''Mezgo'' is an album by bassist

Eddie Gómez Edgar Gómez (born October 4, 1944) is a Puerto Rican jazz double bassist, known for his work with the Bill Evans Trio from 1966 to 1977. Biography Gómez moved with his family from Puerto Rico at a young age to New York, where he was raised. ...

recorded in Tokyo in 1985 and originally released on the Japanese Epic label the following year before being released worldwide as ''Discovery'' on Columbia.Enciclopedia del Jazz: Eddie Gomez discography
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Reception

The

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review by Paul Kohler called it "A powerful recording" and stated "Musically this album covers jazz and classical and a little avant-garde".

Track listing

All compositions by Eddie Gómez except where noted # "Me Two" (Eddie Gomez, Steve Gadd) – 7:26 # "Capricious Fantasy" (Gomez, Michael Brecker) – 5:47 # "Puccini's Walk" – 6:02 # "Delgado" – 6:35 # "Caribbean Morning" – 4:12 # "Scott Davis" – 3:56 # "Cello Sonata in G Minor: 1st Movement" ( Henry Eccles) – 4:41

Personnel

− bass *

Michael Brecker Michael Leonard Brecker (March 29, 1949 – January 13, 2007) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He was awarded 15 Grammy Awards as both performer and composer. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Berklee College of M ...

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tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

, Steinerphone (tracks 1-4) *

Masahiko Satoh is a Japanese jazz pianist, composer and arranger. Early life Satoh was born in Tokyo on 6 October 1941. His mother was Setsu and his father, who owned small businesses, was Yoshiaki Satoh. The house that his family moved into in 1944 contained ...

− Rhodes piano, synthesizer,

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

, arranger (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 7) *

Steve Gadd Stephen Kendall Gadd (born April 9, 1945) is an American drummer, percussionist, and session musician. Gadd is one of the best-known and highly regarded session and studio drummers in the industry, recognized by his induction into the '' Modern ...

– drums (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 5) *Takashi Fukumori, Hiromichi Hara, Yukio Kaneda, Hachiro Ohmatsu, Kiyoshi Ohsawa, Yasuko Seki, Chizuko Tsunoda –

violin The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone ( string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in the family in regu ...

(track 7) *Yoshinao Azuma, Hiroshi Watanabe –

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(track 7) *Hiroto Kawamura, Tomio Yazima –

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G ...

(track 7) *Takashi Katoh –

concertmaster The concertmaster (from the German ''Konzertmeister''), first chair (U.S.) or leader (U.K.) is the principal first violin player in an orchestra (or clarinet in a concert band). After the conductor, the concertmaster is the second-most signifi ...

(track 7) *Nobuhiko Nakayama – synthesizer programming

References

{{Authority control Columbia Records albums Eddie Gómez albums 1986 albums