Eddie Gomez Trio

Eddie Gomez: Bass

Stefan Karlsson: Piano

Steven Pruitt: Drums

A two-time Grammy Award® winner, Eddie Gomez has been on the cutting edge of music for over four decades. His impressive resumé includes performances with jazz giants such as Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Evans, Gerry Mulligan, Ahmad Jamal, Scott Lafaro, Marian McPartland, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams, Chick Corea, Benny Goodman, Miles Davis and many more.

Eddie Gomez was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, and emigrated to the U.S. at a young age with his family, growing up in New York. He started on double bass in the New York City school system at the age of 11 and at age 13 went to the New York City High School of Music and Art. He played in the Newport Festival Youth Band from 1959 to 1961.His unique sound and style can be heard on many Grammy-winning records as well as on hundreds of recordings spanning the worlds of jazz, classical, Latin jazz, R&B, popular and contemporary music. A sought-after educator, Gomez is artistic director at the conservatory of music of Puerto Rico as well as a resident artist at the Berklee College of Music. He formerly was an artist-in-residence and associate professor of jazz double bass at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. It was his 11-year stint with the legendary Bill Evans Trio from 1966 to 1977that cemented his status among the all-time jazz greats. Prolific recordings ,crackling innovation and great flights of experimentation paved the way forth reputation Gomez boasts today.