Composer and multi-instrumentalist JESSICA LURIE creates music poised between creative jazz, rock, folk and avant-garde music, generating a luscious and compelling sea of sound. She performs on saxophones, flute, accordion and voice, creating music for her Jessica Lurie Ensemble, as well as the long standing band the Tiptons Sax Quartet (www.tiptonssaxquartet.com), and New York based bands La Buya, The Hands Down, Plate Tiptonics and the Romeo Studs. She freelances internationally in groups with styles ranging from classical to Klezmer, free improvisation, Latin and funk. Her newest CD, Megaphone Heart, was released in late April 2012. Inspired by life in Brooklyn, traveling the world, and her love of American and international melodies and rhythms, this is her strongest collection of songs yet. Megaphone Heart has received rave reviews so far, including 4.5 stars from DownBeat Magazine and 5 stars from Avant Music News. www.jessicalurie.com