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Pentas: Tribute to Eric and Chris Stern

By Satoko Fujii

Label: Not Two Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Not Together; Pentas; Wind Chill; Itsumo Itsumo; Stillness; Rising; Rnovation; Circle.

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Joëlle Léandre / Evan Parker / Agustí Fernández / Zlatko Kaučič: A Uiš?

Read "A Uiš?" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

Though the instrumentation on A Uiš evokes the classic jazz quartet, the outcome resides a world away from that tradition. To celebrate 40 years as a professional musician, Slovenian drummer Zlatko Kaučič assembled a quartet of top drawer improvisers for a 45-minute collectively navigated journey, recorded live at the jazz festival in his home town of ...

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Satoko Fujii / Ramon Lopez / Natsuki Tamura: Mantle

Read "Mantle" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

Japanese pianist Satoko Fujii rarely stands still. When she and Spanish drummer Ramon Lopez toured Japan in 2019 on the back of their duo album Confluence (Libra, 2019), they took the opportunity to add Fujii's partner trumpeter Natsuki Tamura to the line up. To make things fresher still, they set themselves a challenge: to each write ...

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Ivo Perelman: The Purity of Desire

Read "The Purity of Desire" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian

Tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman is an imaginative and intrepid musical explorer. His prolific discography is replete with unique examples of his restless creativity all bearing his inimitable style. On the sensual The Purity of Desire Perelman joins forces with oud player Gordon Grdina and percussionist Hamin Honari. Together they perform a set of eight originals inspired ...

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Steve Swell: The Center Will Hold

Read "The Center Will Hold" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

Unusual instrumentation inspires NYC-based trombonist Steve Swell to ever greater heights on the six compositions comprising The Center Will Hold. Pride of place goes to veteran drummer Andrew Cyrille, who certainly deserves the extra billing he receives on the cover. Beside him are a mixture of long time colleagues of the trombonist, violinist Jason Kao Hwang ...

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Natsuki Tamura, Satoko Fujii and Ramon Lopez: Mantle

Read "Mantle" reviewed by Troy Dostert

by Troy Dostert

Trumpeter Natsuki Tamura and pianist Satoko Fujii have made so many records together that it seems impossible to keep track of them all. Partners in life and in music, they have collaborated on everything from duo recordings to Fujii's large-scale orchestras. In 2020 alone, their Kaze quartet released Sandstorm (Circum-Disc) featuring electronics specialist Ikue Mori, and ...

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Mars Williams / Vasco Trilla: Spiracle

Read "Spiracle" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

Both American reedman Mars Williams and Spanish percussionist Vasco Trilla show themselves well grounded in the duet configuration, although this appears to be only Williams' second documented encounter in the sole company of a drummer. For Trilla, the situation is more normal. His track record embraces pairings with a wide array of wind instrumentalists (as well ...

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Satoko Fujii / Natsuki Tamura: Pentas: Tribute To Eric and Chris Stern

Read "Pentas: Tribute To Eric and Chris Stern" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Unquestionable beauty and grace are two of many attributes that help define this pioneering duo's seventh duet album. Pianist/composer Satoko Fuji and trumpeter Natsuki Tamura enjoy acclaimed legacies as leaders. They are contributors to large and small ensembles often cast in futurisms, encompassing progressive jazz, neo-jazz, improvisation and offshoots of world music and indigenous folk. And ...

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Conference Call: Prism

Read "Prism" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

by Jerome Wilson

Most jazz groups that stay together for a long time, such as The Modern Jazz Quartet or The Art Ensemble of Chicago, achieve a certain prominence. It is a surprise then to realize that the lesser-known band, Conference Call, has been around since 1999 and is here releasing its eighth album. The group's core ...

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Satoko Fujii / Natsuki Tamura: Pentas: Tribute To Eric and Chris Stern

Read "Pentas: Tribute To Eric and Chris Stern" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

Pianist Satoko Fujii and trumpeter Natsuki Tamura came off a European tour in 2019 and went into the studio in Krakow, Poland, and recorded Pentas, their seventh duo disc, an effort that joins the Fujii/Tamura pairings How Many (Libra Records, 1997), Clouds (Libra Records, 2002), Like In Krakow, In November (Not Two Records, 2006), Chun (Libra ...


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