Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook Up

Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook Up: Actionspeak

by Mark Corroto
September 15, 2010

Actionspeak, by drummer Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook Up, operates as an updated take on Miles Davis' 1960s quintet idea. As a working band, the combination of Fujiwara with bassist Danton Boller, trumpeter Jonathan Finlayson, guitarist Mary Halvorson and saxophonist Brian Settles presents musical entertainment, more than intellectual device, while advancing the ideology of jazz as a viable commodity. This is new music and very easy to love.While this is Fujiwara's first recording as leader, he has been ...