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Carla Kihlstedt / Satoko Fujii: Minamo

by Budd Kopman
March 13, 2008

For those listeners who enjoy free, truly spontaneous improvisation and the combination of violin and piano, Minamo with violinist Carla Kihlstedt and pianist Satoko Fujii cannot be recommended highly enough.Featuring two live recordings from performances at Rova Saxophone Quartet's 25th Anniversary Festival in San Francisco in 2002 and the Music Unlimited Festival in Wels ...

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Satoko Fujii Min-Yoh Ensemble: Fujin Raijin

Read "Fujin Raijin" reviewed by Budd Kopman

by Budd Kopman
January 5, 2008

If there is one thing certain in this world, it is that pianist Satoko Fujii will never stop expanding her musical horizons, nor stop amazing the listener. Fujin Raijin is a stupendous, almost terrifying record that shatters any and all expectations during its six tracks. Min-Yoh is Japanese folk music or folk songs ...

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In Krakow in November

By Satoko Fujii

Label: Not Two Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Strange Village; A North Wind; Morning Mist; Ninepin; A Holothurian; In Krakow, In November; Explorer; Inori

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Fujin Raijin

By Satoko Fujii

Label: Les Disques Victo
Released: 2007
Track listing: Itsuki No Komoriuta; Champloo; Shimanto; Slowly and Slowly; Fujin Raijin; Kariboshi Kiriuta.

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When We Were There

By Satoko Fujii

Label: Polystar
Released: 2007
Track listing: Sandstorm; Runaway Radio; When We Were There; In Your Dream; A Path through the Garden; Nourishment; Nocturne; The Line of the Heart; An Excursion; Inori; A Diversion.

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Kobe Yee!!

By Satoko Fujii

Label: Crab Apple Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Fire; Tobifudo; The Future of the Past; Kobe Yee!!; Shikaku; Sola.

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Satoko Fujii Quartet: Bacchus

by Troy Collins
November 10, 2007

With a discography of forty plus albums featuring ensembles ranging from intimate duos to big bands, pianist Satoko Fujii is one of Japan's most prolific and versatile jazz artists. The fifth record by her long- standing quartet, Bacchus is preceded by the similarly titled Vulcan (Libra, 2001), Minerva (Libra, 2002), Zephyros (Natsat, 2003) and Angelona (Libra, ...

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Satoko Fujii Quartet: Bacchus

Read "Bacchus" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
November 4, 2007

You'll often hear jazz artists say that they don't like to call their music “jazz." The word, after all, is a label, and labels confine--if you take them seriously/and or let them. Pianist Satoko Fujii may or may not label her music (it's doubtful), but there are certainly no constraints on the sounds she makes.

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Satoko Fujii: Fujin Raijin

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 29, 2007

La pianista e compositrice Satoko Fujii ha più volte trovato ispirazione nel folklore del suo Paese ma la scelta non è mai stata così profonda e coerente come in questo disco, registrato il 25 maggio 2006 a New York. Al suo nuovo quartetto ha dato il nome di Min-Yoh Ensemble, riferendosi a quella forma di musica ...

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Satoko Fujii & Natsuki Tamura Duo

by Jim Santella
September 27, 2007

Satoko Fujii & Natsuki Tamura Café Metropol Los Angeles, California September 8, 2007 Using every inch of her piano's keyboard and every nuance of his trumpet's capabilities, Satoko Fujii and Natsuki Tamura appeared at Café Metropol in Los Angeles to begin an extended tour in the name of avant- garde ...