Laura Jurd (born 1990) is a musician and composer from

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, United Kingdom. She plays

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and

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. She has released albums as a solo artist, and she composes for and plays in a

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

quartet named

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, whose album '' Together, As One'' was nominated for the

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in 2017. Jurd teaches composition at

Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance is a music, dance, and musical theatre conservatoire based in South East London. It was formed in 2005 as a merger of two older institutions – Trinity College of Music and Laban Dance Centre. Trini ...

in London.

Awards and honors

Jurd is a member of BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists. She won Instrumentalist of the Year in the 2015 Parliamentary Jazz Awards, the Worshipful Company of Musicians' Dankworth Prize for Jazz Composition in 2011 and the Young Jazz Musician award in 2012. She was shortlisted for a BASCA Contemporary Jazz Composer award in 2012.

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)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jurd, Laura Living people 1990 births British jazz keyboardists British women keyboardists British jazz trumpeters Women trumpeters British women jazz musicians Musicians from Hampshire 21st-century trumpeters 21st-century British women musicians Dinosaur (band) members Edition Records artists Women jazz trumpeters People from Medstead