Applying its energy, spirit and fiercely proud intellectual rage to the jazz idiom, he's created a synthesis that is truly singular and contemporary, exemplified by 1999's excellent Grammy-nominated album, Ethnomusicology Vol. 1.
As the title clearly indicates, Gunn has developed his music from a wide variety of musical influences, predominantly from the African Diaspora, weaving together elements of Cuban, Brazilian, African, D.C.'s Go Go" music, and Hip-Hop into an adventurously progressive jazz style that pays tribute to its tradition while also extending the form.
Ethnomusicology, Vol. 2 features the fluent and full-bodied trombone of Andr
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