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Article: Year in Review

Doug Collette's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024

by Doug Collette
December 4, 2024

These may not have been the only titles that provided respite from the inane insanity (insane inanity?) around us this year, but each in its own way commanded deep and abiding attention in and of itself. Mary Halvorson Cloudward Nonesuch Records Satoko Fujii Jet Black ...

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Not Together

January 3, 2025

Album: Dog Days Of Summer
By Satoko Fujii
Label: Libra Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 5:47

Article: Album Review

Natsuki Tamura / Satoko Fujii: Aloft

by John Sharpe
October 27, 2024

By the time of its ninth release a band might be struggling to produce something new. Not so the Japanese wife-and-husband duo of pianist Satoko Fujii and trumpeter Natsuki Tamura. They reap the benefits of a long association while sidestepping potential downsides to keep things fresh and unpredictable. While previous albums have often featured the compositions ...

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Natuski Tamura, Jim Black: NatJim

Read "NatJim" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
October 18, 2024

Un bel dialogo franco e convincente illumina le varie città evocate nei diversi momenti della giornata e stati d'animo dai titoli degli otto brani che coprono la parte preponderante del CD, tutti a firma di Natsuki Tamura, dove peraltro il propellente-Black è senz'altro decisivo per tracciare il perimetro espressivo, il climax, dell'album attraverso una prova di ...

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Satoko Fujii Quartet: Dog Days Of Summer

Read "Dog Days Of Summer" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
October 14, 2024

Satoko Fujii Quartet's Dog Days Of Summer has been a long time coming. It is the re-emergence of one of her most exciting bands, the Satoko Fujii Quartet. They had a great run from 2002's Vulcan (Libra Records) until 2008's Baccus (Muzak Records). Then the group went into a dormancy. In the meantime, Fujii has released ...

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Migration

September 24, 2024

Album: Aloft
By Natsuki Tamura
Label: Libra Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 8:09

Article: Album Review

Natsuki Tamura, Satoko Fujii: Aloft

Read "Aloft" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
September 10, 2024

Sei improvvisazioni svarianti fra i cinque e i dieci minuti compongono questo nuovo capitolo della saga discografica (molto nutrita, ormai da diversi anni in qua) dei coniugi giapponesi, sempre pronti a misurarsi con nuove sfide, ma nel contempo molto attenti a preservare dati punti fermi. Qual è, ovviamente, il loro sodalizio, sia in duo, come qui, ...

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Morning City

August 14, 2024

Album: NatJim
By Natsuki Tamura
Label: Libra Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 3:56

Article: Album Review

Natsuki Tamura / Satoko Fujii: Aloft

by Doug Collette
August 2, 2024

Pianist/composer Satoko Fujii has released over one hundred albums since 1996 and, in line with that prolific output, Aloft is the third record she has appeared on just in 2024; see also the Kaze ensemble's Unwritten (Libra Records, 2024) and the Tokyo Trio's Jet Black (Libra Records, 2024). While it is fair to say ...

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Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio: Jet Black

Read "Jet Black" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri
July 29, 2024

Nuovo trio per la brillante e prolifica pianista giapponese, stavolta con due giovani compagni --il già esperto Takashi Sugawa al contrabbasso e Ittetsu Takemura alla batteria --con i quali mettere in scena qualcosa di parzialmente diverso da quanto ci ha abituato ad ascoltare. La musica dell'album muove sempre da parti scritte dalla Fujii, spesso ...