Vic Juris
Vic Juris ( born September 26, 1953 in New Jersey; actual name Victor E. Jurusz ) is an American jazz guitarist.
Juris is self-taught and first played in the early 1970s with Lyn Christie; his first recording in 1975, he played for Eric Kloss one. Subsequently, he was for several years the band by Barry Miles. In the late 1970s he recorded his first album under his own name ( " Road Song," " Horizon Drive "); next he was with Richie Cole (1976, 1978) in the recording studio as well as with Don Patterson (1977 ), Wild Bill Davis, Jimmy Smith and Mel Torme (1977). In 1981 he led his own quartet. He also played with Harvie S, Bireli Lagrene (1985 ), Larry Coryell ( 1985-86 ) and John Etheridge (1988). In the 1990s he worked with Dave Liebman (since 1991 ), but also with Ron McClure, Lee Konitz and Peggy Stern, Benny Waters, Jeanie Bryson, Gary Peacock, Steve LaSpina, Judi Silvano, Bill Goodwin, Sigi Busch and Joe Locke. He also played with Five Guitars Play Mingus. To his quartet Dick Oatts heard. Since 2002 he is member of the Quartet of Jeremy Steig, with whom he has recorded the Duoplatte Improvised ( 2004).
His song Horizon Drive 1994 used by Gang Starr as a sample to make it the piece of Mass Appeal.
Juris, who has appeared numerous major international jazz festivals, teaches at The New School for Social Research, Rutgers University, and Lehigh University. He has written two textbooks: " Vic Juris Inside / Outside: Original Play-Along Modern Jazz Guitar Solos " and "Modern Chords: Advanced Harmony for Guitar ".
Disco Graphical Notes
- Bleecker Street ( Muse, 1981)
- Moonscape ( Steeplechase, 1996)
- Remembering Eric Dolphy ( Steeplechase, 2000)
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps ( Steeplechase, 2004)
- Bohemia ( Jazz Point, 2006)