Vic Juris
Vic Juris (born September 26, 1953 in New Jersey as Victor Edward Jurusz junior ; † December 31, 2019 ) was an American jazz guitarist .
Life
Juris was self-taught and first played for Lyn Christie in the early 1970s ; he made his first record in 1975 for Eric Kloss . He then belonged to Barry Miles' band for several years . In the late 1970s he recorded his first albums under his own name ("Roadsong", "Horizon Drive"); he was also with Richie Cole (1976, 1978) in the recording studio and with Don Patterson (1977), Wild Bill Davis , Jimmy Smith and Mel Tormé (1977). In 1981 he led his own quartet. He also played with Harvie S , Biréli Lagrène (1985), Larry Coryell (1985–86) and John Etheridge (1988). In the 1990s he worked with Dave Liebman (since 1991), but also with Ron McClure , Lee Konitz and Peggy Stern , Benny Waters , Jeanie Bryson , Gary Peacock , Steve LaSpina , Judi Silvano , Bill Goodwin , Sigi Busch and Joe Locke . He also played with Five Guitars Play Mingus . Dick Oatts was part of his quartet . Since 2002 he has been a member of Jeremy Steig's quartet , with whom he recorded the duo album Improvised (2004). In the field of jazz, according to Tom Lord , he was involved in 175 recording sessions between 1975 and 2018, most recently with Matt Kane ( The Other Side of the Story ).
His song Horizon Drive was used as a sample by Gang Starr in 1994 to make the track Mass Appeal .
Juris, who has performed at numerous major international jazz festivals, has taught at The New School for Social Research , Rutgers University and Lehigh University . He has authored two textbooks: "Vic Juris Inside / Outside: Original Play-Along Modern Jazz Guitar Solos" and "Modern Chords: Advanced Harmony for Guitar". Juris died of complications from liver cancer .
Discographic notes
- Bleecker Street (Muse, 1981)
- Night Tripper (1995)
- Moonscape ( SteepleChase Records , 1996)
- Music of Alec Wilder (Double-Time; 1996)
- Remembering Eric Dolphy (SteepleChase, 2000)
- Blue Horizon (2004)
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps (SteepleChase, 2004)
- A Second Look (2004)
- Bohemia (Jazzpoint, 2006)
- Omega Is the Alpha (SteepleChase, 2010)
- Free Admission (SteepleChase, 2012)
- Walkin on Water (SteepleChase, 2014)
- Vic Juris Plays Victor Young (2016)
- Two Guitars (SteepleChase, 2018), with Jay Anderson , Adam Nussbaum
Lexical entry
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon. Volume 1: A – L (= rororo-Sachbuch. Vol. 16512). 2nd Edition. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-16512-0 .
- Barry Kernfeld : Vic Juris. In: The New Grove .
Web links
- Michael J. West: Vic Juris 1953-2019 - Cancer claims a humble master of the jazz guitar at 66. JazzTimes, January 5, 2020, accessed January 5, 2020 .
- Works by and about Vic Juris in the catalog of the German National Library
- Vic Juris website with selection discography ( Memento of March 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- Vic Juris at Allmusic (English)
- Vic Juris at Discogs (English)
supporting documents
- ↑ Press report Marlbank.net
- ↑ Press report Ottawacitizen.com
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed January 1, 2020)
- ^ Profile New School core faculty , accessed October 19, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Juris, Vic |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jurusz, Victor E. (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz guitarist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 26, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Jersey , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 31, 2019 |