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Ittetsu Takemura

Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio: Jet Black

by Doug Collette
January 27, 2024

Of all the varied settings in which Satoko Fujii places herself, the piano trio may be the most satisfying, if only because of the distinct way she and her respective bandmates stretch the boundaries of this ever-so-venerable instrumental concept. Hardly an exception to the rule of wholly arresting collaborative musicianship, Jet Black is the ...

Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio: Jet Black

by Dan McClenaghan
January 16, 2024

The January 2024 release of Jet Black starts the year out right. It is the Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio's sophomore recording, presenting the Japanese pianist in one of her most compelling modes of expression: the piano trio. This is not foreign territory for her. She headed up a superb threesome with drummer Jim Black and bassist ...

Along the Way

January 6, 2024

Album: Jet Black
By Satoko Fujii
Label: Libra Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 6:25

Jet Black

By Satoko Fujii

Label: Libra Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Along The Way; Gentle Slope; Sky Reflection; From Sometime; Take A Step; Jet Black.

Moon on the Lake

By Sakoto Fujii

Label: Libra
Released: 2021
Track listing: Hansho; Wait for the Moon to Rise; Aspiration; Keep Running; Moon on the Lake.

Recent Piano Music

by Jerome Wilson
August 29, 2021

Small groups featuring piano continue to work their individual brands of magic throughout the jazz world. Here are some examples from the last few months. Ray Gallon Make Your Move Cellar Live 2021 Pianist Ray Gallon has been around for over thirty-five years playing with the likes of ...

Hansho

June 13, 2021

Album: Moon on the Lake
By Sakoto Fujii
Label: Libra
Released: 2021
Duration: 9:36

Sakoto Fujii: Moon on the Lake

by Mike Jurkovic
May 11, 2021

Vanguard pianist/thinker Sakoto Fujii must work long hours to create so much music with so much attention to detail. The minutiae can be heroic swaths of vivid color or rumbling infidelities. Stumbling blocks or apex. You just never know. You can start right here at Moon On the Lake and get the whole thrilling story.

Kira Kira: Bright Force

by Dan McClenaghan
April 19, 2018

The label “music" may be too confining for these sounds. Let us call it an ear-opening sonic experience. That's what pianist Satoko Fujii, with her new group, Kira Kira, has created with a compelling recording called Bright Force. In the year 2018, every review of Fujii's output will include a prelude describing her decision ...