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Pianist and composer Satofko Fujii is one of the most original voices in jazz today. For more than 25 years, she has created a unique, personal music that spans many genres, blending jazz, contemporary classical, 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. As an improviser, Fujii is equally wide-ranging and virtuosic, mingling explosive free jazz energy with delicate melodicism and explorations of the piano’s timbres and textures. “Fujii’s music troubles the divide between abstraction and realism. . . . All of this amounts to abstract expressionism, in musical form. But it’s equaled by her rich sense of simplicity, sprung from the feeling that she is simply converting the riches of the world around her into music,” writes Giovanni Russonello in the New York Times.
Deep Cuts: Probably not on anyone's list, but real fine tunes
by Hobart Taylor
Fareed Haque channels Pat Martino, Linda May Han Oh, Ambrose Akinmusire, and Tyshawn Sorey ascend to “Strange Heavens," and the Premazzi-Nasser Quartet acknowledge the “Persistence of Change."Playlist Linda May Han Oh/Ambrose Akinmusire/Tyshawn Sorey “Portal" from Strange Heavens (Biophilia) 00:00 History Dog “Field Recordings" from Root Systems (Otherly Love) 4:57 Natsuki Tamura/Satoko Fujii “Icho" from ...
Altitude 1100 Meters
By Satoko Fujii
Label: Libra Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Morning Haze; Morning Sun; Early Afternoon; Light Rain; Twilight.
Ki
Label: Libra Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Keyaki; Sugi; Hinoki; Kusunoki; Arakashi; Icho; Kunugi; Dan's Oceanside Listening Post.
Shishiodoshi
By Kaze
Label: Libra Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Make a Change; Shishiodoshi; Inspiration 2.
Burning Wick
By Satoko Fujii
Label: Libra Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Solar Orbit; Rain In The Wee Small Hours; Walking Through The Border Town;
Neverending Summer; Mountain Gnome; Three Days Later; Burning Wick.
Dream a Dream
By Satoko Fujii
Label: Libra Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Second Step; Dream a Dream; Summer Day; Rain Drop; Aruku.
Thomas Strønen, Gard Nillsen, Things Of This Nature & Atlas Maior
by Maurice Hogue
Norway is a country that punches way above its weight when it comes to producing excellent jazz musicians, and two of the best drummers from that country have released excellent recordings of late: Thomas Strønen & Time Is A Blind Guide's Off Stillness and Gard Nilssen with an expanded Acoustic Unity, celebrating their tenth anniversary. The ...
Satoko Fujii: Message
by John Sharpe
Even within the remarkably consistent output of prolific Japanese pianist Satoko Fujii, certain ensembles command special attention. The This Is It! Trio --named for her conviction that the group represented an ideal working unit has become one such forum. Message, the trio's third release, reunites Fujii with her crew -husband and trumpeter Natsuki Tamura ...
