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Jessica Lurie

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Jessica Lurie
Background information
Occupations
  • Composer
  • performance artist
InstrumentWoodwind

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]

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

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Solo albums

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  • 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

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  • !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)
  • 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 Jon Madof's Zion80

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With La Buya

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  • La Buya (2021)
  • Holy Chutzpah (2022)

Other appearances

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References

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  1. ^ Hudson, J.J. (29 January 2004). Jazz musician to bring one of her three avant-garde groups to Chico, Chico Enterprise-Record
  2. ^ "The New Cool: Jessica Lurie - Beyond Bicoastal". KNKX Public Radio. 2017-12-15. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
  3. ^ (15 May 2009). SXSW artist interview: Jessica Lurie, mynorthwest.com
  4. ^ Gottschalk, Kurt (5 September 2009). Jessica Lurie: Shop of Wild Dreams & Laws of Motion, allaboutjazz.com, Retrieved June 15, 2011
  5. ^ Blumenthal, Bob (13 April 2001). LIVING DAYLIGHTS RELUCTANTLY EMBRACES `JAM BAND' LABEL[dead link], Boston Globe
  6. ^ (19 September 2002). Living Daylights, Cincinnati CityBeat
  7. ^ Heckman, Don (8 April 2002). Lurie Plays Up Vocal Skills, Los Angeles Times
  8. ^ "HAVC • Croatian film catalogue".
  9. ^ "FIBONACCI BREAD by Danijel Zezelj @ Brooklyn Film Festival".
  10. ^ Barteldes, Earnest (Summer 2009). "Jessica Lurie: Shop of Wild Dreams (Zipa!)". Jazziz. 26 (3): 74. ProQuest 194488239.
  11. ^ Graybow, Steven (16 September 2000). Living Daylights Illuminate Seattle Scene, Billboard (magazine)
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