Concurrence was founded by bassist Greg Bryant and pianist/producer Paul Horton in Nashville, Tennessee. Close friends since the early aughts, Greg and Paul have been active as a recording and performing ensemble since 2017. Concurrence released its debut full-length album, With Brotherhood, in 2017 with NYC's Tommy Crane on drums. In 2019, they released a self-titled EP and won Nashville Scene magazine's "Best Jazz Group" award. The following year, Greg moved to New York and Paul moved to Florida, but they are back together and performing to sold-out crowds at Rudy’s Jazz Room in Nashville .In June 2022, Concurrence released a three-song EP, Recollections, that was recorded safely during the pandemic and features frequent drummers and collaborators Derrek Phillips and Marcus Finnie.
Greg Bryant was born in Nashville, Tennessee, where he began his career as a musician, broadcaster and curator of jazz and improvisational music. He has performed or recorded with musicians such as Charlie Hunter, Rod McGaha, Dara Tucker, Nasheet Waits, Peter Bernstein, John Ellis and Jason Marsalis. Greg has produced and/or played bass on jazz vocalist and songwriter Dara Tucker's four albums. The most recent, Dreams of Waking: Music For a Better World, made it to #7 on the Jazzweek national radio charts. Paul is originally from Athens, Alabama. He has performed or recorded with musicians and singers such as Alabama Shakes, Brittany Howard, Prince, Georgia Ann Muldrow, Victor Goines, Nasheet Waits, Vicente Archer and Derrek Phillips. Paul's fusion of jazz, hip-hop, noise and ambient was exhibited on his most recent 2021 solo EP under his producer moniker "No.Stress." He also is a member of rock/soul vocalist Brittany Howard's touring and recording bands.