Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: American jazz musicians, Wynonie Harris, John Lurie, Joe Zawinul, David Grisman, Mel Stewart, Kansas City jazz, Rufus Harley, Ken Nordine, Marlena Shaw, Ray Ellis, Kai Winding, Johnny Lytle, Dinky Bingham, Jair-Rôhm Parker Wells, Karrin Allyson, Richie Pratt, Dave Golden, Corky Hale, Graciela, Luther Henderson, Jim Newman, Alfonso Joseph, Greg Howard, Kip Hanrahan, Rob Mounsey, Luis Russell, Andy Narell, Jack McVea, Emmett Chapman, Big Tiny Little, Marty Grosz, West Coast jazz, Conrad Janis, Robert Bell, Bill Cole, Barry Vercoe, Mike Bernard, John LaBarbera, Richard McPartland, Putter Smith, Milan Rezabek. Excerpt: John Lurie (born December 14, 1952) is an American actor, musician, painter and producer. He is co-founder of The Lounge Lizards, a jazz ensemble. Lurie has acted in 19 films including Stranger than Paradise and Down by Law, composed and performed music for 20 television and film works, and he produced and starred in Fishing with John, a 1991 television series. In 1996 his soundtrack for Get Shorty was nominated for a Grammy Award. For five years he appeared in the HBO television show Oz. Suffering from chronic Lyme disease since 2000, Lurie refocused his attention on painting, his first major show in May 2004, in New York City. His primitivist art works have shown in galleries around the world. His painting Bear Surprise became an internet meme in Russia in 2006. Lurie was born in Minneapolis. Before marriage, his mother had been a painter and art teacher in Liverpool. Lurie was raised alongside two siblings, his brother Evan and his sister Liz. The family moved to New Orleans when John was six, later, they moved to Worcester, Massachusetts. In high school, Lurie played basketball and harmonica. He jammed on harmonica with Mississippi Fred McDowell, and with Canned Heat around 1968. He played harmonica i...