Results for "Satoko Fujii"

Satoko Fujii

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

Entity

By SATOKO FUJII

Label: Libra Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Entity; Flashback; Gounkaiku; Elementary Particle; Everlasting.

Koneko

Label: Libra Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Kaineko; Noraneko; Yamaneko; Koneko; Ieneko; Bakeneko; Doraneko; Kanbanneko.

Jerry Granelli, Lisa Ullén, Rudresh Mahanthappa & Yells At Eels

By MAURICE HOGUE

Drummer extraordinaire Jerry Granelli says he doesn't look back too much, he'd prefer to move forward with his music, but with Jamie Saft and Brad Jones in tow, he decided the time was right to rediscover some of the tunes he played backing Vince Guaraldi and Mose Allison years back. A sample of his new album ...

Entity

Album: Entity
By SATOKO FUJII
Label: Libra Records
Released: 2020
Duration: 12:14

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A Jazz Immuno-Booster: Part 6

By LUDOVICO GRANVASSU

The Jazz Immuno-Booster mixtape series continues. This sixth installment features musical therapy selections by Thana Alexa, Francesco Bigoni, Terri Lyne Carrington, Sarah Elizabeth Charles, Kris Davis, Satoko Fujii and Natsuki Tamura, Alexander Hawkins, Will Holshouser, Ha-Yang Kim, Michael Mwenso, Jessica Pavone, Mark Turner, Happy listening! Stay safe and sane with the help of great ...

The MacroQuarktet: The Complete Night: Live At The Stone NYC

By MARK CORROTO

Listening to The MacroQuarktet calls to mind comedians Robin Williams and Jonathan Winters. Did they warm up before an evening of improvisational comedy? Once on stage or a TV talk show, instantaneously they were 'on,' firing a superabundance of thoughts, jokes, impressions, etc at their audience. It is the same for the two improvised music sets ...

021305

Album: Diary 2005-2015: Yuko Yamaoka Plays the Music of Satoko Fujii
By SATOKO FUJII
Label: Libra Records
Released: 2018
Duration: 1:26

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Neppa

Album: Kikoeru - Tribute to Masaya Kimura
By SATOKO FUJII
Label: Libra Records
Released: 2018
Duration: 7:17

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Matthew Shipp: The Piano Equation

By DAN MCCLENAGHAN

A sixtieth birthday might be greeted as a time of reflection, a looking back on a life well-lived. Or it might serve as a call to action, as it did for pianist Satoko Fujii as she celebrated her sixth trip around the sun by releasing twelve albums in 2018. Matthew Shipp also answers the call to ...