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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• Sat./ Sun. 5/ 17 & 18 Seattle: Seattle Yiddish Fest www.seattleyiddishfest.com
led by Craig Judelman with NYC Klezmer greats Frank London and Lorin Sklamberg of the Klezmatics, with Craig Judelman on violin and voice, Lori Goldston cello, your truly on reeds, Keith Judelman on bass.
Russian Community Center in Seattle 704 19th Avenue East, Seattle, WA, United States, 98112
www.russiancommunitycenterseattle.org
- Sun. 5/25 Seattle,WA: Bach & Pancakes on Sunday, May 25th at Kenyon Hall ~ 10 AM to 1 PM
Erin Jorgensen’s “Bach & Pancakes” at Studio Current is the perfect way to spend a Sunday morning in Seattle. Solo performances and duos of Bach’s music, and I’ll be playing themes and improvisations with Slingshot collaborator Heather Bentley, inspired by Bach’s Well Tempered Klavier. 7904 35th Ave SW Seattle, WA
• Sun. 5/25 Seattle Folklife Fest: Singer songwriter J.R. Rhodes with special guest Jessica Lurie on saxophone & flute
KEXP Gathering Space 4:15 PM FREE!
• Tues. 5/27 Seattle: Joe Doria Presents @SeamonsterLounge with Joe D, yours truly on reeds, RL Heyer and Olli Klomp drums
• Sat. 5/31 Portland, OR: Galen Clark Trio feat Jessica Lurie
• Mon. 6/9 Seattle: Gary Palmer’s GEMS feat Jessica Lurie @TheBlueMoonTavern
• Fri. 6/13 New Hampshire: Nikki Glaspie’s Super Sonics Shorties @Northlands Music Arts Festival
• Sat. 6/14 Seattle: 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 3515 S. Alaska St, Seattle WA 98118 TICKETS
- 6/21 Norman, OK: Nikki Glaspie’s Super Sonics Shorties @ Jazz In June
• A WRINKLE IN TIME Musical Premiere, Washington D.C. at the Arena Stage. Music and songs by Heather Christian! (www.heatherchristian.com) I am honored to be a part of the musical orchestration team for Heather’s musical Adaptation of Madeline Lengle’s book “A Wrinkle In Time”. I created parts for the multi-instrumentalist woodwind chair (flute, alto flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto and baritone saxes). Heather led a wonderfully open and creative process for this orchestration and the bevy of songs she has written are glorious! Co-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
- Sat. 7/12 Oregon Country Faire with Nikki Glaspie’s Super Sonics Shorties 7 PM
• 6/29~ 8/8 Seattle: Jack Straw Blind Youth Music Composition Residency
• 11/8 the Stone NYC with Basya Schechter’s Kabbalah Kirtan Avant Garde band!
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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!