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Rene Lussier/Erick D'Orion/Robbie Kuster/Martin Tetreault: Printemps 2021
by Mike Chamberlain
The curious fact about this 52-minute improvisation by Rene Lussier (guitar and daxophone), Érick d'Orion (computer and electronics), Robbie Kuster (drums), and Martin Tétreault (turntables and electronics) is that, as far as we know, it was just the second indoor concert held in Canada after the pandemic started in March 2020, the second concert of the 2021 edition of the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville held in May of this year. As such, it was the first time ...
read moreSatoko Fujii Min-Yoh Ensemble: Fujin Raijin
by Budd Kopman
If there is one thing certain in this world, it is that pianist Satoko Fujii will never stop expanding her musical horizons, nor stop amazing the listener. Fujin Raijin is a stupendous, almost terrifying record that shatters any and all expectations during its six tracks. Min-Yoh is Japanese folk music or folk songs in the way we westerners understand the terms: simplicity in form, scale and structure. Fujii is emphatic, however, not only about the effect this ...
read moreSatoko Fujii Min-Yoh Ensemble: Fujin Raijin
by Dan McClenaghan
Pianist Satoko Fujii has put together another ensemble. There's nothing new in that; it seems she and/or her husband, trumpeter Natsuki Tamura, form a new group or two every year, just to keep things fresh. With the Satoko Fujii Min-Yoh Ensemble, the mercurial Japanese-born pianist/composer takes off on yet another tangent--an exploration of Japanese folk music.It's a departure of sorts. The Gato Libre group--in which Fujii plays accordion--has put out two CDs influenced by European folks sounds: Strange ...
read moreMarilyn Crispell (Golden Years of New Jazz: Selected Works 1983-1986
by Glenn Astarita
Pianist Marilyn Crispell has emerged as one of the finest modern jazz artists of our time based upon her past and ongoing work with members of the British Free-Jazz movement, recordings with saxophonist/composer Anthony Braxton, drummer/composer Gerry Hemingway, strong outings for ECM records and more. With the recently released 2-CD package featuring music from now out-of-print LP’s titled Selected Works 1983-1986, Crispell performs solo piano, several duets with drummer Doug James and one thirty-eight minute opus for quartet, featuring bassist ...
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