John Lurie / discography
John Lurie at the Jazz Jamboree 1992.
This discography is an overview of the recordings of saxophonist John Lurie . It comprises a large number of albums in which he was involved as a solo musician, leader, guest or accompanist. Lurie's main instrument is the saxophone , but he also plays numerous other instruments and occasionally sings.
The discography presented here includes all albums on which Lurie was involved as a musician. Compilation albums by other artists are excluded. The first section lists albums that were published under Lurie's name or under his pseudonym Marvin Pontiac . The second section contains all the Lounge Lizards albums . In the third section, Lurie's guest appearances were mentioned.
Albums under your own name
| Release | title | Label | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Music From the Original Scores: Stranger Than Paradise and The Resurrection of Albert Ayler | Made to Measure, Enigma | including soundtrack to Stranger than Paradise ; with Curtis Fowlkes and Arto Lindsay, among others |
| 1987 | Down by law | Music box | Soundtrack for Down by Law ; released on Made to Measure as Original Soundtracks by John Lurie From Down by Law and Variety |
| 1989 | Mystery Train | Milan | Soundtrack for Mystery Train ; first part with songs by other artists |
| 1993 | Men with sticks | Columbia Records | as the John Lurie National Orchestra with Calvin Weston and Billy Martin ; recorded in 1992 |
| 1997 | Excess Bagage: Original Music by John Lurie | Prophecy Entertainment | Soundtrack |
| 1998 | Fishing With John | Strange & Beautiful Music | Soundtrack for the TV series of the same name |
| 1999 | The Legendary Marvin Pontiac: Greatest Hits | Strange & Beautiful Music | published under the fictional name Marvin Pontiac |
| African Swim and Manny & Lo | Strange & Beautiful Music | Soundtracks | |
| 2014 | The Invention of Animals | Amulet Records | as The John Lurie National Orchestra; recorded 1992–1994, four songs originally recorded for the television series Fishing With John |
| 2017 | Marvin Pontiac: The Asylum Tapes | Strange & Beautiful Music | only available digitally |
With The Lounge Lizards
| Release | title | Label | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | The Lounge Lizards | Editions EG | with Steve Piccolo , Anton Fier , Arto Lindsay, Evan Lurie |
| 1983 | Live From the Drunken Boat | Europe Records | Live album (recorded in 1982); with Tony Garnier, Dougie Brown, Peter Zummo, Evan Lurie |
| 1984 | fusion | Europe Records | together with the London Philharmonic Orchestra , conducted by Teo Macero ; Lounge lizards only on theme song |
| 1985 | Live 79-81 | Reachout International Records | with Steve Piccolo, Anton Fier, Arto Lindsay, Dana Vlcek, Danny Rosen, Evan Lurie |
| 1986 | Live in Tokyo - Big Heart | Island Records | Live album (recorded in 1986); with Erik Sanko, Douglas Bowne, Marc Ribot , Evan Lurie, Roy Nathanson , Curtis Fowlkes |
| 1987 | No pain for cakes | Island Records | with Erik Sanko, Douglas Bowne, Marc Ribot, Evan Lurie, Roy Nathanson, Curtis Fowlkes, EJ Rodriguez |
| 1988 | Voice of Chunk | Milan | with Erik Sanko, Douglas Bowne, Marc Ribot, Evan Lurie, Roy Nathanson, Curtis Fowlkes, EJ Rodriguez |
| 1991 | Berlin 1991 Part I. | veraBra Records | with Oren Bloedow, Jane Scarpantoni, G. Calvin Weston , Michele Navazio, Billy Martin , Michael Blake , Steven Bernstein , Bryan Carrott |
| 1992 | Live in Berlin 1991 Vol. II | veraBra Records | with Oren Bloedow, Jane Scarpantoni, G. Calvin Weston, Michele Navazio, Billy Martin, Michael Blake, Steven Bernstein, Bryan Carrott |
| 1998 | Queen of All Ears | Strange & Beautiful Music | with Erik Sanko, Jane Scarpantoni, Calvin Weston, Evan Lurie, David Tronzo , Ben Perowsky , Michael Blake, Steven Bernstein |
Guest appearances
| Release | Interpreter | title | Label | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Beth B & Scott B | Vortex - The Motion Picture Soundtrack | Neutral Records | on Main Title , Tony and Powers , The Roof , Sleaze , The Chase |
| 1985 | Tom Waits | Rain Dogs | Island Records | in Walking Spanish |
| 1987 | Various artists | Two Moon July | Image entertainment | Video recordings; on boating with Evan Lurie |
| John anger | Spillane | Tzadik | Vote on Spillane ; 1999 re-released as Godard / Spillane | |
| 1988 | Ambitious lovers | Greed | Virgin Records | on Omotesando |
| Seigen Ono | Comme Des Garçons Volume One | Venture | on Hunting for Lions ; 1992 re-released as Comme Des Garçons Volume One + Two | |
| 1992 | Ryuichi Sakamoto | Heartbeat | Virgin Music | on Lulu |
| 1995 | The Red Hot Chili Peppers | One hot minute | Warner bros. | on theme song |
| Various artists | Get Shorty (Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Antilles | Lurie with 10 of the 17 songs | |
| 1996 | Elysian Fields | Elysian Fields | Radioactive | on Move Me |
| 1997 | Various artists | Lounge-A-Palooza | Hollywood Records | on Love Will Keep Us Together by Jimmy Scott & Flea |
| 1999 | Mauro Refosco | Seven Waves - Sete Onda | MA Recordings | - |
Web links
- John Lurie at Discogs (English)
- John Lurie / Discography at Allmusic (English)