Ciao Tutti , Friends and Music Lovers!
Happy New Year Friends and Music Lovers! It is a turbulent time, between politics and election tensions, climate change, the many wars and destruction around us, and I feel blessed to be able to keep making music and connecting with so many people through sound and art. Below is a short list of news and new sounds available and coming up, new happenings, videos, etc. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Thank YOU as always for supporting creative music and art, live and online. Please follow me on Bandcamp to get updates on new releases and help support other great independent musicians. https://jessicalurie.bandcamp.com/follow_me
Wishing peace, love, compassion and strength to all, Jessica
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• Jan 1 Seattle WA: Bach Party! Email me for more information
• Sat. Jan 11, Seattle, WA: Danny Godinez & Friends @seamonsterlounge.com 10 PM – 1 AM
Danny Godinez guitar; Joe Doria organ/synth; Farko Dosumov bass; Jessica Lurie woodwinds; Doug Octoport drums
• Wed. Jan 15, Seattle, WA: “Free Funk Wednesdays”at Nectar Lounge, Coe & Lurie Quartet & Friends: Andy Coe on guitar, Jessica Lurie reeds, Arne Livingston bass, Grant Schroth drums & more! FREE – for tickets RSVP
• Sat. Jan 18 Kirkland, WA: J.R. Jennifer Rhodes New Album Listening and Fundraising Event, Private 4-7 pm
• Sat. Jan 25 , Seattle: Dada Sonics @Seamonster Lounge with Jessica Lurie sax/flute, Arne Livingston bass, Tate Peterson guitar, Galen Clarke on Hammond organ, special guest Matt Jorgenson on drums. 10 PM dadasonics.com
• Jan 29, Seattle, WA: Big Kitty at Nectar Lounge – I’ll likely be sitting in with this fabulous group!
• Jan 30, Portland, OR: Dada Sonics & Big Kitty @The Get Down www.thegetdownpdx.com with Jessica Lurie sax/flute, Arne Livingston bass, Tate Peterson guitar, Galen Clarke on Hammond organ, Kurt Kalbfleisch on drums. 9 PM 680 SE 6th Ave Portland, OR
• Jan 31 , Olympia WA OLYMPIA FUNK FEST with Dada Sonics! Jessica Lurie sax/flute, Arne Livingston bass, Tate Peterson guitar, Galen Clarke on Hammond organ, Kurt Kalbfleisch on drums.Funk Off! Olympia Funk Fest, Olympia, WA
TIPTONS SAX QUARTET & DRUMS SPRING 2025 WEST COAST TOUR
The Tiptons are on tour again next Spring and currently booking our March Pacific NW Tour! We are still booking dates WA, OR, and CA. Are you a venue? Booking Agent? Please CONTACT US if you are interested in having us in your area!
- Wed. 3/5 Seattle Cornish College of the Arts Workshop
- Fri. 3/7 Seattle Wa, The Royal Room
- Sat 3/8 Eugene, OR, The Jazz Station
- Sun. 3/9 TBD
- Tues. 3/11 Arcata – Humbolt U (day) & Arcata Playhouse 8 PM
- Thur. 3/13 San Francisco, CA: San Francisco Dharma Collective
- Sat. 3/15 Berkeley, CA: The Back Room
- 3/16-3/20 STILL BOOKING DATES
- Fri. 3/21 Richland, WA: The Emerald of Siam
- Sat. 3/22 Portland OR, Jack London Revue
- Sun. 3/23 Astoria, OR Fort George Brewery
- Mon. 3/24 Olympia Wa, Olympia Jazz Central @ Eagles Lounge
•November 2024 into February 2025 in NYC working on Wrinkle In Time, music and songs by Heather Christian! www.heatherchristian.com I am honored and excited to be a part of the musical orchestration team for Heather’s musical Adaptation of Madeline Lengle’s book “A Wrinkle In Time”. I am creating parts for the multi-instrumentalist woodwind chair (flute, alto and baritone sax, clarinet, bass clarinet, and a few other noise makers tbd). It is pretty fantastic work, and we will be in Week 2 in November, Week 3 in December and Week 4 in early February, finishing the book up by March, led by Ben Moss and Emily Whitaker as music directors.Also part of the fantastic orchestration group are long time collaborators from her band The Arbornauts ~ Sasha Brown on guitar, Matt Bogdanow on drums, Mariana Ramirez on percussion, and Dana Lynn orchestrating for string quartet! Heather is leading a wonderfully open and creative process for this orchestration and the bevy of songs she has written are glorious! Premiering in April in Washington D.C.!
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/19/theater/terce-review-heather-christian.html?smid=url-share
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REVIEWS of Taylor Mac’s THE HANG! this was such an incredible performance to be a part of . Future plans for the show are in the works! Stay tuned!
• https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/23/theater/the-hang-review.html
• https://www.thewrap.com/the-hang-review-taylor-mac-socrates/
• https://www.vulture.com/2022/01/theater-review-taylor-macs-the-hang.html
• https://www.theatermania.com/off-off-broadway/reviews/review-taylor-mac-the-• hang-socrates_93260.html
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LINKS TO LIVESTREAM PERFORMANCES:
Heather Bentley (viola, electronics) & JL (flute,sax) Duo , Live at the Wayward in Limbo music series, March 23, 2021 at The Chapel, Seattle, WA.
Wayward in Limbo with the redoubtable Steve Peters as ears and gears. We are beyond honored to be included in this incredible pandemic project which has now generated over a hundred unique sonic offerings. Truly the best in midnight listening. Thank you Steve and Wayward, and hang in there music peeps. We’re still vibrating. We’re #102
Seattle singer-songwriter Jim Page with JL as special guest on alto sax. April 2021
Joe Doria (Hammond B3) • JL (flute, sax) • Heather Thomas (drums) Live from Joe’s Garage ~ two great nights of music, sonic lights and improvisations
January 31, 2021 Livestream Performance
March 2, 2021 Livestream Performance
Unhappy with the prospect of not playing live with others and dissatisfied with other mask designs, I designed sturdily built to last, with reinforced seams, bridge, and double upper and lower elastic straps with adjusters for extra support and a perfect fit! Many thanks to Michael Winograd, Dan Blacksberg and my Mom for their help getting this venture off the ground. It’s still evolving but here is my funny promo video! Also if you don’t play horn you can use it for drinking fancy drinks during pandemic cocktail hour! Please feel free to message me with any questions you have! zipamusic@gmail.com.
You can check out mask designs and other handmade items at my ETSY store!
• MUSIC LESSONS! I’m giving online lessons on flute, saxophone, clarinet, singing, composition and improvisation! Please contact me directly if you’re interested! zipamusic@gmail.com
• Recording/Overdubbing/Arranging for your music needs: I am available for recording, arranging, making transcriptions and producing, creating short sound tracks as well recording woodwinds and vocals via my home studio. Please inquire!