Mark Kramer

Mark Kramer was born and raised in Philadelphia and has been a musician since the age of five, starting on classical violin before becoming a jazz pianist. He played with such local contemporaries as Michael and Randy Brecker and Stanley Clarke, has regularly led his own trios, and developed his own approach to jazz improvisation. Along the way he has quite a few major accomplishments including being the only pianist to record an entire classical symphony (note-for-note) with his trio, recording the complete scores for eight Broadway shows (a record for a jazz group), and turning the music of the Rolling Stones into jazz (on the CD Stonejazz). As an arranger, composer producer and engineer, he has made an important if often-unheralded contribution to music, but it is as a pianist that he is most significant.

The Mark Kramer Trio

With his own brand of wizardry, Mark Kramer has transformed the melodies and orchestration of the film score of Harry Potter (The Sorcerer's Stone) into authentic jazz, taking us on a spellbinding ride through Harry's magical world.

Eroica is pleased to present this emotionally evocative collection of original jazz arrangements of John Williams' themes for the motion picture soundtrack of "Harry Potter, The Sorcerer's Stone," arranged by Mark Kramer.

You will be taken on a wondrous journey into Harry's magical world. Each cut of this CD brings the familiar melodies of the film score to a powerful new life.

Eddie Gómez

Eddie Gómez was born in Puerto Rico, grew up in New York, and was a bassist from the age of 11. After graduating from Julliard in 1963, he became greatly in-demand, a situation that remains unchanged. Gómez is most famous for being a member of the Bill Evans Trio during 1966-77 but he has also performed with virtually every top jazz and studio musician through the years, from Benny Goodman and Dizzy Gillespie to Miles Davis and Chick Corea.