Constant Renaissance by Vince Mendoza, Terell Stafford, Dick Oatts, Temple University Studio Orchestra

Philadelphia's relationship with its generations of musicians, poets, painters, dancers and other creative artists has been a steady and proud process of innovation, reinvention and rebirth. You might even say that the city is in a Constant Renaissance. And although some might say that Jazz was the "other" SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA, in reality, many of the important innovations in Jazz were born in the clubs and streets of this city after World War I, riffing and morphing, and eventually cross pollinating with the work of other artists in Philly. I chose to compose Constant Renaissance around three luminaries from Philadelphia who forever changed the course of Jazz.

Nominated for 2 Grammy awards in 2019, Constant Renaissance received its world premiere at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia, PA on March 24, 2019

Purchase the album and receive a bonus track from "Melodic Cornerstones" by Dick Oatts, AND "Red Braid" performed by the Temple University Jazz Band under the direction of Terell Stafford.