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John Lurie (born December 14, 1952) is an American musician, painter, actor, director, and producer. He co-founded the Lounge Lizards jazz ensemble; has acted in 19 films, including Stranger than Paradise and Down by Law; has composed and performed music for 20 television and film works; and he produced, directed, and starred in the Fishing with John television series.
The Lounge Lizards were an eclectic No Wave musical group founded by saxophonist John Lurie and his brother, pianist Evan Lurie, in 1978.Initially known for their ironic, tongue-in-cheek take on jazz, The Lounge Lizards eventually became a showcase for John Lurie's sophisticated compositions straddling jazz and many other genres.
Lurie recounts his teenage years occasionally letting Jean-Michel Basquiat live with him, and encountering Klaus Nomi in New York. John and Nesrin end the show saying they want to stop the show, leaving Erik to chase them in a game of hide-and-seek throughout the residence, as Lurie's song "Ketchak" plays throughout.
HBOIn a TV landscape littered with dark, gritty dramas and cornball comedies, it’s refreshing to find a show as funny, soothing, surprising and downright idiosyncratic as Painting with John, and ...
The show was born out of Lurie filming a fishing trip he took with Tom Waits in New Zealand. Among other things, John Lurie is a reality-television pioneer. A musician who founded jazz group the ...
The Lounge Lizards is the first album by the Lounge Lizards.It features hectic instrumental jazz. The songs are mostly composed by band leader and saxophone player John Lurie. [2]
After the Covid-19 lockdown was lifted in New York City, Blake assembled a new group of musicians from Brazil, USA and Canada called Chroma Nova and recorded the music. [41] Blake rejoined his Lounge Lizards colleagues in 2021 and 2022 to record new music for John Lurie's TV Series Painting with John on HBO.
This week's cover for The New Yorker is making waves on social media as people react to the magazine's illustration.. The image, titled “A Mother’s Work” by R. Kikuo Johnson, gives readers a ...