Jessica Lurie

Jessica Lurie is an American composer, performance artist and woodwind player,[1] originally hailing from Seattle and now living in Brooklyn, New York.[2]

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

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.[3] In 1995, she also had a first release with the group Living Daylights, which performs jazz-jamband music.[4][5] She has also performed as the leader of the Jessica Lurie Ensemble since 2002.[6]

She composed music for No Sleep Won't Kill You (2010) by Croatian filmmaker Marko Mestrovic, co-scored with composer Abraham Gomez-Delgado,[7] and Fibonacci Bread (2012), a short animation by Croatian artist Danijel Zezelj.[8]

Discography

Solo albums
  • 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
  • !Zipa Buka! (2003, Zipa Music)
  • Shop of Wild Dreams (2009, Zipa Music)
  • Megaphone Heart (2012, Zipa Music)
  • Carambolage (2021)

With The Tiptons Sax Quartet
Main article: The Tiptons Sax Quartet § Discography
  • 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
Main article: Living Daylights § Discography
  • Falling Down Laughing (1995, Liquid City)
  • 500 Pound Cat (1998, Liquid City)
  • Electric Rosary (2000, Liquid City)[9]
  • Night of the Living Daylights (2003)

With Eyvind Kang

With Jon Madof's Zion80

With La Buya
  • La Buya (2021)

With Breslov Bar Band
  • Holy Chutzpah (2022)

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. (15 May 2009). SXSW artist interview: Jessica Lurie, mynorthwest.com
  3. Gottschalk, Kurt (5 September 2009). Jessica Lurie: Shop of Wild Dreams & Laws of Motion, allaboutjazz.com, Retrieved June 15, 2011
  4. Blumenthal, Bob (13 April 2001). LIVING DAYLIGHTS RELUCTANTLY EMBRACES `JAM BAND' LABEL, Boston Globe
  5. (19 September 2002). Living Daylights, Cincinnati CityBeat
  6. Heckman, Don (8 April 2002). Lurie Plays Up Vocal Skills, Los Angeles Times
  7. "HAVC • Croatian film catalogue".
  8. "FIBONACCI BREAD by Danijel Zezelj @ Brooklyn Film Festival".
  9. Graybow, Steven (16 September 2000). Living Daylights Illuminate Seattle Scene, Billboard (magazine)
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