Jessica Lurie is an American composer, performance artist and woodwind player,[1] originally hailing from Seattle[2] and now living in Brooklyn, New York.[3]
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Lurie first gained notice as a member of The Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet, an all-female horn ensemble who released its first album in 1993.[4] In 1995, she also had a first release with the group Living Daylights, which performs jazz-jamband music.[5][6] She has also performed as the leader of the Jessica Lurie Ensemble since 2002.[7]
She composed music for No Sleep Won't Kill You (2010) by Croatian filmmaker Marko Mestrovic, co-scored with composer Abraham Gomez-Delgado,[8] and Fibonacci Bread (2012), a short animation by Croatian artist Danijel Zezelj.[9]
Discography
editSolo albums
edit- La Luce Azzurra (with Metropolizani) (1998)
- Motorbison Serenade (2000, Zipa Music)
- School of One (with Will Dowd) (2002)
- Tiger, Tiger (2005)
- This is what its like to be (with Andrew Drury Duo) (2005, Zipa Music)
- Licorice and Smoke (2006, Zipa Music )
- Long Haul (2017, Zipa Music)
With Jessica Lurie Ensemble
edit- !Zipa Buka! (2003, Zipa Music)
- Shop of Wild Dreams (2009, Zipa Music)[10]
- Megaphone Heart (2012, Zipa Music)
- Carambolage (2021)
- Saxhouse (1993, Knitting Factory, rereleased by Horn Hut in 1994)
- Make It Funky God (1994, Horn Hut)
- Box (1996, New World Records)
- Pollo d'Oro (with Ne Zhdali) (1997, No Man's Land)
- Sunshine Bundtcake (2000, New World Records)
- Short Cuts (2003, Spoot & Zipa)
- Tsunami (2004, No Man's Land/Spoot & Zipa)
- Surrounded by Horns (2004, Stockfisch)
- Drive (2005, Spoot & Zipa)
- Laws Of Motion (2008, Spoot & Zipa)
- Strange Flower (2010, Spoot & Zipa)
- Tiny Lower Case (2014, Spoot & Zipa)
- Wabi Sabi (2021, Sowiesound)
With Living Daylights
edit- Falling Down Laughing (1995, Liquid City)
- 500 Pound Cat (1998, Liquid City)
- Electric Rosary (2000, Liquid City)[11]
- Night of the Living Daylights (2003)
With Eyvind Kang
edit- 7 NADEs (Tzadik, 1996)
- Theater of Mineral NADEs (Tzadik, 1998)
- The Story of Iceland (Tzadik, 2000)
- Zion80 (Tzadik, 2013)
- Adramelech: Book of Angels Volume 22 (Tzadik, 2014)
With La Buya
edit- La Buya (2021)
With Breslov Bar Band
edit- Holy Chutzpah (2022)
Other appearances
edit- The Posies, Amazing Disgrace (1996, DGC) (tenor saxophone on "Please Return It")
- Giuseppi Logan, ...And They Were Cool (2013, Improvising Beings) (saxophone and flute)
- Circus Amok Band, Citizen*ship (2014) (saxophone, flute, vocals)
- Darshan, Raza (2017, Chant) (alto and baritone saxophone)
References
edit- ^ Hudson, J.J. (29 January 2004). Jazz musician to bring one of her three avant-garde groups to Chico, Chico Enterprise-Record
- ^ "The New Cool: Jessica Lurie - Beyond Bicoastal". KNKX Public Radio. 2017-12-15. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
- ^ (15 May 2009). SXSW artist interview: Jessica Lurie, mynorthwest.com
- ^ Gottschalk, Kurt (5 September 2009). Jessica Lurie: Shop of Wild Dreams & Laws of Motion, allaboutjazz.com, Retrieved June 15, 2011
- ^ Blumenthal, Bob (13 April 2001). LIVING DAYLIGHTS RELUCTANTLY EMBRACES `JAM BAND' LABEL[dead link], Boston Globe
- ^ (19 September 2002). Living Daylights, Cincinnati CityBeat
- ^ Heckman, Don (8 April 2002). Lurie Plays Up Vocal Skills, Los Angeles Times
- ^ "HAVC • Croatian film catalogue".
- ^ "FIBONACCI BREAD by Danijel Zezelj @ Brooklyn Film Festival".
- ^ Barteldes, Earnest (Summer 2009). "Jessica Lurie: Shop of Wild Dreams (Zipa!)". Jazziz. 26 (3): 74. ProQuest 194488239.
- ^ Graybow, Steven (16 September 2000). Living Daylights Illuminate Seattle Scene, Billboard (magazine)
External links
edit- Official site
- Jessica Lurie Ensemble collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive