# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vince-mendoza
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:08:07.462Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vince-mendoza"
name: "Vince Mendoza"
slug: "vince-mendoza"
description: "Vince Mendoza is an American composer, music arranger and conductor. He debuted as a solo artist in 1989, and is known for his work conducting the Metropole Orkest and WDR Big Band Köln, as well as arranging music for musicians such as John Scofield, Joni Mitchell, Michael Brecker and Björk. Over the course of his career, he has won seven Grammy Awards and one Latin Grammy Award and has been nominated for a total of 38 between the two awards."
tagline: "American composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vince_Mendoza_Close_up_blue.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1961-11-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.23
  momentum:             4.179104477611941
  historical:           9.702522666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/vmendozajazz"
    handle:    "vmendozajazz"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2106107/"
    handle:    "nm2106107"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4E9rsN1uXPIM0zc9CwVBSt"
    handle:    "4E9rsN1uXPIM0zc9CwVBSt"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.vincemendoza.net/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7"
    title: "فينس مندوزا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7"
    title: "فينس مندوزا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7"
    title: "فینس مندوزا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Mendoza"
    title: "Vince Mendoza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Mendoza"
    title: "Vince Mendoza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Mendoza"
    title: "Vince Mendoza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Mendoza"
    title: "Vince Mendoza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B6"
    title: "ヴィンス・メンドーザ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Mendoza"
    title: "Vince Mendoza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/46ddf74e-ac9f-4b9a-935f-6eb8829c412e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q708999"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2424848"
    title: "Vince Mendoza"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump