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Satoko Fujii Ma-Do: Desert Ship
by Dan McClenaghan
Pianist/bandleader Satoko Fujii's Ma-Do Quartet is loud, with a dense volume that is often stately, often fractured. The same can be said of much of her recorded output.Fujii is a stunningly prolific artist who records in a dizzying array of ensemble configurations. Of her two most notable quartets, the Ma-Do band is described as ...
Satoko Fujii Ma-Do: Desert Ship
by Troy Collins
On her 50th album as a leader/co-leader, prolific Japanese pianist Satoko Fujii reconvenes her newest acoustic quartet, Ma-Do, for its sophomore effort, Desert Ship. Following in the footsteps of 2008's brilliant Heat Wave (Not Two), this vivacious studio set continues to explore the darker regions of Fujii's oeuvre. More heavily notated than some of ...
Trumpeter Natsuki Tamura Moves from One Musical Extreme to Another on Two New Releases out March 23 on Libra
Tamura debuts new First Meeting group and produces fourth Gato Libre album. “Tamura develops his solos with smears and slurred phrases that lead up to eruptive outbursts on his horn.... he takes his instrument to precarious heights and to burrowing depths."-- Frank Rubolino, CadenceTrumpeter Natsuki Tamura swings from the most hard-edged abstraction to ...
Larry Och's Sax & Drumming Core: Stone Shift
by John Sharpe
Fifty years after its inception, the avant-garde still regularly begs the hoary old question “Is it jazz?" Notwithstanding that it has persisted as an active style as long or longer than most of its predecessors, with a small but committed following around the globe while continuing to reinvent itself in different ways wherever the seed germinates, ...
Cloudy Then Sunny
Label:
Released: 2009
Track listing:
01. Computer Virus - 2:13;
02. Chilly Wind - 6:47;
03. Back And Forth - 4:52;
04. Night Came In Manhattan - 2:24;
05. Chinese Kitchen - 4:11;
06. Multiple Personalities - 6:57;
07. Opera By Rats - 5:17;
08. Alligators Running In The Sewers - 5:39;
09. Soldier's Depression - 6:26;
10. One Equation - 6:57;
11. Cloudy Then Sunny - 4:21.
Tutte le composizioni sono di Satoko Fujii.
Larry Ochs Sax & Drumming Core: Stone Shift
by Kurt Gottschalk
Larry Ochs, best known for his work with the long-standing ROVA saxophone quartet, has been working an unusual and satisfying side project for close to a decade. His Drumming Core, founded in 2000, is a trio with two drummers dedicated to exploring American field hollers and Asian chants. The first two CDs were rewarding, if more ...
Junk Box: Cloudy Then Sunny
by AAJ Italy Staff
L'ampiezza e la profondità della ricerca di Satoko Fujii lascia sempre ammirati, al punto che ogni suo disco esige una speciale considerazione. Autrice dei brani e ideatrice del progetto, la pianista giapponese è principale artefice di questo trio, giunto al secondo lavoro dopo il debutto nel 2006 con Fragment. Come spiega nelle note del disco, in ...
Satoko Fujii: Chun, Heat Wave & Summer Suite
by Robert Iannapollo
Natsuki Tamura / Satoko Fujii Chun Libra 2008 Satoko Fujii ma-do Heat Wave Not Two 2008 Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York Summer Suite Libra 2008
Kuro
Label: Libra Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Sunny Spot; Patrol; Battle; Reconcile; Together; Beyond; Kuro.
Tobifudo
Label: Flying Buddha
Released: 2008
Track listing: Kage; Osake; Yansado-Bushi; Karura; Utage; Omi no Hito; Tobifudo.
