Results for "Satoko Fujii"

Satoko Fujii

Born: October 9, 1958

Critics and fans alike hail pianist and composer SATOKO FUJII as one of the most original voices in jazz today. A truly global artist, she splits her time between Berlin and Japan and tours internationally leading several ensembles. Just as her career spans international borders, her music spans many genres, blending jazz, contemporary classical music, rock, and traditional Japanese music into an innovative synthesis instantly recognizable as hers alone. Her wide-ranging compositions can incorporate the simple melodies of folk song, the harmonic sophistication of jazz, the rhythmic power of rock, and the extended forms of symphonic composers

Hibiki

By Satoko Fujii

Label: Jazzdor Series
Released: 2024
Track listing: Hibiki; Soba; Yozakura; What You See; Wa; Ichigo.

Perpetual Motion

By Satoko Fujii

Label: Ayler Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Perpetual Motion I; Perpetual Motion II; Perpetual Motion III; Perpetual Motion IV.

Torrent

By Satoko Fujii

Label: Libra Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Torrent; Voyage; Light On The Sea Surface; Cut The Painter; Horizon; Wave Crest.

Jet Black

By Satoko Fujii

Label: Libra Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Along The Way; Gentle Slope; Sky Reflection; From Sometime; Take A Step; Jet Black.

Crustal Movement

Label: Circum-Disc
Released: 2023
Track listing: Masoandro Mitsoka; Motion Dynamics; Rolle Cake; Shifting Blocks; No Twist; Crustal Movement.

Hibiki

Label: Jazzdor
Released: 2023
Track listing: Hibiki; Soba; Yozakura; What You See; Was; Ichigo.

Wa

December 17, 2023

Album: Hibiki
By Satoko Fujii
Label: Jazzdor Series
Released: 2024
Duration: 4:30

Dan McClenaghan's Best Jazz Albums Of 2023

by Dan McClenaghan
December 6, 2023

The top jazz recordings of the year in the order (more or less) that they came in the door. Concerning the recorded jazz offerings in in 2023, we could quote Frank Sinatra singing Ervin Drake's lyrics in the 1966 Grammy winner: “It was a very good year." It is difficult to pick a favorite. These are ...

Satoko Fujii: Hibiki

by Doug Collette
December 6, 2023

Expanding upon the Futari duo concept of pianist/composer Satoko Fujii and vibraphonist Taiko Saito, as depicted on Underground (Libra Records, 2021) and Beyond (Libra Records, 2021), Trio SAN incorporates drummer/composer Yuko Oshima, the album of whose, Hibiki, is a proportionately intense companion piece to the aforementioned pair of releases. As if simultaneously beckoning the ...