Jose Gurria's Gurrisonic Orchestra

Jose Gurria's Gurrisonic Orchestra: Three Kids Music

by Dave Wayne
December 30, 2015

Accompanied by a richly illustrated, full-color 46-page booklet (with notes by Jeff Tamarkin, the Associate Editor of JazzTimes Magazine) and packaged in a lush trifold paper sleeve, Three Kids Music by José Gurría and his 21-piece Gurrisonic Orchestra projects a sort of hugeness and importance whose portent is completely fulfilled by the quality of the music therein. In light of all this, it seems ironic, however, that the first track is titled “Constant Deprivation of Monetary Funds (The Beast)." Clearly, ...