Born 1965, Jupiter Bokondji is a musician hailing from Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). His band Okwess International released their first album Hotel Univers in May 2013, in the United Kingdom. They toured Africa in 1990 when the band was formed. Their popularity grew and a civil war broke out within the … Read more
Editor’s Note: To find more albums featuring Laura Jurd, see the entry for Dinosaur. Laura Jurd, a trumpet player and composer from London, is currently a BBC New Generation artist for 2015-2017. Laura Jurd is an active improviser who plays regularly in the UK, and more recently in Europe. She specializes in writing for hand-picked … Read more
Victor Edward Jurusz Jr. (September 26, 1953 – December 31, 2019, professionally known as Vic Juris) was an American jazz guitarist. Juris was born in Jersey City in New Jersey. He moved to Parsippany with his family early in his life. He began playing guitar at age 10 in 1963. He began studying guitar at … Read more
Robert Jurjendal (1966), Estonian composer and guitarist, studied composition and classical guitar (Prof. Anti Marte) at Tallinn Georg Ots Music School. He took part in the Robert Fripp Guitar Craft Courses from 1992 to 1997. He has composed music for harpsichord and classical guitars, harpsichords, choirs, mixed ensembles, and documentaries as well as theater, theatre, … Read more
For Oneness of Juju / Plunky & Oneness search for separate entry. Juju is about ritual and rhythm and spirituality and joy. The group was founded in San Francisco in 1971 and has continued to evolve for over 30 years, performing and recording with changes in personnel and under different group names, but always led … Read more
Sherie Julianne’s journey to singing Brazilian music was not what she expected. Sherie was a child of musicians in Miami, studied and taught dance in San Francisco, and spent the past decade working at the Jazzschool in Berkeley with Marcos Silva, her mentor. Silva, a Rio de Janeiro native, is Julianne’s collaborator in the singer’s … Read more
Julian Julien is the founder and frontman of Fractale, an instrumental jazzy-Zeuhl collective. Julian Julien began his compositions in the early 1990s. One album was published under this name, entitled Live Suranne (2008). First, he released La tombe des lucioles (1993), and then he continued to compose the soundtrack for “Memoire d’un maître chien”, a … Read more
J-Sonics, as a group, are relatively new to London’s jazz scene. However, the members of this slinky trio, supported by Grace Rodson vocalist, have many years of experience in other projects which allows them to sound fresh and polished. Their debut album is a delicious cosmopolitan mix of Brazilian classics and originals. It features fretboard … Read more
The JT Project is a multi-talented sound force that creates a unique musical concept: “a new music genre called JT”. The leaders of The JT Project, Jacob Webb (Keyboards/Bass), and Todd Schefflin(Saxophone), were bold and adventurous. They knew it would take more that a passing interest to be the musical force they imagined. Jacob directs … Read more
