Jazz Publications Feature Vince Mendoza
Vince is the subject of a cover story for Jazzism magazine. In addition, Vince is featured in Downbeat magazine’s article “The Orchestral Musings of Vince Mendoza.” Following is an excerpt from the article.
Sunset Boulevard begins its 21-mile journey at Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles, curving northward as it skirts the edge of Dodger Stadium and Silverlake, extending west through Hollywood and Beverly Hills. Moving past UCLA in Westwood into Brentwood, the bustling city scenes spin away from a shady, looping road dotted with homes growing exponentially in size and value.
Finally, the vast ocean reveals itself, where the golden sun gleams o! the water onto the town of Paci"c Palisades, an idyllic place that might have been quaint before it became sumptuous.
Vince Mendoza told me he moved his family into this neighborhood more than 20 years ago, joking that waiting another 10 minutes might have put the price of the home we were sitting in out of reach for good. It was built in 1947, elegant but increasingly dwarfed over time by the mini-mansions that have replaced many of the other structures in his neighborhood. “I’m just kind of getting to appreciate the history of the house and what it represented, and what this neighborhood used to be like,” he said. “You know, the Palisades were called ‘the Weimar of the West.’ #ere were a lot of European expatriates who came here to live.”
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