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Bob Gorry

A Singular Guitarist combining elements of avant-jazz, prog, searing blues, and new art music. Leader of the New Haven Improvisers Collective. Composer.

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Bob Gorry: GoBruCcio

Read "GoBruCcio" reviewed by Kyle Simpler


Jerry Garcia once tried to explain the Grateful Dead's appeal by comparing them to licorice. He pointed out that not everybody likes licorice, but the people who do “really like licorice." The same principle could easily apply to free jazz. There's a unique appeal to free improvisation that some listeners embrace, while others might quickly turn the dial. There's rarely any middle ground when it comes to free jazz, but Bob Gorry's GoBruCcio gives fans a reason to celebrate.

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Vance Provey - Bob Gorry - Paul Gunsberg: Collective Expression

Read "Collective Expression" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


It would seem appropriate that these Connecticut natives would strut their free-form stuff at the prominent Firehouse 12 studio and venue. Hence, the album moniker seeds the basis for the outing, where Vance Provey switch-hits between trumpet and drums while Paul Gunsberg does the same, performing on drums and saxophone. Ultimately, the trio's in-your-face posture tells the tale via a zillion contrapuntal and contrasting maneuvers, largely etched with razor-sharp or tangled dialogues. The trio dishes out a boisterous ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

GoBruCciOBrien

Phonoemulsion Records
2023

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Motives

NHIC Records
2023

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GoBruCcio

NHIC Records
2021

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Collective Expression

NHIC Records
2020

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Streamline Moderne

NHIC Records
2018

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ELM FICTION : SCORE

NHIC Records
2017

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