Results for "Libra"

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Satoko Fujii's Orchestras

by Jerome Wilson
February 21, 2019

Among pianist and composer Satoko Fujii's many and varied ensembles are the orchestras she leads in various cities. These two releases contrast Fujii's approach to orchestral music with the results of another composer writing for one of her orchestras. Satoko Fujii Orchestra Tokyo Kikoeru Libra 2018 Kikoeru ...

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Beguine Nummer Eins

March 7, 2017

Album: Peace
By Satoko Fujii Orchestra Tokyo
Label: Libra
Released: 2016
Duration: 6:08

Article: Album Review

Satoko Fujii Orchestra Tokyo: Peace

by Karl Ackermann
January 18, 2017

The profusion of settings in which multi-instrumentalist/composer Satoko Fujii works is something of a phenomenon. The extent to which she brings something unique to each of those situations is even more astounding. In her husband Natsuki Tamura's Gato Libre quartet, Fujii typically plays the accordion to interpret the trumpeter's more lyrical and folkloric compositions. The pair ...

Album

Peace

By Satoko Fujii Orchestra Tokyo

Label: Libra
Released: 2016
Track listing: 2014; Jasper; Peace; Beguine Nummer Eins.

Article: Album Review

Satoko Fujii Orchestra Tokyo: Peace

by Budd Kopman
December 18, 2016

If pianist Satoko Fujii is known for anything, it is for the enormous amount of energy that she brings to her work, plus the pace she maintains with groups scattered all over the world. Her latest offering, Peace, with her Tokyo Orchestra was recorded in 2014, as was Ichigo Ichie (her Berlin Orchestra), Uminari ...

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Satoko Fujii with her various ensembles: Ichicgo Icihie, Yamiyo Ni Karasu and Kaze's Uminari

by Hrayr Attarian
September 13, 2015

Words like superb, outstanding or splendid are redundant when writing about pianist, accordionist and composer Satoko Fujii. With an average of five releases per year over the past decade, she is indeed one of the most prolific musicians. The abundance of her output though is never at the expense of its quality or originality. As the ...

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Satoko Fujii's Ma-Do and New Trio: Time Stands Still and Spring Storm

by Hrayr Attarian
July 28, 2013

Japanese pianist Satoko Fujii is a prolific and versatile musician whose fast pace and relatively large volume are never at the expense of quality. In fact her improvisation heavy records are innovative and cerebral yet they maintain a certain, surprising, accessibility. She has recorded in settings ranging from solo to large orchestra and always with a ...

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Satoko Fujii and Natsuki Tamura: Emotional Intimacy, Musical Breadth

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
December 12, 2012

Natsuki Tamura & Satoko FujiiMukuLibra2012Gato LibreForeverLibra2012Pianist Satoko Fujii and trumpeter Natsuki Tamura, wife and husband, maintain a staggering productivity, in terms of quantity, quality--and, most incredibly, in terms of variety. At one moment, they lead a powerful post-free ensemble; When ...

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Libra

By Tim Garland

Label: Global Mix
Released: 2009
Track listing: CD1 (Sun): The Eyes Of Ages; Hang Loose; Arabesque For Three; Frontier: SunGod, MoonGod, On SunGod, Libra; Old Man Winter. CD2 (Moon): Blue In Green; Bajo Del Sol; Darkhouse; Sly Eyes; Black Elk; Break In The Weather; Nostalgia In Times Square.

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Tim Garland: Libra

by John Kelman
March 19, 2009

The line between jazz and classical music is being increasingly blurred--or, in the case of the multidisciplinary Tim Garland, erased entirely. The British reedman began experimenting with fusing the two disciplines on Rising Tide (Sirocco, 2003), where he both wrote for his trio and a string quartet upfront, and scored strings around a solo saxophone improvisation. ...