Eddie Gómez

Eddie Gómez (born 1944 in Santurce, Puerto Rico) is a virtuoso double bassist, for eleven years the partner of Bill Evans. His bow and his singing tone are at the heart of the three albums Bill Evans recorded in Montreux.

Eddie Gómez: the bass of the three Montreux albums

The Grammy trio, 1968

On 15 June 1968, at the Casino, Eddie Gómez, Bill Evans and drummer Jack DeJohnette gave a concert recorded live. Gómez had been playing with Evans for two years; their understanding was complete. The record, “Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival”, won the 1969 Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album.

Montreux I, II and III

Gómez is the man of Bill Evans’s three “Montreux” albums: the Grammy record in 1968, “Montreux II” in 1970 (with drummer Marty Morell), then “Montreux III” in 1975, a duo with the pianist, without drums. Few musicians have left so Montreux-tied a trace.