Edsel Gomez | |
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Birth name | Edsel Robert Gomez Rentas |
Born | Bayamon, Puerto Rico, U.S. | August 9, 1962
Genres | Jazz, Latin jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Piano |
Years active | 1975–present |
Labels | Zoho Music |
Website | www |
Edsel Gomez (born August 9, 1962) is a Puerto Rican jazz pianist. In 2007, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for the album Cubist Music. [1] He arranged and directed Dee Dee Bridgewater's Grammy-winning recording Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie with Love from Dee Dee Bridgewater . He has worked with Jack DeJohnette, Don Byron, Brian Lynch, and Eddie Palmieri.
After a research study promoted by the Philippine Heritage Library and Ayala Museum in Manila, Philippines, he began the Edsel Gomez World Fusion Band, which explores the fusion of Philippine traditional and tribal music with jazz and Afro Caribbean music.
With Freddie Bryant
With David Sánchez
With Don Byron
1995 " Music For Six Musicians"
With Richard Bona
With Conrad Herwig
With Humberto Ramírez
With Dee Dee Bridgewater
With Tony Lujan
With others
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