The Feeling's Right

The Ohio State University Jazz Ensemble*

Music To Clean The Garage By

1981, LP, Album, Musicol,

Dimension Latina Vs. Billo's Caracas Boys

Billo Caracas Boys Vs. Dimension Latina - Vol.2

MMEA All-State Jazz Ensemble*, Dan Gailey

1991-1992 All-State Jazz Ensemble

Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Holland* // Metropole Orkest* // Radio Kamerorkest // Groot Omroepkoor // Radio Symfonie Orkest*

Muziekcentrum van de Omroep: Een Wereld van Muziek

5xCD, Comp, Promo, Radio 4, Radio 4, Radio 4, Radio 4, Radio 4,

Choral/Disco/Modern/Neo-Classical/Post-Modern/Soundtrack/Easy Listening/Big Band/Chanson

Promocionando Súper Éxitos De Oro El Gran Forys

LP, Comp, 16 Éxitos

Jazziz - Summer 2023 - Big Sounds

2023, 2xCD, Comp, Smplr, Jazziz

WDR Big Band Köln

The Art Of The Big Band

2021, CD, Album, Comp, Musica Jazz,

2013, CD, Comp, Promo, Jazzism Magazine

Various / Candy Dulfer

Aangenaam Jazz 2011

2011, 2xCD, Comp + CD, MiniAlbum + Box, Promo, Smplr, STEP (Stichting Entertainmentretail Promotion), STEP (Stichting Entertainmentretail Promotion),

Contemporary Jazz/Cool Jazz/Smooth Jazz/Swing/Big Band/Latin Jazz

Jazziz On Disc - Winter 2011/2012 - Critics' Choices And Other Voices

2011, 2xCD, Comp, Ltd, Promo, Jazziz,

BHM Presents Selected Works (Funk-Jazz-Latin)

Jazziz On Disc - Fall 2010 - Night & Day: Autumn

2010, 2xCD, Comp, Promo, Jazziz

NPS Maakt Jazz Volume 2

2009, CD, Comp, Promo, NPS, Jazzism Magazine, North Sea Jazz Festival

Jazziz On Disc - January/February 2009 - Critics' Choice - The Best Of 2008

2009, CD, Comp, Ltd, Promo, Jazziz,

ACT: 15 Magic Years 1992-2007

Fusion/Contemporary Jazz/Latin Jazz

Jazzadelic 06.2 High-Fidelic Jazz Vibes

2006, CD, Comp, Promo, Essential Dance Music B.V.

2001, CD, Comp, Jazz & Τζαζ, ACT (4)

Magic Moments - The Ultimate ACT World Jazz Anthology Vol. IV

2000, CD, Comp, ACT (4),

Fusion/Contemporary Jazz/Latin Jazz/Brass Band

Jazziz Magazine On-Disc - November 1999 JAZZIZ With Strings

1999, CD, Enh, Promo, Jazziz, Jazziz

A Little Magic In A Noisy World

1996, CD, Comp, ACT (4)

Atlantic Jazz Again - Sampler

1994, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Atlantic,

Manhattan Sampler

1991, Cass, Promo, Smplr, Manhattan Records

Yellowjackets + WDR Big Band Köln

Sunset In The Blue

Soul-Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Bossa Nova

Nat "King" Cole & Me

Contemporary Jazz/Soul-Jazz

Contemporary Jazz

Vocal/Smooth Jazz/Easy Listening/Contemporary Jazz

Metropole Orkest*, John Scofield, Vince Mendoza

Darkness Out Of Blue

Taking A Chance On Love

Soul-Jazz/Big Band/Swing

Elvis Costello And The Metropole Orchestra

North Sea Jazz Festival

Castle In The Sky

Contemporary/Anison

Charlie Haden With Michael Brecker Featuring Brad Mehldau And Brian Blade

American Dreams

Contemporary Jazz

Robbie Williams

Swing When You're Winning

Abstract/Ambient/Experimental/IDM

Contemporary Jazz

Randy Brecker W/ Michael Brecker

Some Skunk Funk - Live At Leverkusener Jazztage

Big Band/Jazz-Rock/Jazz-Funk/Contemporary Jazz

John Abercrombie

Fusion/Contemporary Jazz