Eddie Gómez


Edgar Gómez is a Puerto Rican jazz double bassist, known for his work with the Bill Evans Trio from 1966 to 1977.
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Biography

Gómez moved with his family from Puerto Rico at a young age to New York, where he was raised. He started on double bass in the New York City school system at the age of eleven and at age thirteen went to the New York City High School of Music & Art. He played in the Newport Festival Youth Band from 1959 to 1961, and graduated from Juilliard in 1963.
He has played with musicians such as Gerry Mulligan, Marian McPartland, Paul Bley, Tania Maria, Steps Ahead, and Chick Corea. He spent a total of eleven years with the Bill Evans Trio, which included performances in the United States, Europe and Asia, as well as dozens of recordings.
His career mainly consists of working as an accompanist, a position suited for his quick reflexes and flexibility. In addition to working as a studio musician for many famous jazz musicians, he has recorded as a leader for Columbia Records, Projazz and Stretch. Many of his recent recordings as a leader are co-led by the jazz pianist Mark Kramer.
In May 2013, Gómez was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music in Valencia, Spain. This was the first honorary doctorate granted at the college's new international campus in Spain.

Discography

As sideman

With John AbercrombieStructures
With Warren BernhardtBlue Montreux Blue Montreux II Warren Bernhardt Trio
With Paul BleyBarrage
With Joanne BrackeenPrism Keyed In Ancient Dynasty Special Identity Breath of Brazil Where Legends Dwell Take a Chance
With Randy BreckerScore
With Bill Bruford and Ralph TownerIf Summer Had Its Ghosts
With Frank Caruso and Bob RummageChosen
With Joe ChambersIsla Verde
With Santos ChillemiTrinidad Au Gre Du Temps
With Billy CobhamDrum 'n' Voice - All That Groove
With Chick CoreaThe Leprechaun The Mad Hatter Friends Three Quartets The Boston Three Party From Miles Further Explorations
With Jack DeJohnetteThe DeJohnette Complex New Directions New Directions in Europe
With Armen DonelianStargazer
With Eliane Elias
With Peter ErskinePeter Erskine
With Bill EvansA Simple Matter of Conviction California Here I Come Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival What's New Autumn Leaves Jazzhouse You're Gonna Hear From Me From Left to Right Quiet Now Montreux II Homewood The [Bill Evans Album] Two Super Bill Evans Trios: Live In Europe! Living Time with George Russell Orchestra The Tokyo Concert Eloquence Half Moon Bay Since We Met Re: Person I Knew Symbiosis But Beautiful Blue in Green: The Concert in Canada Live In Europe, Vol.1 & Vol.2 Intuition Montreux III With Monica Zetterlund - Swedish Concert 1975 In His Own Way Crosscurrents I Will Say Goodbye You Must Believe in Spring From The 70's - Unreleased live recordings from 1973-74 Live In Paris 1972 Vol.1 y 2 Live In Paris 1972 Vol.3 Switzerland 1975 Buenos Aires Concert 1973 The Secret Sessions: Recorded at the Village Vanguard 1966-1975 The Sesjun Radio Shows - Unreleased live recordings from 1973 Live At Art D'Lugoff's Top Of The Gate - Live recordings 1968 Live '66: The Oslo Concerts Some Other Time: The Lost Session From The Black Forest - Unreleased live recordings from 1968 Another Time: The Hilversum Concert - Unreleased recording of 1968 On A Monday Evening - Unreleased live recording of 1976 at Madison Union Theater, University of Wisconsin Evans In England - Unreleased live recording of 1969
With Art FarmerYama with Joe Henderson
With Mordy FerberMr. X Being There
With Michael FranksOne Bad Habit
With Jeff GardnerContinuum
With Art GarfunkelLefty
With George GarzoneAlone
With Mick GoodrickIn Pas(s)ing
With Dino Govoni
  • Breakin' Out
With Bunky Green
With David Grisman
With Tim Hardin
With Billy HartRah
With Richie HavensSomething Else Again
With Terumasa HinoDouble Rainbow
With Jennifer HollidaySay You Love Me
With Freddie HubbardSweet Return
With Sandy HurvitzSandy's Album Is Here At Last
With Bob JamesAll Around The Town
With Andrei KondakovFairy Tale In The Rain Blues For 4
With Lee KonitzThe Lee Konitz Duets Peacemeal
With Mark KramerJazz Fiddler on the Roof Art of the Heart Kind of Trio with Joe Chambers Boulders and Mountains Art of Music
With Ernie KrivdaThe Alchemist
With Kronos QuartetMusic of Bill Evans
With Andy LaVerne
With Tom LellisAnd In This Corner... Double Entendre Tom Lellis
With Dave Liebman
  • Monk's Mood
With Joe LockeMoment to Moment - The Music of Henry Mancini
With Giuseppi LoganThe Giuseppi Logan Quartet More
With Enric MadrigueraThe Minute Samba 1932-50, Vol. 2
With Mike MainieriAn American Diary Live At Seventh Avenue South
With Melissa ManchesterJoy
With Manhattan Jazz QuintetMy Funny Valentine The Sidewinder Live At Pit Inn Live At Pit Inn Vol. 2 My Favorite Things - Live in Tokio Manhattan Blues Funky Strut Manteca - Live At Sweet Basil Concierto de Aranjuez
With Herbie MannPeace Pieces - The Music Of Bill Evans America/Brasil
With Andrea MarcelliBeyond The Blue
With Tania MariaIntimidade
With Phil MarkowitzSno' Peas
With Hugh MasekelaHome Is Where the Music Is
With Eugene MaslovThe Face Of Love
With Paul McCandlessAll the Mornings Bring
With Jay McShann
With Charles Mingus
  • Me, Myself & Eye - Posthumous recording, Mingus does not play.
  • Something Like a Bird - Posthumous recording, Mingus does not play.
With Bob Mintzer
  • Bop Boy
With Bob Moses
With Gerry MulliganSomething Borrowed - Something Blue
With The New York Art QuartetCall It Art
With Judy NiemackAbout Time
With Mike NockOndas
With Claus OgermanClaus Ogerman Featuring Michael Brecker
With Michel PetruccianiMichel plays Petrucciani
With Marco PignataroSofia's Heart
With David PomeranzTime To Fly
With Emily RemlerTransitions Catwalk
With Alex RielUnriel!
With Ted RosenthalCalling You
With Iñaki SandovalMiracielos
With Masahiko SatohChagall Blue Amorphism
With Tom SchumanExtremities
With John ScofieldWho's Who?
With Phil SeamenPhil Seamen Meets Eddie Gómez
With Ben SidranBop City
With Carly SimonTorch
With SmappiesSmappies II
With Tommy Smith
  • Step by Step
With David Spinozza
  • Spinozza
With Spyro GyraCity Kids
With Jeremy Steig
With Steps AheadStep by Step Smokin' in the Pit Paradox - Live At Seventh Avenue South Steps Ahead Modern Times
With Richard Stoltzman
  • Begin Sweet World
  • Brasil
  • Hark!
  • Dreams
  • Danza Latina
With Ira Sullivan
With Martin TaylorKiss and Tell
With The Gadd Gang
With Great Jazz Trio
With Eugenio ToussaintOinos
With Ralph TownerBatik Old Friends, New Friends
With McCoy TynerSupertrios
With Gabriel VicénsPoint In Time
With Roseanna VitroConviction: Thoughts Of Bill Evans
With Bennie WallaceThe Fourteen Bar Blues Live At The Public Theatre The Free Will Mystic Bridge Twilight Time The Art Of Saxophone Bordertown Bennie Wallace The Nearness Of You
With Jack WilkinsMerge Reunion
With Larry Willis
With Daniel Wong
  • ''Daniel Wong Trio''