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"The Lizards' music isn't jazz," said Fred Bouchard of JazzTimes, "but it is intelligent and rhythmically and harmonically interesting (it ain't rock either, in other words) and, despite the ultra-hip trappings, it has an almost innocent directness that can transcend stylistic prejudice." [5] The Lounge Lizards have been inactive since about 2000.
The Lounge Lizards is the first album by the Lounge Lizards. It features hectic instrumental jazz. The songs are mostly composed by band leader and saxophone player John Lurie. [2] The album artwork was designed by the English graphic designer Peter Saville.
Queen of All Ears is the fourth and final studio album [2] by the American band the Lounge Lizards, released in 1998. [3] [4] "The First and Royal Queen" was used at the end of episodes of Painting with John. [5] The band supported the album with an international tour. [6]
The Austin Lounge Lizards are a musical group from Austin, Texas, formed in 1980. The band includes founding members Hank Card and Conrad Deisler, along with Tim Wilson and Kirk Williams. The third founding member, Tom Pittman, retired from the band in the spring of 2011.
John Lurie (born December 14, 1952) is an American musician, painter, actor, director, and producer. He co-founded the Lounge Lizards jazz ensemble; has acted in 19 films, including Stranger than Paradise and Down by Law; has composed and performed music for 20 television and film works; and he produced, directed, and starred in the Fishing with John television series.
1991 The Lounge Lizards, Live in Berlin, Vol.1 (Intuition Music) 1993 The Lounge Lizards, Live in Berlin, Vol.2 (Intuition Music) 1996 Soundtrack, Get Shorty (Verve) 1998 The Lounge Lizards, Queen of all Ears (Strange and Beautiful Music) 1998 Soundtrack, Excess Baggage (Prophesy) 1999 African Swim John Lurie (Strange and Beautiful Music)
Voice of Chunk is the third studio album by jazz band the Lounge Lizards, released in 1988.. The album was produced independently by bandleader John Lurie, following two releases with Island Records.
[11] The Windsor Star wrote that the Lounge Lizards "sound as if their music is written by a contemporary Kurt Weill for a Fellini movie without them ever taking their tongues out of their cheeks." [ 10 ] The Christian Science Monitor deemed No Pain for Cakes "zany weirdness and outrageous eclecticism—avant pop/jazz/rock."