Laura Jurd Explained
Laura Jurd (born 1990) is a musician and composer from Hampshire, United Kingdom. She plays trumpet and synthesizer. She has released albums as a solo artist, and she plays in a jazz quartet named Dinosaur, whose album Together, As One was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2017.[2]
Jurd teaches composition at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London.[3] Jurd composes for and plays in British jazz quartet Dinosaur.
Awards and honors
Jurd is a member of BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists.[4] She won 'Instrumentalist of the Year' in the 2015 Parliamentary Jazz Award,[5] the Worshipful Company of Musicians' Dankworth Prize for Jazz Composition in 2011[6] and Young Jazz Musician award in 2012.[7] She was shortlisted for a BASCA Contemporary Jazz Composer award in 2012.[8]
Discography
- Landing Ground (2012)
- Human Spirit (2015)
- Together, As One with Dinosaur (2016)
- Wonder Trail with Dinosaur (2018)
- Stepping Back, Jumping In (2019)
- To The Earth with Dinosaur (2020)
- The Big Friendly Album (2022)
Notes and References
- News: Jazz trumpeter Laura Jurd: 'I just like making things up' . John . Fordham. 12 September 2013 . The Guardian .
- News: Mercury Music Prize 2017: what you need to know about the nominees . Mark. Beaumont. 27 July 2017. NME .
- Web site: Laura Jurd Biography. Laura Jurd . 2017-07-28.
- Web site: Jazz Now, Laura Jurd and Dinosaur . BBC . 2016-11-07 . 2017-07-27.
- News: This year's Parliamentary Jazz Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20170728205815/http://www.britishcomposerawards.com/composer_profiles.php?idc=735&y=2012&u=12&idz=713&w=0 . 2017-07-28. dead . Jazzwise . 10 March 2015. 5 June 2015.
- Web site: Dankworth Prize for Jazz Composition . https://web.archive.org/web/20170728223505/http://www.wcom.org.uk/awards/dankworth-prize-for-jazz-composition/. 2017-07-28 . live . The Worshipful Company of Musicians. 2017-07-28.
- Web site: Young Jazz Musician. https://web.archive.org/web/20170728223118/http://www.wcom.org.uk/awards/jazz-young-musician/. 2017-07-28. live . The Worshipful Company of Musicians . 2017-07-28.
- Web site: Composer Profile - Laura Jurd. British Composer Awards 2012. 2017-07-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20170728205815/http://www.britishcomposerawards.com/composer_profiles.php?idc=735&y=2012&u=12&idz=713&w=0. 2017-07-28. dead.