Jessica Lurie
Jessica Lurie (born October 3, 1967 in Cambridge (Massachusetts) ) is an American jazz musician ( alto , tenor saxophone , flute , accordion , vocals , composition ).
Act
Lurie has been in the Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet since 1989 , which released its first album in 1993, with her powerful and passionate, but always group-serving contributions; it still belongs to the Tiptons today. Since 1995 she has also played with Arne Livingston and Dale Fanning in the band Living Daylights Grunge -Jazz, where she partly doubles her saxophone electronically ( 500 pound cat ). In 2001 she moved from Seattle to New York City , where she became part of the downtown scene. So she worked with Bill Frisell , Marc Ribot , Marty Ehrlich , Wayne Horvitz. She has released several albums with her Jessica Lurie Ensemble. She also recorded with Eyvind Kang , The Posies , the Indigo Girls and I Metropoliziani ( La luce azzurra ). She also wrote film music .
Discographic notes
- Motor bison serenade (1999)
- Zipa Buca (2002)
- Licorice & Smoke (2006, with Todd Sickafoose, Scott Amendola , Nels Cline )
- Megaphone Heart (2012, with Todd Sickafoose, Erik Deutsch, Allison Miller , Brandon Seabrook )
Lexical entries
- Wolf Kampmann (Ed.), With the assistance of Ekkehard Jost : Reclams Jazzlexikon . Reclam, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-15-010528-5 .
Web links
- Web presence
- Jessica Lurie at Allmusic (English)
- Jessica Lurie in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lurie, Jessica |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd October 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cambridge, Massachusetts |