Results for "Libra"

Album

Second Attempt

Label: Libra
Released: 2026
Track listing: Second Attempt Part 1; Second Attempt Part 2; Second Attempt Part 3; Second Attempt Part 4; Second Attempt Part 5.

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Second Attempt Part 2

December 4, 2026

Album: Second Attempt
By Satoko Fujii
Label: Libra
Released: 2026
Duration: 9:01

Article: Album Review

Satoko Fujii has spent three decades assembling large ensembles the way other composers assemble scores, treating personnel as raw material shaped alongside melody and structure. Her Berlin orchestra, formed during a 2014 residency, reunites nine years later. Recorded live in Berlin on May 3, 2026, the album closes out a tour Fujii nearly abandoned after a ...

Album

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.

Album

Piano Music

By Satoko Fujii

Label: Libra
Released: 2021
Track listing: Shiroku; Fuwarito.

Article: Album Review

Satoko Fujii: Piano Music

Read "Piano Music" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
October 4, 2021

The solo piano works of Satoko Fujii often summon an ethereal ensemble of sounds. Prepared, or in its natural state, her piano speaks as a proxy for the always searching composer/improviser. Fujii's recordings are an ongoing stream of themes based on the here and now for an artist who does not fit neatly into any category. ...

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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 ...

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Hansho

June 13, 2021

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

Article: 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.

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Solo Pianists from Japan

by Jerome Wilson
April 21, 2021

These are two recent solo piano releases from Japanese players. One is the latest dispatch from a prolific musician. The other is a farewell statement from a deceased artist. Satoko Fujii Hazuki Libra 2021 Satoko Fujii has been amazingly prolific in the last few years, releasing a ...