# Photos: Papuna Sharikadze trio feat. Eddie Gomez in Tbilisi jazz festival 2017

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2017/11/08/photos-papuna-sharikadze-trio-feat-eddie-gomez-in-tbilisi-jazz-festival-2017/
- Published: 2017-11-08T11:26:36+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**In Tbilisi jazz festival 2017, 05.11, Tbilisi concert hall.**

Eddie Gómez emigrated 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 (led by Marshall Brown) from 1959 to
1961, and graduated from Juilliard in 1963. His résumé includes performances with
jazz giants such as Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Gerry Mulligan, John Coltrane,
New York Art Quartet, Benny Goodman, Buck Clayton, Ahmad Jamal, Bill Bruford, Scott
LaFaro, Marian McPartland, Paul Bley, Michael Brecker, Wayne Shorter, Steps Ahead,
Steve Gadd, Ron Carter, Jeremy Steig, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams, Al Foster, 
Chick Corea, Eugenio Toussaint and Carli Muñoz.

Time lauded, “Eddie Gómez has the world on his strings.”[citation needed] 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. Two of the 
Trio’s recordings won Grammy awards. In addition, Gómez was a member of the Manhattan
Jazz Quintet. 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.

Most of his recent recordings as a leader are co-led by the jazz pianist Mark Kramer.
Gómez was also a member of the fusion band Steps Ahead. 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.

  |  Papuna Sharikadze |  Piano |   |  
 |  Eddie Gomez |  Bass |   |  
 |  Tyson Jackson |  Drums |

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