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Satoko Fujii Orchestra Tokyo: Live!!
by Jim Santella
This 2005 concert at Tokyo's Pit Inn (on CD and DVD) brings seven of Satoko Fujii's extended compositions into the open in living color and with open ears. She features two soloists on each piece and builds the music around them. All eyes are on the leader as she conducts them through a program that ranges ...
Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York: Undulation
by Jim Santella
Satoko Fujii's New York big band carries a big stick, blowing away any and all obstacles as the musicians interpret this program of her soul-stirring compositions. Everyone solos on this creative journey into the avant-garde, and Fujii's cohesive orchestra provides a stable foundation. Undulation, the band's sixth album, is tight. These players have been together long ...
Satoko Fujii Orchestra NY: Undulation
by Dan McClenaghan
Turbulence is a defining characteristic of Satoko Fujii's big band projects, where sections of collaborative sonic turmoil roar into moments of no-holds-barred soloing, with the segments of quirky tranquility sneaking in the back door.Undulation, one of four simultaneously released Fujii big band efforts by the ever-prolific pianist/composer/bandleader, features her longest-standing large ensemble, the Satoko ...
Satoko Fujii Orchestra Kobe: Kobe Yee!!
by Dan McClenaghan
"I just write some music and lead them," says Satoko Fujii, of her Satoko Fujii Orchestra Kobe. This statement by the Japanese-born pianist/composer of unrestricted imagination refers to the fact that rehersals, gigs and recordings for this particular band are handled by Tetsumasa Kono. The prolific Fujii obviously has a plate piled high with musical projects. ...
Satoko Fujii: Undulation and Live!!
by Kurt Gottschalk
Satoko Fujii Orchestra NY Undulation Polystar 2006 Satoko Fujii Orchestra Tokyo Live!! Libra 2005 It would be easy to assume that there's something to be gleaned about ...
Satoko Fujii Quartet: Angelona
by Jim Santella
Forming a progressive alliance of jazz and rock, Satoko Fujii unleashes Angelona with a flash-bang authority that grabs you hard and fast. It's her quartet's best performance to date. While Vulcan (2001) was named after the Roman god of fire, Minerva (2003) was named after the Roman goddess of wisdom, and Zephyros (2004) was named after ...
Satoko Fujii Four: Live in Japan 2004
by Glenn Astarita
Pianist/composer Satoko Fujii looms as a modernist via her adventurous big band endeavors, side projects and longstanding trio, featured here. With the addition of freewheeling trumpeter Natsuki Tamura on certain tracks, the band enjoys some added depth. But this is a unit that is sharply focused, and in certain instances it conveys the epitome of classic ...
Nagoyanian
By Satoko Fujii
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2005
Track listing: Nagoyanian (Fujii); Masai No Mai (Tamura); Fue Taiko (Fujii); Exile (Fujii); Tobifudo (Tamura).
Blueprint
By Satoko Fujii
Label: NatSat Music
Released: 2005
Track listing: Blueprint, Ochai, Anemometer, Nagoyanian, Kioku, Untitled
Satoko Fujii Four: Live in Japan 2004
by Jim Santella
When pianist Satoko Fujii, along with her New York trio and her husband, performed this concert in Saitama, Japan on July 28, 2004, their cohesiveness brought a satisfying sensation before the audience. They built each piece with deliberation and stretched out with a free spirit. “Illusion Suite" was recorded by Fujii's trio and released ...
