Jessica Lurie
Background information
Occupation(s)
  • Composer
  • performance artist
Instrument(s)Woodwind

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

Solo albums

With Jessica Lurie Ensemble

With The Tiptons Sax Quartet

Main article: The Tiptons Sax Quartet § Discography

With Living Daylights

Main article: Living Daylights (jazz band) § Discography

With Eyvind Kang

With Jon Madof's Zion80

With La Buya

With Breslov Bar Band

Other appearances

References

  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, 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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