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Satoko Fujii Orchestra: Blueprint

Read "Blueprint" reviewed by Jim Santella


With her sixteen-piece New York “West" orchestra, Satoko Fujii explodes with a free spirit and unleashed emotions. Her all-star unit of improvising artists operates cohesively in interpreting adventures for which she determines the mood. The result is a program that ranges from intense and dramatic imagery to contemporary celebrations and placid landscapes. Fujii leads ...

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Satoko Fujii Orchestra: Blueprint

Read "Blueprint" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


Ideas flow by the brimful for Satoko Fujii. If her spate of recordings is not enough evidence, then take a look at the bands she heads. There's the Orchestra East and the Orchestra West (divided between Japan and the USA), the trio with Jim Black and Mark Dresser, her Quartet, and her solo work. You get ...

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Satoko Fujii Orchestra: Blueprint

Read "Blueprint" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Japanese-born pianist Satoko Fujii's Blueprint, featuring her New York Orchestra, opens with the title cut, a hard-driving, dark-toned, stop-time tune full of gathering momentum and menace, giving the impression of a world plummeting in the direction of chaos--though it never quite goes there. It's the same feeling one gets in listening to Dumas' “The Sorcerer's Apprentice," ...

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Zephyros

Label: NatSat Music
Released: 2004
Track listing: The Future of the Past; As Usual; Flying to the South; First Tango; One Summer Day; Clear Sky—for Christopher; 15 Minutes to Get to the Station.

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Ko Ko Ko Ke

Label: NatSat Music
Released: 2004
Track listing: Mekinaka; Peng; Nettara Mottara; Tahi Tahi; Shamisen; Kogena Agena; Ko Ko Ko Ke; Honamesa; Pasurija; Taiko; Guta; Epura; Syste; Samidare.

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Ko Ko Ko Ke

Label: NatSat Music
Released: 2004
Track listing: Meninka, Peng, Nettara Mottara, Tahi Tahi, Shamisen, Kogena Agena, Kokokoke, Honamesa, Pasurija, Taiko, Guta, Epura, Syste, Samidare

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Illusion Suite

Label: NatSat Music
Released: 2004
Track listing: Illusion Suite, An Irregular Course, Flying to the South, An Insane Scheme

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Sketches

Label: NatSat Music
Released: 2004
Track listing: Seventh Moon, Frozen Fire, Watershed, Tree Rings, Tin Can Cat, Clay Pot, Your Deepening Shadow, Dazzling Sunlight, Looking Back, Looking Everywhere, Look Up

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Exit

Label: NatSat Music
Released: 2004
Track listing: Entrance, Endanger, Eliminate, Expired, Exit

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Satoko Fujii Trio: Illusion Suite

Read "Illusion Suite" reviewed by Jim Santella


Jazz's modern mainstream continues to grow with the help of creative artists such as those featured on this lively session. Pianist Satoko Fujii leads with a powerful force that captivates. Accessible for traditional bebop as well as avant-garde listeners, her music stirs the imagination. Scenes of various emotional themes cast a long shadow over the trio's ...


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