Louis Durra

Louis Durra (aka John Louis Durra) is an American pianist and composer living in Berlin, Germany.

Discography Rocket Science—CD, (September 2012) Head Radio Retransmissions -- (1 track on ESC Radiohead compilation CD) 2012 ESC Records The Best Of All Possible Worlds—CD, 2012–7 weeks on CMJ Jazz Top 40 Radio Charts. Mad World EP—CD, 2011 Tangled Up In Blue EP—CD, 2011 What We Have—CD, 2007 Caught! Louis Durra Trio Live And In The Studio—DVD, 2007 Dreaming—CD, 2003

(Other Projects)

2011—A Singer Named Shotgun Throat—Moris Tepper 2006-2011—piano for 9 documentaries, composer Miriam Cutler 2008—Chinese Leftovers— Sugarplum Fairies 2008—One Day— Logan Heftel 2007 -- "Play It Cool" Cast Album—Mark Winkler 2003—Introspective Raincoat Student Music—Sugarplum Fairies 2002—Flake—Sugarplum Fairies 2000—Moth to Mouth—Moris Tepper 1996—Big Enough to Disappear—Moris Tepper

Touring and performing

Jazz Bar in Edinburgh, UK. 2012 Jazz Bar in Edinburgh, UK. 2011 South Beverly Grill, Beverly Hills, CA since 2010. Bandera, Brentwood, CA since 2012. Pianist for Richard Shelton 2011 Pianist for Taylor Negron and Lili Haydn 2007 Pianist for Steve Zee. 2009-2011 Music Director for "Play It Cool". Louis was nominated in 2006 for an Ovation Award and Los Angeles Drama Circle Award for Musical Direction, for the production of Play it Cool at the Celebration Theatre Pianist for "Just In Time" in Russia, Ukraine, Latvia and Kazakhstan. 2003 Pianist for Jazz Tap Ensemble 1990-1996 keyboardist for Moris Tepper 1987-1993 Music Director/Pianist for "Woyzeck" (play) dir. John Wills Martin, Edinburgh 1988 Music Director/Pianist for "The Lesson" (play) dir. Peter Brosius, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles 1989. Louis was nominated for a 1990 Drama Logue award. Music Director/Pianist for "Rio Esmeralda" (play) dir. Peter Brosius, LATC and Reykjavik, Iceland 1987

Sound Editing

Louis edited sound with the Id Group, an audio post facility.