Edgar Gómez (born October 4, 1944) is a Puerto Rican
jazz
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double bass
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ist, 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.Yanow, Scott. Allmusic biography of Eddie Gómez. Retrieved January 26, 2014. 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
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. He played in the Newport Festival Youth Band (led by Marshall Brown) from 1959 to 1961, and graduated from
Juilliard
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in 1963.
He played with musicians such as
Gerry Mulligan
Gerald Joseph Mulligan (April 6, 1927 – January 20, 1996), also known as Jeru, was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and arranger. Though primarily known as one of the leading jazz baritone saxophonists—playing the instrum ...
,
Marian McPartland
Margaret Marian McPartland OBE ( Turner;Hasson, Claire"Marian McPartland: Jazz Pianist: An Overview of a Career" PhD Thesis. Retrieved 12 August 2008. 20 March 1918 – 20 August 2013), was an English–American jazz pianist, composer, and wri ...
,
Paul Bley
Paul Bley, CM (November 10, 1932 – January 3, 2016) was a jazz pianist known for his contributions to the free jazz movement of the 1960s as well as his innovations and influence on trio playing and his early live performance on the Moog and ...
,
Steps Ahead
Steps Ahead is an American jazz fusion group.
History
The group arose out of spontaneous sessions at Seventh Avenue South, a jazz club in New York City owned by saxophonist Michael Brecker and trumpeter brother Randy Brecker. The first three al ...
, 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
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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
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* Fin ...
.
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.
Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival
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Jazzhouse
''Jazzhouse'' is a live album by jazz pianist Bill Evans with Eddie Gómez and Marty Morell recorded at the Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen in 1969 but not released until the 1980s on the Milestone label.
'' (
Milestone
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From Left to Right
''From Left to Right'' is an album by American jazz pianist Bill Evans, released in 1971.
Reissues
* ''From Left to Right'' was reissued on CD by Verve Records on November 13, 1998 with bonus tracks.
*''From Left to Right'' was reissued on CD b ...
'' (
MGM
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, 1970)
* ''
Quiet Now
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'' (
Charly
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, 1970)
* ''
Montreux II
''Montreux II'' is a live album by jazz pianist Bill Evans with Eddie Gómez and Marty Morell, recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland in 1970 and released on the CTI label.
Red Bird Records
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, 1970)
* ''
The Bill Evans Album
''The Bill Evans Album'' is an album by the jazz pianist Bill Evans, released in 1971. It is his first album to feature all compositions written (or co-written), arranged and performed by Evans.
At the Grammy Awards of 1972, ''The Bill Evans Al ...
'' (Columbia, 1971)
* ''Two Super Bill Evans Trios: Live In Europe!'' (Unique Jazz, 1972)
* '' Living Time'' with George Russell Orchestra (Columbia, 1972)
* '' The Tokyo Concert'' (
Fantasy
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Half Moon Bay
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'' (Milestone, 1973)
* ''
Since We Met
''Since We Met'' is a live album by jazz pianist Bill Evans with Eddie Gómez and Marty Morell, recorded at the Village Vanguard in New York City in 1974 and released on the Fantasy label in 1976. Additional recordings from Evans' 1974 Village Va ...
EPM Musique
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"EPM is a French la ...
, 1974)
* ''
Intuition
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'' (Fantasy, 1974)
* ''
Montreux III
''Montreux III'' is a live album by jazz pianist Bill Evans with bassist Eddie Gómez, recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland in 1975 and released on the Fantasy label.
'' (Fantasy, 1975)
* ''With
Monica Zetterlund
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'' - Swedish Concert 1975 (Nova Disc, 1975)
* ''In His Own Way'' (Nova Disc, 1975)
* ''
Crosscurrents
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'' (Fantasy, 1977)
* ''
I Will Say Goodbye
''I Will Say Goodbye'' is an album by American jazz pianist Bill Evans, recorded in 1977 but not released until 1980.
Reception
At the 23rd Annual Grammy Awards in 1981, ''I Will Say Goodbye'' won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental So ...
Warner Bros.
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, 1977)
* ''From The 70's'' - Unreleased live recordings from 1973-74 (Fantasy, 1983/
Original Jazz Classics
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Under this name original editions of jazz LPs have been reissued on CD and LP, and formerly on cassette as well. The recordings in the seri ...
, 2002)
* ''Live In Paris 1972 Vol.1 y 2'' ( France's Concert, 1988)
* ''Live In Paris 1972 Vol.3'' (France's Concert, 1989)
* ''Switzerland 1975'' ( Domino Records, 1990)
* ''Buenos Aires Concert 1973'' (Yellow Note Records, 1991)
* ''The Secret Sessions: Recorded at the Village Vanguard 1966-1975'' (Milestone, 1996)
* ''The Sesjun Radio Shows'' - Unreleased live recordings from 1973 (Out Of The Blue, 2011)
* ''Live At Art D'Lugoff's Top Of The Gate'' - Live recordings 1968 (
Resonance
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, 2012)
* ''Live '66: The Oslo Concerts'' (Somethin' Cool, 2016)
* ''Some Other Time: The Lost Session From The Black Forest'' - Unreleased live recordings from 1968 (Resonance, 2016)
* ''Another Time: The Hilversum Concert'' - Unreleased recording of 1968 (Resonance, 2017)
* ''On A Monday Evening'' - Unreleased live recording of 1976 at Madison Union Theater,
University of Wisconsin
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(Fantasy, 2017)
* ''Evans In England'' - Unreleased live recording of 1969 (Resonance, 2019)
With John Abercrombie
* ''
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Warren Bernhardt
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Paul Bley
Paul Bley, CM (November 10, 1932 – January 3, 2016) was a jazz pianist known for his contributions to the free jazz movement of the 1960s as well as his innovations and influence on trio playing and his early live performance on the Moog and ...
ESP-Disk
ESP-Disk is a New York-based record company and label founded in 1963 by lawyer Bernard Stollman.
History
Though it originally existed to release Esperanto-based music, beginning with its second release (Albert Ayler's ''Spiritual Unity''), ESP ...
, 1965)
With
Joanne Brackeen
Joanne Brackeen (born Joanne Grogan; July 26, 1938) is an American jazz pianist and music educator.
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Brackeen was born in Ventura, California, United States, and attended the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music. She was a fan of pop pi ...
* ''
Prism
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* Prism (optics), a transparent optical component with flat surfaces that refract light
* Prism (geometry), a kind of polyhedron
Prism may also refer to:
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* Prism (geology), a type of sedimentary ...
'' (Choice, 1978)
* ''
Keyed In
''Keyed In'' is an album by American pianist Joanne Brackeen recorded in 1979 and released on the Tappan Zee label.
Reception
AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated "Teamed up with bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Jack DeJohnette, Brackeen sounds ...
'' (Tappan Zee, 1979)
* ''
Ancient Dynasty
''Ancient Dynasty'' is an album by American pianist Joanne Brackeen recorded in New York City and released on the Tappan Zee label in 1980.
'' (Tappan Zee, 1980)
* ''
Special Identity
''Special Identity'' is an album by American pianist Joanne Brackeen recorded in 1981 and released on the Antilles label.Antilles
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, 1981)
* ''
Breath of Brazil
''Breath of Brazil'' is an album by American pianist Joanne Brackeen recorded in 1991 and released on the Concord Jazz label.
Reception
''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' noted "Surprisingly, it's a rather reserved and thoughtful set under all the ...
Ken Music
Ken Music was a jazz record label based in Japan that distributed CDs in Japan, Germany, North America, and Great Britain. The company was founded by Kenichi (Ken) Fujiwara in 1989 as a subsidiary of Matsuka USA, which, among other things, manufac ...
, 1992)
* '' Take a Chance'' (Concord Picante, 1993)
With
Randy Brecker
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Early life
Brecker was born on No ...
Bill Bruford
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and
Ralph Towner
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Biography
Towner was born i ...
* '' If Summer Had Its Ghosts'' ( DGM, 1997)
With Frank Caruso and Bob Rummage
* ''Chosen'' (CD Baby, 2017)
With
Joe Chambers
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Arts
Film and television
* ''Joe'' (1970 film), starring Peter Boyle
* ''Joe'' (2013 film), starring Nicolas Cage
* ''Joe'' (TV series), a British TV series airing from 1966 to 1971
* ''Joe'', a 2002 Canadian animated ...
* ''Isla Verde'' (Paddle Wheel, 1995)
With Santos Chillemi
* ''Trinidad'' (Maracatu, 1991)
* ''Au Gre Du Temps'' (Frémeaux & Associés, 2004)
With
Billy Cobham
William Emanuel Cobham Jr. (born May 16, 1944) is a Panamanian–American jazz drummer who came to prominence in the late 1960s and early 1970s with trumpeter Miles Davis and then with the Mahavishnu Orchestra.
He was inducted into the ''Mode ...
* ''Drum 'n' Voice - All That Groove'' (
Sony Music
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Polydor
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, 1976)
* '' The Mad Hatter'' (Polydor, 1978)
* '' Friends'' (Polydor, 1978)
* '' Three Quartets'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1981)
* ''The Boston Three Party'' (
Stretch Records
Stretch Records is an American record company and label that was established in 1997 by Chick Corea and music industry veteran Ron Moss.
The label claims to promote "music with no boundaries", although it has mostly released jazz music. Corea is ...
Concord Jazz
Concord Jazz is a record company and label founded in 1973 by Carl Jefferson, the former owner of Jefferson Motors Lincoln Mercury dealership in Concord, California. The label was named after the city in the East San Francisco Bay area, and the j ...
The DeJohnette Complex
''The DeJohnette Complex'' is the debut album by Jack DeJohnette featuring Bennie Maupin, Stanley Cowell, Miroslav Vitous, Eddie Gómez, and Roy Haynes recorded in 1968 and released on the Milestone label in 1969.
Reception
The Allmusic review ...
Atlas Records
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Polydor Records Ltd. is a German-British record label that operates as part of Universal Music Group. It has a close relationship with Universal's Interscope Geffen A ...
, 1981)
With
Eliane Elias
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Illusions
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Illusions may oc ...
Blue Note
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Music from Man of La Mancha
''Music from Man of La Mancha'' is a studio album by Brazilian jazz pianist and singer Eliane Elias. The album was recorded in 1995 but released by Concord only on April 13, 2018.
Background
''Music from Man of La Mancha'' is Elias' 26th full-le ...
'' (Concord, 2017)
With
Peter Erskine
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Early life and education
Erskine was born in Somers Point, New Jersey, U.S. He began playing the dru ...
* ''Peter Erskine'' (
Contemporary
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Yama
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'' with Joe Henderson (CTI, 1979)
With Mordy Ferber
* ''Mr. X'' (Ozone Music, 1995)
* ''Being There'' (CDBY, 2005)
With Michael Franks
* '' One Bad Habit'' (Warner Bros, 1980)
With Jeff Gardner
* ''Continuum'' (Terramar, 2007)
With
Art Garfunkel
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Highlights of Garfunkel's solo music career include one top-10 h ...
* ''
Lefty
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*Lefty Bates (1920–2007), American Chicago blues guitarist
*Lefty Bertrand (1909–2002), Major League Baseball pitcher for one game
*Steve Carlton (born 1944), American ...
'' (Columbia, 1988)
With
George Garzone
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Biography
Garzone is a member of the Fringe, a jazz trio founded in 1972 that includes bassist John Lockwood and drummer Bob Gullotti. The ...
* ''Alone'' (NYC Records, 1995)
With
Mick Goodrick
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Biography
An Elvis fan, Goodrick began studying guitar ...
* '' In Pas(s)ing'' (ECM, 1979)
With Dino Govoni
*''Breakin' Out'' (
Whaling City Sound
Whaling City Sound is an independent jazz record label established by Neal Weiss in 1999.
History
Weiss is president of Fiber Optic Center in New Bedford, Massachusetts. A lifelong fan of jazz, he started Whaling City Sound as a jazz label, thoug ...
, 2001)
With
Bunky Green
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Biography
Green was raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he played the alto saxophone, mainly at a local club called "The Brass Rail".
Green's fir ...
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Places We've Never Been
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Reception
AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated: "The strong ...
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Vanguard
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History
The vanguard derives fr ...
Hot Dawg
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Track listing
# "Dawg's Bull" (David Grisman) – 4:14
# "Devlin'" (Tony Rice) – 5:06
# "Minor Swing" (Stephane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt) – 3:36
# "Dawgolo ...
Tim Hardin
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Gramavision
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In 1979, Jonathan F.P. ...
Something Else Again
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CBS
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Sony
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, 1981)
With
Jennifer Holliday
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Atlantic
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, 1983)
With Sandy Hurvitz
* ''Sandy's Album Is Here At Last'' (Verve, 1968)
With Bob James
* ''All Around The Town'' (CBS, 1981)
With Andrei Kondakov
* ''Fairy Tale In The Rain'' (Outline Records, 2012)
* ''Blues For 4'' (СПб Собака RU, 2005)
With Lee Konitz
* '' The Lee Konitz Duets'' (Milestone, 1968)
* ''
Peacemeal
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'' (Milestone, 1969)
With
Mark Kramer
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* East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic
* Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1927
* Fin ...
* ''Jazz Fiddler on the Roof'' (Mythic Jazz, 2002 , Twinz, 2005)
* ''Art of the Heart'' (Art of Life, 2006)
* ''Kind of Trio'' with Joe Chambers (Eroica, 2008 , Strawberry Mansion, 2017)
* ''Boulders and Mountains'' (Eroica, 2009 , Blue Node, 2017)
* ''Art of Music'' (Strawberry Mansion, 2017)
With
Ernie Krivda
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Ernie Krivda began his professional career in 1963 with the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra. During the 1960s he played in bands of two Cleveland legends, ...
* ''The Alchemist'' (
Inner City
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, 1978)
With
Kronos Quartet
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Landmark Records
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, 1986)
With
Andy LaVerne
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Education and musical career
Born in New York City, LaVerne studied at Juilliard School of Music, Berklee College, and the New England Conservat ...
*'' Liquid Silver'' (DMP, 1984)
*''Metropolis'' - Unreleased recording of 1979 (ALV Productions, 2018)
With Tom Lellis
* ''And In This Corner...'' (Inner City, 1979)
* ''Double Entendre'' (Beamtide Records, 1991)
* ''Tom Lellis'' (Solid Records, 2018)
With
Dave Liebman
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In June 2010, he received ...
*''Monk's Mood'' (
Double-Time
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, 1999)
With Joe Locke
* ''Moment to Moment - The Music of
Henry Mancini
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More
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* MORE (application), outline software for Mac OS
* more (command), a shell command
* MORE protocol, a routing protocol
* Missouri Research and Education Network
Music Albums
* ''More!'' (album), by Booka S ...
'' (ESP-Disk, 1966)
With
Enric Madriguera
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* ''The Minute Samba 1932-50, Vol. 2'' (Harlequin, 2003)
With
Mike Mainieri
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Biography
Mainieri was born in The Bronx, Ne ...
* ''An American Diary'' (NYC Records, 1995)
* ''Live At Seventh Avenue South'' (NYC Records, 1996)
With
Melissa Manchester
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Early l ...
* ''Joy'' (
Angel Records
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, 1997)
With Manhattan Jazz Quintet
* ''My Funny Valentine'' (Paddle Wheel, 1986)
* ''The Sidewinder'' (Paddle Wheel, 1986)
* ''Live At Pit Inn'' (Paddle Wheel, 1986)
* ''Live At Pit Inn Vol. 2'' (Paddle Wheel, 1986)
* ''My Favorite Things - Live in Tokio'' (Paddle Wheel, 1986)
* ''Manhattan Blues'' (Sweet Basil, 1990)
* ''Funky Strut'' (Sweet Basil, 1991)
* ''Manteca - Live At
Sweet Basil
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'' (Sweet Basil, 1992)
* ''Concierto de Aranjuez'' (Sweet Basil, 1994)
With
Herbie Mann
Herbert Jay Solomon (April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003), known by his stage name Herbie Mann, was an American jazz flute player and important early practitioner of world music. Early in his career, he also played tenor saxophone and clarinet (inclu ...
* ''Peace Pieces - The Music Of Bill Evans'' ( Kokopelli Records, 1995)
* ''America/Brasil'' (
Lightyear Entertainment
Lightyear Entertainment, headquartered in Studio City, California, is a distributor of independent motion pictures in theaters, on DVD, Blu-ray, Video On Demand, as well as a distributor of music and music videos on CD, DVD, and digital distribut ...
, 1997)
With Andrea Marcelli
* ''Beyond The Blue'' (Art Of Life, 2005)
With
Tania Maria
Tania Maria (born May 9, 1948) is a Brazilian artist, singer, composer, bandleader and piano player, singing mostly in Portuguese or English. Her Brazilian-style music is mostly vocal, sometimes pop, often jazzy, and includes samba, bossa, Afro ...
* ''Intimidade'' (Blue Note, 2005)
With
Phil Markowitz
Phil Markowitz (born September 6, 1952 in Brooklyn, New York) is a jazz pianist and educator.
Discography As leader
* ''Sno' Peas'' (Ken Music, 1991)
* ''In the Woods'' (Passsage, 1996)
* ''Taxi Ride'' (Passsage, 1998)
* ''Catalysis'' (Sunnyside, ...
Hugh Masekela
Hugh Ramapolo Masekela (4 April 1939 – 23 January 2018) was a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, singer and composer who was described as "the father of South African jazz". Masekela was known for his jazz compositions and for ...
Mack Avenue Records
Mack Avenue Records is an independent record label in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan.
Background
Mack Avenue was founded in 1999 by Gretchen Carhartt Valade, a jazz fan and chair of the American apparel company Carhartt. The company is a sponsor ...
, 1999)
With
Paul McCandless
Paul Brownlee McCandless Jr. (born March 24, 1947) is an American multi-instrumentalist and founding member of the American jazz group Oregon. He is one of the few jazz oboists. He also plays bass clarinet, English horn, flute and soprano saxoph ...
Jay McShann
James Columbus "Jay" McShann (January 12, 1916 – December 7, 2006) was an American jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, and bandleader. He led bands in Kansas City, Missouri, that included Charlie Parker, Bernard Anderson, Walter Brown, and B ...
*'' The Big Apple Bash'' (Atlantic, 1979)
With Charles Mingus
*''Me, Myself & Eye'' - Posthumous recording, Mingus does not play. (Atlantic, 1979)
*''
Something Like a Bird
''Something Like a Bird'' is an album by Charles Mingus, released on the Atlantic label in 1981. The album reached a peak position of number 37 on the ''Billboard'' Jazz Albums chart. Mingus is featured as composer and director but does not actual ...
'' - Posthumous recording, Mingus does not play. (Atlantic, 1980)
With Bob Mintzer
*''Bop Boy'' (Explore Records, 2002)
With
Bob Moses Robert Moses (1888–1981) was an American city planner.
Robert Moses may also refer to:
* Bob Moses (activist) (1935–2021), American educator and civil rights activist
* Bob Moses, American football player in the 1962 Cotton Bowl Classic
* Bob M ...
*''Bittersuite In The Ozone'' (Mozown, 1975)
*''Visit With The Great Spirit'' (
Gramavision
Gramavision Records is an American record label founded in 1979. Since 1994 it has been a subsidiary of Rykodisc. The label's music is largely jazz, blues and folk oriented but has touched on many other styles and genres.
In 1979, Jonathan F.P. ...
, 1983)
With
Gerry Mulligan
Gerald Joseph Mulligan (April 6, 1927 – January 20, 1996), also known as Jeru, was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and arranger. Though primarily known as one of the leading jazz baritone saxophonists—playing the instrum ...
* ''
Something Borrowed - Something Blue
''Something Borrowed - Something Blue'' is an album by American jazz saxophonist Gerry Mulligan featuring performances recorded in 1966 and first released on the Limelight label.
New York Art Quartet The New York Art Quartet was a free jazz ensemble, originally made up of saxophonist John Tchicai, trombonist Roswell Rudd, drummer Milford Graves and bassist Lewis Worrell, that came into existence in 1964 in New York City. Worrell was later repl ...
* ''
Call It Art
''Call It Art'' is an album by the New York Art Quartet. It contains previously unissued live and studio tracks recorded in 1964 and 1965, and was released in limited quantities as a five-LP box set by Triple Point Records in 2013. The album includ ...
'' (Triple Point, 2013)
With Judy Niemack
* ''About Time'' (Sony, 2002)
With
Mike Nock
Michael Anthony Nock (born 27 September 1940) is a New Zealand jazz pianist, currently based in Australia.
Biography
He was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. Nock began studying piano at 11. He attended Nelson College for one term in 1955.' ...
Claus Ogerman
Claus Ogerman (born Klaus Ogermann; 29 April 1930 – 8 March 2016) was a German arranger, conductor, and composer best known for his work with Billie Holiday, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Frank Sinatra, Michael Brecker, and Diana Krall.
Life and wor ...
* ''Claus Ogerman Featuring
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 ...
'' (GRP, 1991)
With
Michel Petrucciani
Michel Petrucciani (; ; 28 December 1962 – 6 January 1999) was a French jazz pianist. From birth he had osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic disease that causes brittle bones and, in his case, short stature. He became one of the most accomplish ...
David Pomeranz
David Pomeranz (born February 9, 1951) is an American singer, composer, lyricist, and writer for musical theatre. He is also an ambassador for Operation Smile.
Solo career
Born and raised on Long Island, Pomeranz expressed interest in music fro ...
* ''Time To Fly'' (Decca, 1971)
With
Emily Remler
Emily Remler (September 18, 1957 – May 4, 1990) was an American jazz guitarist, active from the late 1970s until her death in 1990.
Early life and influences
Born in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey,Staff"Emily Remler Dies On Australia Tour; Gui ...
Concord
Concord may refer to:
Meaning "agreement"
* Pact or treaty, frequently between nations (indicating a condition of harmony)
* Harmony, in music
* Agreement (linguistics), a change in the form of a word depending on grammatical features of other ...
, 1983)
* ''
Catwalk
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'' (Concord, 1985)
With
Alex Riel
Alex Riel (born 13 September 1940) is a Danish jazz and rock drummer.''Jeg skal sgu sidde ved trommerne'' Af Bine Madsen. Dagbladenes Bureau, 9 February 2010. Same interview in Flensborg Avis, 17 February 2010, Side 18''Alex Riel'' Horsens F ...
Ted Rosenthal
Ted Rosenthal (born 1959) is an American jazz pianist. He was featured on David Sanborn's series '' Night Music'', and has performed worldwide, both as a leader and as a sideman with many jazz greats, including Gerry Mulligan, Art Farmer, Phil ...
* ''Calling You'' (CTI Records, 1992)
With Iñaki Sandoval
* ''Miracielos'' (Bebyne, 2011)
With
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 ...
* ''Chagall Blue'' (Openskye, 1980)
* ''Amorphism'' (Sony, 1985)
With
Tom Schuman
Thomas William Schuman (born January 31, 1958) is an American jazz pianist, smooth jazz keyboardist, the co-leader, composer and arranger. of 13 Grammy nominated contemporary jazz group, Spyro Gyra. He has been the keyboardist for Spyro Gyra ...
* ''Extremities'' (GRP, 1990)
With
John Scofield
John Scofield (born December 26, 1951), sometimes referred to as "Sco", is an American guitarist and composer whose music over a long career has blended jazz, jazz fusion, funk, blues, soul and rock. He first came to mainstream attention in th ...
Phil Seamen
Philip William Seamen (28 August 1926 – 13 October 1972) was an English jazz drummer.
With a background in big band music, Seamen played and recorded in a wide range of musical contexts with virtually every key figure of 1950s and 1960s Bri ...
* ''Phil Seamen Meets Eddie Gómez'' (Saga, 1968)
With
Ben Sidran
Ben Hirsh Sidran (born August 14, 1943) is an American jazz and rock keyboardist, producer, label owner, and music writer. Early in his career he was a member of the Steve Miller Band and is the father of Grammy-nominated musician, composer an ...
* ''Bop City'' (
Island
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Torch
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'' (Warner Bros, 1981)
With Smappies
* ''Smappies II'' (
Victor
The name Victor or Viktor may refer to:
* Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname
Arts and entertainment
Film
* ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film
* ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...
, 1999)
With Tommy Smith
*''Step by Step'' (Blue Note Records, 1988)
With
David Spinozza
David Spinozza is an American guitarist and producer. He worked with former Beatles Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and John Lennon during the 1970s, and had a long collaboration with singer-songwriter James Taylor, producing Taylor's album '' Walkin ...
MCA Records
MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc., which later became part of Universal Music Group.
Pre-history
MCA Inc., a powerful talent agency and a television production company, entered the recorded music business in 1962 w ...
Jeremy & The Satyrs
''Jeremy & The Satyrs'' is an album by American jazz flautist Jeremy Steig released on the Reprise label in 1968.
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Reprise
In music, a reprise ( , ; from the verb 'to resume') is the repetition or reiteration of the opening material later in a composition as occurs in the recapitulation of sonata form, though—originally in the 18th century—was simply any repe ...
, 1968)
*''
Legwork
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Energy
In physics, energy (from Ancient Greek: ἐνέργεια, ''enérgeia'', “activity”) is the quantitative property that is transferred to a body or to a physical system, recognizable in the performance of work and in the form of hea ...
'' (Capitol, 1971)
*''
Fusion
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Fusion may also refer to:
Science and technology Physics
*Nuclear fusion, multiple atomic nuclei combining to form one or more different atomic nucl ...
Joe Chambers
Joe or JOE may refer to:
Arts
Film and television
* ''Joe'' (1970 film), starring Peter Boyle
* ''Joe'' (2013 film), starring Nicolas Cage
* ''Joe'' (TV series), a British TV series airing from 1966 to 1971
* ''Joe'', a 2002 Canadian animated ...
Rain Forest
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'' (CMP, 1980)
*''Jam'' (Steig-Gomez Records, 2003)
*''What's New At F'' (Tokuma Japan, 2004)
With
Steps Ahead
Steps Ahead is an American jazz fusion group.
History
The group arose out of spontaneous sessions at Seventh Avenue South, a jazz club in New York City owned by saxophonist Michael Brecker and trumpeter brother Randy Brecker. The first three al ...
* ''Step by Step'' (Better Days, 1980)
* ''Smokin' in the Pit'' (NYC Records, 1980)
* ''Paradox - Live At Seventh Avenue South'' (Better Days, 1982)
* ''
Steps Ahead
Steps Ahead is an American jazz fusion group.
History
The group arose out of spontaneous sessions at Seventh Avenue South, a jazz club in New York City owned by saxophonist Michael Brecker and trumpeter brother Randy Brecker. The first three al ...
Richard Stoltzman
Richard Leslie Stoltzman (born July 12, 1942) is an American clarinetist. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he spent his early years in San Francisco, California, and Cincinnati, Ohio, graduating from Woodward High School in 1960. Today, Stoltzman is part ...
*''Begin Sweet World'' (
RCA
The RCA Corporation was a major American electronics company, which was founded as the Radio Corporation of America in 1919. It was initially a patent trust owned by General Electric (GE), Westinghouse, AT&T Corporation and United Fruit Comp ...
The Incredible Ira Sullivan
''The Incredible Ira Sullivan'', (full title ''The Incredible Ira Sullivan Plays Flugelhorn, Trumpet, Alto and Tenor Saxes, Flute and Afuche Cabasa''), is an album by multi-instrumentalist Ira Sullivan which was recorded in 1980 and released on ...
'' ( Stash, 1980)
With Martin Taylor
* ''Kiss and Tell'' (Columbia, 1999)
With The Gadd Gang
*''The Gadd Gang'' (A Touch, 1986)
*''Here & Now'' (Columbia, 1988)
*''Live At The Bottom Line'' (A Touch, 1994)
With Great Jazz Trio
*''Moreover'' (
East Wind
An east wind is a wind that originates in the east and blows in a westward direction. This wind is referenced as symbolism in mythology, poetry and literature.
In mythology
In Greek mythology, Eurus, the east wind, was the only wind not associate ...
, 1980)
*''The Session / Sleepy Meets The Great Jazz Trio'' (Next Wave, 1980)
*''Chapter II'' (East Wind, 1981)
*''Re-Visited - The Great Jazz Trio At The Village Vanguard Volume 1'' (Eastworld, 1981)
*''Re-Visited - The Great Jazz Trio At The Village Vanguard Volume 2'' (Eastworld, 1981)
*''Aurex Jazz Festival' 81 / The Great Jazz Trio & Friends With Nancy Wilson'' (Eastworld, 1981)
*''What's New'' - with Nancy Wilson (
East Wind
An east wind is a wind that originates in the east and blows in a westward direction. This wind is referenced as symbolism in mythology, poetry and literature.
In mythology
In Greek mythology, Eurus, the east wind, was the only wind not associate ...
, 1982)
*''Threesome'' (Eastworld, 1982)
*''The Club New Yorker'' (Interface, 1983)
*''Easy To Love: Eri Sings Cole Porter'' - with Eri Ohno (Interface, 1984)
*''Monk's Mood'' (Denon, 1984)
*''N.Y. Sophisticate: A Tribute To Duke Ellington'' (Denon/Interface, 1984)
*''Ambrosia'' - with Art Farmer (Denon/Interface, 1984)
*''The Great Jazz Trio Standard Collection'' (Interface, 1986)
*''The Great Jazz Trio Plays Standard'' (Somethin'Else, 1998)
With Eugenio Toussaint
* ''Oinos (Música para beber vino)'' (Urtext, 2008)
With
Ralph Towner
Ralph Towner (born March 1, 1940) is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and bandleader. He plays the twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer, percussion, trumpet and French horn.
Biography
Towner was born i ...
* ''
Batik
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McCoy Tyner
Alfred McCoy Tyner (December 11, 1938March 6, 2020) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet (from 1960 to 1965) and his long solo career afterwards. He was an NEA Jazz Master and five-time Gram ...
* '' Supertrios'' (Milestone, 1977)
With Gabriel Vicéns
* ''Point in Time'' (Sello Independiente, 2012)
With
Roseanna Vitro
Roseanna Elizabeth Vitro (born February 28, 1951) is a jazz singer and teacher from Arkansas.
Biography
Born Roseanna Elizabeth VitroScott Fredrickson and Gary W. Kennedy.Vitro (Wickliffe), Roseanna" In ''The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz'', 2 ...
* ''Conviction: Thoughts Of Bill Evans'' (A-Records, 2001)
With
Bennie Wallace
Bennie Wallace (born November 18, 1946) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist.
Biography
He was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. Wallace began playing in local clubs with the encouragement of East Ridge, Tennessee High School ban ...
* ''The Fourteen Bar Blues'' (Enja Records, 1978)
* ''Live At The Public Theatre'' (Enja Records, 1978)
* ''The Free Will'' (Enja Records, 1980)
* ''Mistyc Bridge'' (Enja Records, 1982)
* ''Twilight Time'' (Blue Note, 1985)
* ''The Art Of Saxophone'' (Denon, 1987)
* ''Bordertown'' (Blue Note, 1988)
* ''Bennie Wallace'' (AudioQuest Music, 1998)
* ''The Nearness Of You'' (Enja Records, 2003)
With
Jack Wilkins
Jack Rivers Lewis (born June 4, 1944), known professionally as Jack Wilkins, is a jazz guitarist.
Career
A native of New York City, Wilkins grew up listening to his parents' music, such as Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and Billie Holiday. He ...
* ''Merge'' (
Chiaroscuro
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, 1977)
* ''Reunion'' (Chiaroscuro, 2001)
With
Larry Willis
Lawrence Elliott Willis (December 20, 1942 – September 29, 2019) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He performed in a wide range of styles, including jazz fusion, Afro-Cuban jazz, bebop, and avant-garde.
Willis was born in New York Ci ...
*''
Inner Crisis
''Inner Crisis'' is an album by American jazz pianist Larry Willis recorded in 1973 and released on the Groove Merchant label.Blue Fable'' (
HighNote
HighNote Records is a jazz record company and label founded by Joe Fields with his son, Barney Fields, in 1997.
Joe Fields worked for Prestige Records in the 1960s, and in the 1970s founded Muse Records. After he sold Muse, he started the Highn ...
, 2007)
*'' The Offering'' (HighNote, 2008)
With Daniel Wong
*''Daniel Wong Trio'' (Fonarte Latino 2014)