Jessica Lurie Music » Uncategorized http://www.jessicalurie.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:36:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Winter Jazz Fest Kick-Off Thurs. Jan 5,2012 with Jessica Lurie Ensemble, Mark Ribot, Red Baraat, Skerik/Medeski/Dietch http://www.jessicalurie.com/2012/01/winter-jazz-fest-kick-off-thurs-jan-52012-with-jessica-lurie-ensemble-mark-ribot-red-baraat-skerikmedeskidietch/ http://www.jessicalurie.com/2012/01/winter-jazz-fest-kick-off-thurs-jan-52012-with-jessica-lurie-ensemble-mark-ribot-red-baraat-skerikmedeskidietch/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:36:34 +0000 admin http://www.jessicalurie.com/?p=456 Happy New Yar! Sretno Felice Bonne Annee! It has been a busy Fall – touring in Europe with JLE and Danijel Zezelj then west coasting with the Tiptons Sax Quartet and a bunch of free lance dates in Seattle, in cluding a great house concert with my Dad, and new music I composed for trio!

and Tonight! VERY EXCITING!!!!  I am thrilled to be a part of the action tonight – and of course we be checking out the fest tomorrow !

THURDAY, January 05, 2012 Winter Jazz Fest Kick-off
Medeski / Skerik / Deitch , Red Baraat and Marc Ribot’s Young Philadelphians
w/ Jessica Lurie Ensemble and (Pre-festival Kick Off to the 2012 Winter Jazzfest NYC)

8:00pm – Jessica Lurie Ensemble with JL(sax & voice), Erik Deutsch (pno), Will Bernard (gtr), Chris Lightcap(bass), Allison Miller (dr)
9:00pm – Mark Ribot’s Young Philadelphians w/ strings
10:30pm – Red Baraat
12:00am – Medeski, Skerik, Deitch

Doors:  7:00 PM Showtime: 8 PM  Tickets: $25
(Le) Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker Street  New York, NY 10012
http://www.lepoissonrouge.com
212.505.FISH – phone
646.478.9197 – fax

And other fun events coming up -
January 9-14 JAMCRUISE! http://www.jamcruise.com

February 18, 2011 NYC Pre – RELEASE – JESSICA LURIE ENSEMBLE MEGAPHONE HEART @ 92 Y Tribeca, NYC

]]> http://www.jessicalurie.com/2012/01/winter-jazz-fest-kick-off-thurs-jan-52012-with-jessica-lurie-ensemble-mark-ribot-red-baraat-skerikmedeskidietch/feed/ 0 Megaphone Heart – going into production soon! http://www.jessicalurie.com/2011/10/megaphone-heart-going-into-production-soon/ http://www.jessicalurie.com/2011/10/megaphone-heart-going-into-production-soon/#comments Sat, 01 Oct 2011 05:08:12 +0000 admin http://www.jessicalurie.com/?p=451 My new CD Megaphone Heart is nearly mastered! Danijel Zezelj wwwdzezelj.com will making the artwork and the JLE will be touring in Europe and the US this Fall with some advance copies but the official release is Feb 2012 in NYC at 92 Y Tribeca – but of course there will be many CD release shows all over I hope! The new recording hosts the same great band as on Shop of Wild Dreams: a line up of some of the most in-demand players in the jazz, experimental, folk and pop scenes in New York and the West Coast. Produced by Todd Sickafoose, MEGAPHONE HEART features Todd also on bass (longtime bass player for Ani DiFranco), Allison Miller on drums (currently touring extensively with Brandi Carlyle) , Erik Deutsch on keyboard (of Charlie Hunter’s band), and Brandon Seabrook (Frank London’s Brotherhood of Brass, Jazz Passengers) on banjo and guitar.

]]> http://www.jessicalurie.com/2011/10/megaphone-heart-going-into-production-soon/feed/ 0 just played a great show with The Hands Down! http://www.jessicalurie.com/2011/10/just-played-a-great-show-with-the-hands-down/ http://www.jessicalurie.com/2011/10/just-played-a-great-show-with-the-hands-down/#comments Sat, 01 Oct 2011 05:02:53 +0000 admin http://www.jessicalurie.com/?p=448 a fun show of this very new project, with Jessica Lurie (sax), Ben Syversen (trumpet), Michael Bates (bass), Sean Dixon (drums) Fun free jazz!

]]> http://www.jessicalurie.com/2011/10/just-played-a-great-show-with-the-hands-down/feed/ 0 JLE @ BAM cafe May 20! Sound installations & Summer music! http://www.jessicalurie.com/2011/05/jle-bam-cafe-may-20-sound-installations-summer-music/ http://www.jessicalurie.com/2011/05/jle-bam-cafe-may-20-sound-installations-summer-music/#comments Sat, 14 May 2011 12:25:57 +0000 admin http://www.jessicalurie.com/?p=439 Ciao ciao tutti!
The year seems to be flying by – mid May already?! Lots of good things have been happening this year so far and many more in the works! Here is a little update…
FRIDAY May 20TH , 9 PM -  1 SET 
Jessica Lurie Ensemble at BAM cafe in Brooklyn NY FREE!
with Todd Sickafoose on bass, Brandon Seabrook-guitar, Mark Ferber -drums and Brian Marsalla – piano. I am really excited to be playing at the BAM cafe – what a beautiful space and with a beautiful band! We will be playing music from Shop of Wild Dreams and from my forthcoming CD Megaphone Heart. It is a free show so please come out and join us!

a NEW recording is in the works!… Due to come out in the Fall (October 2011) MEGAPHONE HEART is my latest studio adventure, produced by great bassist Todd Sickafoose. More singing, brand new original songs (half of the CD I am singing on), with the same great band as before ( I love having a band – booking agents anyone?) that features Todd on acoustic bass, Allison Miller on drums, Erik Deutsch on keyboard, and Brandon Seabrook on banjo and guitar, with special guest Marika Hughes on cello on several tracks.
SOUND INSTALLATION: RING YOUR BELL…This past week  I was lucky enough to be part of a great 4-day workshop hosted by CECArtslink in NYC, where we focused on public art (what is it , what does it mean, the where’s and how’s) led by Kendal Henry. How to go through the system or e a guerilla…. I’ll be putting up a little sound installation/interactive sound piece that if you are in lower Manhattan (near Wall Street) you can come and play and alter your sonic perception of the strange Wall street area (assuming no one steals it) and you can be part of the making new art! More info on Monday – come out at 5 pm to check it out! Pictures and documentation coming will be up on the site once i build it Sunday!
Saturday, JUNE 4 in Montepulicano, Italy … Celebrating the history of Il Grifo Magazine 
a live music & live painting performance with Danijel Zezelj, with Marco Mollinelli on guitar/FX. Montepulciano is dear to my heart with so many great friends there! And we will be making new sights and sounds to celebrate Il Grifo, that published graphic artists such as Zezelj, Manara, Andrea Pazienza… Danijel, Marco and I recently did a big performance at the Gardner Museum in Boston “FRAMES” which we are planing to bring to new locations in the Fall and 2012.
THE GOLDEN RACKET by Jennifer Miller at La MAMA in June! Miller has done it again and has created a fine script indeed – I did music for this in April at Pratt with her theatre students – now it will be at La Mama, Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance– BAAD, and the Coney Island Side Show in June, Kenny Wolleson and I providing the sounds. “La MaMa in association with Circus Amok presents a new comic play by Jennifer Miller, “The Golden Racket” Inspired by the mayhem of the 2009 New York State Senate the political flip-floppery of Hiram Monsertte and Pedro Espada, “The Golden Racket” follows the adventures of the women behind the men as they set out to enact a certain necessary revenge.  Double crossings, intrigue, high camp, and heartbreak come together in this tragic farce of power, greed, democracy, lust and…tennis? The Golden Racket” features a cast of downtown stage stars including Jennifer Miller, Becca Blackwell, Erin Markey, Jenny Romaine and Carlton Ward.” http://lamama.org/the-club/the-golden-racket/
HIGH SIERRA MUSIC FESTIVAL, Quincy , CA June 30 – July 3 I’ll be performing with the Jessica Lurie Ensemble with Erik Deutsch and Will Bernard, Thursday June 30 and Friday July 1, and sitting in with various folks through the weekend. EXCITED to be at this festival again! http://www.highsierramusic.com

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