# Mezgo

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Mezgo
| type       = Album
| artist     = [Eddie Gómez](/source/Eddie_G%C3%B3mez)
| cover      = Mezgo.JPG
| alt        =
| released   = 1986
| recorded   = November 1985
| venue      =
| studio     = Shinomachi Studios, Tokyo, Japan
| genre      = [Jazz](/source/Jazz)
| length     = 38:39
| label      = [Epic](/source/Epic_Records_Japan)<small><br>C40548</small>
| producer   = Kiyoshi Itoh
| chronology = [Eddie Gómez](/source/Eddie_G%C3%B3mez)
| prev_title = [Gomez](/source/Gomez_(album))
| prev_year  = 1984
| next_title = [Power Play](/source/Power_Play_(Eddie_G%C3%B3mez_album))
| next_year  = 1988
| misc       = {{Extra album cover
 | header  = ''Discovery'' Cover
 | type    = Studio
 | cover   = Discovery (Eddie Gómez album).jpg
 | border  =
 | alt     =
 | caption =
}}
}}
'''''Mezgo''''' is an album by bassist [Eddie Gómez](/source/Eddie_G%C3%B3mez) recorded in Tokyo in 1985 and originally released on the Japanese [Epic](/source/Epic_Records_Japan) label the following year before being released worldwide as ''Discovery'' on [Columbia](/source/Columbia_Records).<ref>[http://eddiegomez.com/discography.html Eddie Gómez discography], accessed May 2, 2018</ref><ref>[https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2016/09/04/benny-golson/ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Eddie Gomez discography], accessed May 2, 2018</ref>

==Reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> 
}}
The [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) review by Paul Kohler called it "A powerful recording" and stated "Musically this album covers jazz and classical and a little avant-garde".<ref name="Allmusic">{{AllMusic|first=Paul |last=Kohler |class=album |id=mw0000649533 |title= Eddie Gomez: ''Discovery'' – Review |accessdate=May 2, 2018}}</ref>

==Track listing==
All compositions by Eddie Gómez except where noted 
# "Me Two" (Eddie Gomez, Steve Gadd) – 7:26	
# "Capricious Fantasy" (Gomez, Michael Brecker) – 5:47
# "Puccini's Walk" – 6:02
# "Delgado" – 6:35
# "Caribbean Morning" – 4:12
# "Scott Davis" – 3:56
# "Cello Sonata in G Minor: 1st Movement" ([Henry Eccles](/source/Henry_Eccles)) – 4:41

==Personnel==
*[Eddie Gómez](/source/Eddie_G%C3%B3mez) − [bass](/source/double_bass)
*[Michael Brecker](/source/Michael_Brecker) – [tenor saxophone](/source/tenor_saxophone), [Steinerphone](/source/EWI_(musical_instrument)) (tracks 1–4)
*[Masahiko Satoh](/source/Masahiko_Satoh) − [Rhodes piano](/source/Rhodes_piano), [synthesizer](/source/synthesizer), [piano](/source/piano), [arranger](/source/arrangement) (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 7)
*[Steve Gadd](/source/Steve_Gadd) – [drums](/source/drum_kit) (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 5)
*Takashi Fukumori, Hiromichi Hara, Yukio Kaneda, Hachiro Ohmatsu, Kiyoshi Ohsawa, Yasuko Seki, Chizuko Tsunoda  – [violin](/source/violin) (track 7)
*Yoshinao Azuma,  Hiroshi Watanabe – [viola](/source/viola) (track 7)
*Hiroto Kawamura, Tomio Yazima – [cello](/source/cello) (track 7)
*Takashi Katoh – [concertmaster](/source/concertmaster) (track 7)
*Nobuhiko Nakayama – synthesizer programming

==References==
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Category:Columbia Records albums
Category:Eddie Gómez albums
Category:1986 albums

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