Music Review

Epiphany (2007)

T-Pain
Reviewed by Josef Woodard | Apr 09, 1999
EW's GRADE
B+

Details Release Date: May 28, 2007; Lead Performance: T-Pain; Genre: R&B

Composer-arranger Mendoza is one of the finest musicians you haven't heard of, partly because he's always behind the scenes with a style that is lyrical, sophisticated, and witty. Epiphany is a gentle wonder, on which soloists like John Abercrombie, Kenny Wheeler, and Michael Brecker play atop the London Symphony Orchestra's gorgeous structures. Echoes of Gil Evans and Claus Ogerman are in evidence; so is Mendoza's signature sound, one in which head and heart get along just fine. B+

Originally posted Apr 09, 1999 Published in issue #480 Apr 09, 1999 Order article reprints
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