Lawrence Arthur "Larry" Gushee (February 25, 1931 – January 6, 2015) was an American musicologist, who specialized in medieval music and early jazz.
He earned his doctorate at Yale in 1959, with the dissertation "The Musica Disciplina of Aurelian of Réôme: a critical edition and commentary."
Gushee was twice a Guggenheim Fellow, once in Europe to study sources of medieval music (particularly 14th century French music), and once relating to research into early jazz.
Gushee also played traditional jazz and ragtime, performing as a clarinetist in the New Golden Rule Orchestra.
Gushee worked closely with Vernacular Music Research musicologist Thornton Hagert.