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Gato Libre: Shiro

Read "Shiro" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Japanese trumpeter Natsuki Tamura's name is most often mentioned in the press for his work with his wife, Satoko Fujii. The Japanese pianist casts a blinding light with her prolific output, and a fearless and unfettered musical vision. Tamura sits in as either a sideman or collaborator on many, if not most, of her CDs.

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Kuro

Label: Centro De La Cultura Popular Canaria
Released: 2008

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Gato Libre: Kuro

Read "Kuro" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Dopo la pubblicazione in anni recenti di Strange Village e Nomad il quartetto Gato Libre conferma i tratti squisitamente folk di un'estetica apparentemente distante dalla cultura e dalla storia musicale dei suoi componenti. Il quartetto è infatti composto dai giapponesi Natsuki Tamura alla tromba, Satoko Fujii alla fisarmonica, Kazuhiko Tsumura alla chitarra acustica e Norikatsu Koreyasu ...

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Gato Libre: Kuro

Read "Kuro" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone


This album is a bit unusual for trumpeter Natsuki Tamura and his group Gato Libre. While many of his other recordings are in a free jazz mode--notably as an accompanist for his wife, pianist Satoko Fujii--Kuro seems largely intent in showing a varying picture of Tamura's musical scope. Fujii forgoes her usual piano for accordion on ...

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Gato Libre: Kuro

Read "Kuro" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


Gato Libre is back, carrying on the musical tradition that marked its last recording, Nomad(No Man's Land, 2007). Natsuki Tamura (trumpet), Satoko Fujii (accordion), Kazuhiko Tsumura (guitar) and Norikatsu Koreyasu (bass) play with an agile sense for melody and detail that suits the compositions to a nicety. Tamura uses Gato Libre to get away from the ...

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Gato Libre: Kuro

Read "Kuro" reviewed by Budd Kopman


The enchanting Kuro is the third release from trumpeter Natsuki Tamura's group, Gato Libre, following Strange Village (Muzak, 2005) and Nomad (No Man's Land, 2007). Tamura shares the same fearless creative attitude that his wife and musical partner pianist Satoko Fujii (here playing accordion) has. His eclectic interests can be heard most recently ...

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Nomad

Label: No Man's Land Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: In Krakow, In Novermber; In Glasgow, In May; In Paris, In February; In Barcelona, In June; In Madrid, In August; In Berlin, In September; In Budapest, In April; In Lausanne, In January; In Gent, In December; In Venice, In October.

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Gato Libre: Nomad

Read "Nomad" reviewed by Jim Santella


Natsuki Tamura's lyrical and subdued Gato Libre group wanders like a nomad through various parts of the world, capturing the essence of folk music and interpreting it through a jazz frame of reference. It's beautiful, acoustic music, and it's evidence of the trumpeter's creative power. This is impressionism at its best. We can follow ...

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Gato Libre: Nomad

Read "Nomad" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


Natsuki Tamura and Satoko Fujii are two of the most daring improvisers in jazz. Their music blasts through unfettered, a brimful of heated animation. But daring can take other courses, and so it is with Gato Libre, Tamura's quartet, which does strange things considering the pedigree that he and Fujii have. They get into folk music, ...

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Gato Libre: Nomad

Read "Nomad" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Trumpeter Natsuki Tamura's trip into European folk sounds is one of the stranger, off-on-a-tangent jazz journeys around. His new Gato Libre group, with one previous CD, Strange Village (Muzak, 2005), to its credit, is an accoustic quartet with his wife and musical collaborator Satoko Fujii (accordion), Kazuhiko Tsumura (guitar) and Norikatsu Koreyasu (bass). Nomad carries on ...


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