Jazz Articles about Takashi Sugawa

About Takashi Sugawa

Album Review

Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio: Jet Black

Read "Jet Black" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

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 Mark Dresser from 1997 until 2009, crafting gems like Illusion Suite (Libra Records, 2004) and Trace A River (Libra Records, 2008). As in any ...

Album Review

Sakoto Fujii: Moon on the Lake

Read "Moon on the Lake" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

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. Created live at Tokyo's famous Pit Inn and working with her first trio since 2013's Spring Storm (Libra), the music heard on Moon ...