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Natsuki Tamura: Dragon Nat

Label: Libra Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Shiro; Dragon Nat; Forever; Dialogue; In Berlin, In September; Wunderbar; World; Matsuri.

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DuDu

By Gato Libre

Label: Libra Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: DuDu; Gato; Nanook; Rainy Day; Scramble; Mouse; Cirencester; B&B.

Article: Album Review

Fondandosi su un assortimento strumentale senz'altro inconsueto e su composizioni tutte a firma del trombettista e leader Natsuki Tamura, il quartetto protagonista di questo lavoro, inciso a Berlino nel giugno 2013, ci regala un prodotto certamente originale, che ha se vogliamo il solo limite di offrirci il meglio in apertura e chiusura, non rivelandosi nella parte ...

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Gato Libre: DuDu

by Hrayr Attarian
October 21, 2014

Trumpeter Natsuki Tamura's quartet Gato Libre has always recorded stimulating, progressive music heavily laced with a Spanish lyricism. DuDu is no exception. “Mouse" is the prime example of this. On it the musicians push far the harmonic boundaries of their respective instruments creating delightfully jarring cacophony intertwined with intensely melodic explorations.Despite the personnel change ...

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Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York: Shiki

by Hrayr Attarian
October 16, 2014

Pianist Satoko Fujii's Shiki is an intriguing albeit somewhat flawed album. Its dramatic title track and centerpiece clocks over 35 minutes and is filled with sweeping and thrillingly dissonant harmonies and provocative musical ideas. Opening with mournful, expectant drone it goes through a series of alternating symphonic vamps and stimulating instrumental conversations and monologues. These individual ...

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Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York: Shiki

by John Sharpe
August 29, 2014

Even among established groupings Japanese composer and pianist Satoko Fujii continues to search for new means of expression. For the ninth disc from her New York Orchestra, Fujii departs from accustomed practice, particularly in the 36-minute plus title track which dominates proceedings. Truly orchestral in its scope, Fujii wields her composer's wand in a way which ...

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Gato Libre: DuDu

by John Sharpe
August 11, 2014

The fifth album by Gato Libre, trumpeter Natsuki Tamura's acoustic quartet, is the first since the sudden death of bassist Norikatsu Koreyasu in 2011. Having thought long and hard about whether to continue, Tamura recruited trombonist Yasuko Kaneko as a replacement. While the European folk music inspiration of previous outings like Shiro (Libra Records, 2009) and ...

Song of the Day

Gen Himmel

July 3, 2014

Album: Shiki
By Satoko Fujii
Label: Libra Records
Released: 2014
Duration: 6:29

Song of the Day

DuDu

July 2, 2014

Album: DuDu
By Gato Libre
Label: Libra Records
Released: 2014
Duration: 6:06

Article: Album Review

Gato Libre: DuDu

by Dan McClenaghan
June 8, 2014

There are a lot of high energy, wild and out there sounds screaming around in Natsuki Tamura's discography--the explosively electric Hada Hada (Libra Records, 2002), the sizzling Exit (Libra Records, 2004), and any number of unfettered collaborations with his wife, pianist Satoko Fujii. But his Gato Libre discs are one of the Japanese trumpeter's more laid-back ...