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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
December 1, 2020

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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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
November 4, 2020

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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Satoko Fujii / Natsuki Tamura: Kisaragi

Read "Kisaragi" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
July 17, 2017

As creative pairings go, there are none who surpass trumpeter Natsuki Tamura and pianist Satoko Fujii. The husband and wife team play together in various settings from Fujii's numerous orchestras (New York, Berlin, Tokyo), the quartet Kaze, and the (now) trio formation Gato Libre. The results are never predictable. Their duo outings, more often than not, ...