Art Gore

Drummer. During his three decade career, he has performed and recorded with such artists as George Benson, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Lonnie Liston Smith, Pharoah Sanders, Woody Shaw, Larry Young, Bobby Watson, Freddie Hubbard, John Scofield, Hank Marr, J.J. Johnson, Joey Defrancesco, Kenny Dorham, Hank Crawford, James Moody, and Ahmad Jamal, to name a few. Art Gore was born into a family of musicians, which began his early exposure to music. By age sixteen he was playing professionally. After graduating from high school, Art attened Berklee College of music then was drafted into the armed forces for two years. His musical development continued by playing with the First Armored Division Band and orchestra and leading his own groups. After serving in the military, Art attended the Berklee College of Music were he studied with renowned drum instructor Alan Dawson and later at the New England Conservatory of Music under Vic Firth. In 1972 Art joined Dr. Lonnie Smith which later lead to them both Traveling and recording with the Grammy winning guitarist and vocalist George Benson. Upon leaving George Benson's band, Art began working with Lonnie Liston Smith. Art's recordings with Lonnie were some of the most important of his early career. Many jazz enthusiasts consider one of the recordings "Expansions" (RCA 1975) a jazz-fusion classic. "Voodoo Woman", one of the compositions that Art recorded with Lonnie is included as part of the Recommended Recordings of the Decade for the Smithsonian Collection of Jazz in the Seventies.