Search - Jessica Lurie :: Shop of Wild Dreams

Jessica is celebrating her newest release Shop of Wild Dreams (2009) co-produced by Todd Sickafoose (longtime bass player for Ani DiFranco), that features Todd on acoustic bass, Allison Miller on drums, Erik Deutsch on keyboard, Brandon Seabrook on banjo and guitar, and Jessica on saxophones, flute and voice. Shop of Wild Dreams is receiving praise internationally, described as :original, soulful, entirely unpredictable - call it jazz as that's the only genre big enough to contain it but listen for influences from East European choral singing to roots American country gospel, experimental jazz to to deep groovin' funky beats. Jessica has performed, toured or recorded with international artists such as Bill Frisell, The Indigo Girls, Danijel Zezelj, Amy Denio, Zemog,  Ellen Fullman & Pauline Oliveros, members of Il Gallo Rojo Collective, Vinicio Caposella, Carlo Actis Dato, Skerik, Mike Clark, Allison Miller, The Pat Grainey Dance Company, Eyvind Kang, Wayne Horvitz, Booker Washington Jr., Leo Neocentelli,  Paul McCandless, Calvin Weston, Sleater Kinney, The Shakin' Ray Levis Society, NYC's Circus Amok, Frank London, Kenny Wolleson, Todd Sickafoose, Brandon Seabrook, Jenny Scheinman, Big Head Todd & the Monsters, James Blood Ulmer Trio, The Brazilian Girls, Les Claypool, Nels Cline, MMW, The Berkeley Symphony and NYC' s Great Small Works theatre company among others. Shop of Wild Dreams has been reviewed and acclaimed in All About Jazz (NY and Italy), Jazziz, Jazz Times, Downbeat, Chicago Jazz Magazine, The New Yorker, Jambase and the International Review of Music.