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A versatile arranger and composer, Vince Mendoza’s music falls between post-bop and crossover, frequently getting creative jazz with pop sensibilities. Mendoza started playing piano and electric guitar when he was six and was raised around music. He performed trumpet in senior high school and examined structure at Ohio Condition University …

An excellent modern mainstream pianist, Ted Rosenthal first gained popularity when he won the next annual Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition in 1988. In 1990 he documented his debut established as a head for Ken and it has since recorded being a head for CTI, the Jazz Alliance, Concord (including …