Vic Juris Explained

Vic Juris
Background:non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth Name:Victor Edward Jurusz Jr.[1]
Birth Date:26 September 1953
Birth Place:Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Death Place:Livingston, New Jersey, U.S.
Genre:Jazz
Occupation:Musician
Instrument:Guitar
Years Active:1970s–2019
Label:Muse, SteepleChase, Zoho
Past Member Of:Dave Liebman

Victor Edward Jurusz Jr. (September 26, 1953 – December 31, 2019), known professionally as Vic Juris, was an American jazz guitarist.

Music career

Juris was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, but he moved with his family to Parsippany early in his life.[2] In 1963, at the age of 10, he began learning guitar.[3] At 11, he studied guitar at the home of his teacher, Ed Berg, and got interested in jazz listening to Berg's records of guitarists Django Reinhardt, Jim Hall, Barney Kessel, Jimmy Raney, and Johnny Smith. In his teens he played the rock music of the 1960s. When he was 19, he met blind saxophonist Eric Kloss and they became friends. He made his first recording on Kloss's album Bodies' Warmth (Muse, 1975). Around the same time, he met guitarist Pat Martino, who became a friend and mentor.

Juris recorded with Richie Cole during 1976–78 and released his debut album as a leader, Roadsong, in 1979.[4] In the early 1980s, he turned to acoustic guitar in duos with Larry Coryell and Biréli Lagrène, and in the late 1980s he worked with Gary Peacock's band. Since 1991 he has spent much of his career with saxophonist David Liebman.

During the 1990s, he worked as sideman with Lee Konitz and Peggy Stern (1992), Benny Waters (1993), Jeanie Bryson (1993–94), Gary Peacock (since 1994), Steve LaSpina (since 1995), Judi Silvano (1996), Ken Serio (1996, 2007,2019) and Joe Locke (1998).[5]

Juris taught at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, Lehigh University, and Rutgers University and wrote instructional books for guitar.

Discography

As leader

As sideman

With David Amram

With Jeanie Bryson

With Richie Cole

With Bill Goodwin

With Jack Kerouac

With Bireli Lagrene

With Steve LaSpina

With Dave Liebman

With Barry Miles

With Judi Silvano

With Mel Tormé

With others

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Victor Jurusz Obituary.
  2. Web site: Schermer. Victor L.. Vic Juris: Tension and Release. All About Jazz. 2 October 2016. 28 July 2009.
  3. Web site: Milkowski. Bill. Vic Juris. Jazz Times. 26 December 2016. August 2002.
  4. Web site: Yanow. Scott. Vic Juris Biography. AllMusic. 30 September 2016.
  5. [Barry Kernfeld]

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