Ciao Tutti , Friends and Music Lovers!
Happy Spring 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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NEW YORK CITY AREA SHOWS!
• Thur. 4/17 NYC JFREJ Seder in the Streets : The band: Erica Mancini (marching snare+), Caitlin Cawley (marching bass drum+), Frank London (trumpet), Jessica Lurie (alto sax), John Cushing (trombone), Sam Day Harmet (banjo w/ travel amp), Dean Olsher (tuba, for second half) Columbus Circle into Central Park
• Fri. 4/18 NYC: United Solo Theater Festival at Theater Row (in Theater One).
House band led by Michael Owcharuck, backing up Sharon Williams’ LEGACY Show. Sharon Williams is an Emmy winning writer, poet, spoken word, and theater artist.
7pm ~ 410 W 42nd Street, NYC 10036
www.sharonnwilliams.com
• Sat. 4/26 Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY:LIVE COMPOSITION FEST 2025: DECENNIA TICKETS
We Are Here Brooklyn Studios 563 Johnson Ave, Bushwick, Brooklyn SIX ENSEMBLES “REMIX THE DECADES” IN DECENNIA, A TWO-DAY FESTIVAL THAT EXPLORES THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE THROUGH LIVE COMPOSITION.
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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
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WEST COAST
• May 10 Portland OR DADA SONICS TRIO @ Tomorrow’s Verse 4605 NE Fremont St, Portland, OR, 97213 Arne Livingston on bass and loops, Jessica Lurie winds and electronics, and Machato on drums.
• May 25 Seattle, WA Bach & Pancakes on Sunday, May 25th at Kenyon Hall.
Erin Jorgensen’s “Bach & Pancakes” at Studio Current is the perfect way to spend a Sunday morning in Seattle. Duo of themes and improvisations with my great Slingshot collaborator Heather Bentley, inspired by Bach Well Tempered Klavier books. www.kenyonhall.org 7904 35th Ave SW Seattle, WA 98126
• June 7 Portland OR DADA SONICS @ Tomorrow’s Verse
4605 NE Fremont St, Portland, OR, 97213
• June 14 SEAPROG Music Fest sitting in on electrified saxophone with Kathy Moore Super Power Trio with Julie Slick, Luca Carter and Ben Root. Opening up for GONG, RACHEL FLOWERS and more!
Rainer Arts Center www.rainierartscenter.org 3515 S. Alaska St, Seattle WA 98118 ~ TICKETS
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•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!