Edsel Gomez Latin Jazz Trio
About This Event
Puerto Rican pianist Edsel Gomez, a 2007 Grammy nominee who later arranged and served as musical director on Dee Dee Bridgewater’s Grammy-winning Billie Holiday project, leads his Latin Jazz Trio at Arthur’s Tavern. The group moves between jazz improvisation and Latin rhythms, favoring tight rhythmic figures that open into freer, conversational solo space where pulse and interplay drive the set rather than solo display.
About the Artists
Edsel Gomez
Edsel Gomez is a Puerto Rican pianist whose work moves between jazz improvisation and Latin rhythm, often in a small-group setting. He received a 2007 Grammy nomination for his contributions to the album *Cubist Music* and later served as arranger and musical director on Dee Dee Bridgewater’s Grammy-winning Billie Holiday project.
Edsel Gomez Latin Jazz Trio
Edsel Gomez Latin Jazz Trio is a New York City-based ensemble working at the intersection of jazz improvisation and Latin jazz rhythm, with an ear that sometimes leans toward freer forms. The group appears at Arthur’s Tavern, a room where straight-ahead playing and late-night experimentation share the same bandstand.