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From the late ’70s through the turn of the 21st century, John Lurie was a leading ambassador of NYC cool. As mastermind of the Lounge Lizards, the self-taught saxophonist helped cement what came ...
Mar 11, 2022 · E arly in 2006, the American artist John Lurie finished work on a watercolour he titled Bear Surprise. The painting depicts the animal in a meadow standing on its hind legs in front of a couple ...
Feb 10, 2021 · The patron saint of outsider art, John Lurie, has returned to TV with the HBO show ‘Painting With John.’. In conversation, he explores the aims and methods of his life-affirming series ...
John Lurie is a musician, actor, and painter. In 1978, he formed The Lounge Lizards jazz ensemble with his brother Evan, and the band made music for 20 years. Lurie has also composed scores for films, and his soundtrack for Get Shorty (1995) was nominated for a Grammy award. He had starring roles in the 1980s Jim Jarmusch films Stranger Than ...
Jan 21, 2021 · Painting With John tweaks the formula of an instructional art show in much the same way that Fishing With John did the nature program. As with the bulk of Lurie’s output, it swirls together a ...
Jan 29, 2021 · Such is John Lurie’s “Painting With John,” an idiosyncratic bagatelle whose second episode (of six) premieres Friday. First known as a musician and an actor, pursuits he was forced to ...
Nov 21, 2008 · John Lurie’s Top 10. 10. John Lurie, whose band, the Lounge Lizards, was one of the most acclaimed jazz groups of the eighties and nineties, has recorded twenty-two albums and has acted in several films, including Stranger Than Paradise, Down by Law, and The Last Temptation of Christ. Lurie also wrote, directed, and starred in the television ...
