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Kappa Ondo

By Satoko Fujii

Label: Libra Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: CD 1: Kitsune; Karasu; Jizo. CD 2: Oni; Noraneko; Kappa Ondo.

Album

After The Storm

By Satoko Fujii Orchestra Kobe

Label: Libra Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: After The Storm 1; After The Storm 2; After The Storm 3; After The Storm 4.

Album

Satoko Fujii's Bunker Ulmenwall Orchestra

By Satoko Fujii

Label: Libra Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: CD 1: Shiki. CD 2: Yamantake; Jasper; Antischwarm; Gen Himmel.

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After The Storm 3

November 29, 2026

Album: After The Storm
By Satoko Fujii Orchestra Kobe
Label: Libra Records
Released: 2026
Duration: 10:09

Article: Album Review

Satoko Fujii Orchestra Tokyo: Kappa Ondo

Read "Kappa Ondo" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
October 24, 2026

Stepping into the sounds of a Satoko Fujii big band performance is like slipping into an alternate universe. It is an odd sonic world, full of odd surprises. The pianist/composer has chosen 2026 to release five orchestral albums, each featuring a different ensemble. Fujii has been ambitious, consistently so, over a 30-plus-year career. Kappa Ondo is ...

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Yamantaka

October 18, 2026

Album: Satoko Fujii's Bunker Ulmenwall Orchestra
By Satoko Fujii
Label: Libra Records
Released: 2026
Duration: 11:52

Article: Album Review

Satoko Fujii Orchestra Kobe: After The Storm

Read "After The Storm" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
September 2, 2026

Pianist, composer and orchestra leader Satoko Fujii tends to resist comparisons between her career and that of Duke Ellington. The analogy, however, is difficult to avoid. At a time when maintaining a large ensemble is an increasingly rare undertaking, Fujii has led an astonishing number of them. Alongside her solo work, duos and quartets, there have ...

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Satoko Fujii: Satoko Fujii's Bunker Ulmenwall Orchestra

Read "Satoko Fujii's Bunker Ulmenwall Orchestra" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
June 20, 2026

In an always courageous three-decade career, pianist Satoko Fujii's recorded output has never wavered. She excels at solo piano, duo outings--mostly with her life partner, trumpeter Natsuki Tamura--quartets, quintets, and lastly, big band/orchestral recordings. The one exception to the unwavering description is her big-band output. Entity (Libra Records) came out in 2019. Then a seven-year orchestral ...

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Natsuki Tamura / Satoko Fujii: Ki

by John Sharpe
March 3, 2026

Sometimes the most bracing departures come from artists who know each other best. Japanese pianist Satoko Fujii has a discography with over one hundred entries in every configuration from solo to big band, notable for their variety, often with husband trumpeter Natsuki Tamura in close attendance. However Ki, the tenth offering from their long running duet ...

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Satoko Fujii: Indefatigable

by Doug Collette
February 10, 2026

Satoko Fujii's indefatigable artistic versatility may very well be the source of the generally arresting quality of her work. By the same token, no matter the form, her creations may in turn ignite the foundational inspiration for new projects. Witness two titles released within two months of each in 2025, on both of which Fujii returns ...