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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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! Are you a venue? Booking Agent? Please CONTACT US if you are interested in having us in your area!
March is Women’s History Month, so we invite folks to contact us with stories about women’s tribulations and triumphs ~ from all angles ~ LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and TWIST (tales of women’s ingenuity, standing tall) to share live at our concerts. If selected, you can read the story at one of our concerts (or have us read it), then we’ll create the soundtrack on the spot! Send us a note to my email or at tiptons4tet@gmail.com if you have a story ~ it can funny, or poignant, or scary ~ or whatever. Ideally no longer than two minutes. We are still looking for speakers so please reach out yourself or with recommendations!
- Wed. 3/5 Seattle WA: Cornish College of the Arts Workshop
- Fri. 3/7 Seattle WA: The Royal Room
- Sat 3/8 Eugene, OR, The Jazz Station
- Tues. 3/11 Arcata, CA – Humbolt U (day) & Arcata Playhouse 8 PM
- Wed. 3/12 Arcata, CA ~ House Concert 7 PM
- Thur. 3/13 San Francisco, CA: San Francisco Dharma Collective 7PM
- Sat. 3/15 Berkeley, CA: The Back Room 8PM
- Sun. 3/16 Santa Rosa, CA: Radio with Don Campau at KOWS Link to Tiptons Live On KOWS , Two Parts
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/feastonthisjazz - Wed. 3/19 Oakland, CA: Wyldflowr Arts 7 PM TICKETS
- Thur. 3/20 Roseburg, OR: The Rosebud Theater 7 PM TICKETS
- Fri. 3/21 Richland, WA: The Emerald of Siam 5 PM
- Sat. 3/22 Portland OR, Jack London Revue 8 PM
- Sun. 3/23 Chimacum, WA: Finnriver Cidery 3 PM
- Mon. 3/24 Olympia Wa, Olympia Jazz Central @ Eagles Lounge 7 PM
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• 3/27-30 Seattle, WA Broadway Performance Hall : MOISTURE FESTIVAL with the Naked Truth Band led by the fearless Mark Ettinger! Featuring Mark Ettinger ~ piano, guitar, songs & band leading; Jessica Lurie ~ saxophone, flute, voice; Erik Vanderbuilt-Matthews ~ saxophone, clarinet, synth; Dune Butler ~ bass; Cutts Peasley ~ drums, with many special guests!
1625 Broadway Seattle, WA 98122 https://moisturefestival.org
SHOWTIMES: TICKETS
Thur. 3/27 ~ 7:30 PM
Fri. 3/28 ~ 7:30 PM & 10:45 PM
Sat. 3/29 ~ 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM with cameos with Jim Page and J.R. Jennifer Rhodes
Sun. 3/30 ~ NOON & 3:00 PM
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• Fri. 4/4 Seattle, WA: The ROYAL ROOM with Gaylan Clarke & Jessica Lurie Quartet
JLE Quartet with JL ~ flute & saxophone; Andy Coe ~ guitar; Geoff Harper ~ bass ; Grant Schroff ~ drums
5000 Rainier Avenue S, Seattle | 206-906-9920
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NEW YORK CITY AREA SHOWS!
• Thur. 4/10 NYC: Recording session with Chris Cochrane! Amazing composer and improvisor
• Fri. 4/18 NYC: House band led by Michael Owcharuck, backing up Sharon Williams’ LEGACY Show
• Sat 4/19 NYC: Lincoln Center with Cesar Alvarez’s Potluck
- Thur. 4/24 Brooklyn, NY: The Owl Music Parlor with Julia Elsas’ SONIC MUD
- Sat. 4/26 Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY: Improvisation & Conduction Festival, new band with Frank London, Steve Swallow, Jessica Lurie and more! more info soon
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NEW ORLEANS around Jazz Fest SHOWS!! Finally getting back down South and can’t wait!
- Tues 4/29 Skerik’s Sauce Fest At @nodicenola (formerly HI HO LOUNGE) ~ 9 PM – excited to join the sonic fray!
2239 ST CLAUDE, NEW ORLEANS, LA www.nodicenola.com - Wed. 4/30 Frank London Brass Band TBA
- Fri. 5/2 Helen Gillet with Jessica Lurie @ Madame Vic’s, madamevics.com
8 – 11 PM 1500 Elysian Fields Ave New Orleans, LA 70117-8253 (504) 841-9248
•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!