Mezgo

Mezgo
Studio album by Eddie Gómez
Released	1986
Recorded	November 1985
Studio	Shinomachi Studios, Tokyo, Japan
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:39
Label	Epic C40548
Producer	Kiyoshi Itoh
Eddie Gómez chronology
(1984) Mezgo (1986) (1988)
Discovery Cover

Mezgo is an album by bassist Eddie Gómez recorded in Tokyo in 1985 and originally released on the Japanese Epic label the following year before being released worldwide as Discovery on Columbia.^[1][2]

Reception[]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

The AllMusic review by Paul Kohler called it "A powerful recording" and stated "Musically this album covers jazz and classical and a little avant-garde".^[3]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Eddie Gómez except where noted

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

Personnel[]

• Eddie Gómez − bass
• Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone, Steinerphone (tracks 1-4)
• Masahiko Satoh − Rhodes piano, synthesizer, piano, arranger (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 7)
• Steve Gadd – drums (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 5)
• Takashi Fukumori, Hiromichi Hara, Yukio Kaneda, Hachiro Ohmatsu, Kiyoshi Ohsawa, Yasuko Seki, Chizuko Tsunoda – violin (track 7)
• Yoshinao Azuma, Hiroshi Watanabe – viola (track 7)
• Hiroto Kawamura, Tomio Yazima – cello (track 7)
• Takashi Katoh – concertmaster (track 7)
• Nobuhiko Nakayama – synthesizer programming

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