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Satoko Fujii Four: Live in Japan 2004
by Dan McClenaghan
Satoko Fujii creates one of the most original sounds in jazz, in any setting, though the word “jazz" is too confining to describe what she does. The ever-prolific Japanese-born pianist has recorded with about fifteen different ensemble configurations--everything from solo and duo outings to quartets and big bands, and much in between. Live in Japan 2004 ...
Satoko Fujii: Live in Japan 2004
by Kurt Gottschalk
Japanese pianist Satoko Fujii has been one of the most exciting arrangers, as well as a compelling composer and performer, in outside jazz in recent years. Unusually with the company she keeps, improvisation beyond soloing has never been a part of her work. But a recent record shows a new leaning toward improv, to varying results. ...
Satoko Fujii Orchestra: Blueprint
by Jim Santella
With her sixteen-piece New York “West" orchestra, Satoko Fujii explodes with a free spirit and unleashed emotions. Her all-star unit of improvising artists operates cohesively in interpreting adventures for which she determines the mood. The result is a program that ranges from intense and dramatic imagery to contemporary celebrations and placid landscapes. Fujii leads ...
Satoko Fujii Orchestra Nagoya Version: Nagoyanian
by Eyal Hareuveni
Pianist and composer Satoko Fujii leads three different bands under the title of the East Orchestra--one in Tokyo, the other in Kobe, and the wildest one in Nagoya, which is just now releasing its debut outing on guitarist and producer Yasuhiro Usui's new label, Bakamo. This sixteen-piece orchestra features Fujii's partner and close musical collaborator, trumpeter ...
Satoko Fujii Orchestra: Blueprint
by Jerry D'Souza
Ideas flow by the brimful for Satoko Fujii. If her spate of recordings is not enough evidence, then take a look at the bands she heads. There's the Orchestra East and the Orchestra West (divided between Japan and the USA), the trio with Jim Black and Mark Dresser, her Quartet, and her solo work. You get ...
Satoko Fujii Orchestra: Blueprint
by Dan McClenaghan
Japanese-born pianist Satoko Fujii's Blueprint, featuring her New York Orchestra, opens with the title cut, a hard-driving, dark-toned, stop-time tune full of gathering momentum and menace, giving the impression of a world plummeting in the direction of chaos--though it never quite goes there. It's the same feeling one gets in listening to Dumas' “The Sorcerer's Apprentice," ...
Illusion Suite
By Satoko Fujii
Label: NatSat Music
Released: 2004
Track listing: Illusion Suite, An Irregular Course, Flying to the South, An Insane Scheme
Sketches
By Satoko Fujii
Label: NatSat Music
Released: 2004
Track listing: Seventh Moon, Frozen Fire, Watershed, Tree Rings, Tin Can Cat, Clay Pot, Your Deepening
Shadow, Dazzling Sunlight, Looking Back, Looking Everywhere, Look Up
Zephyros
By Satoko Fujii
Label: NatSat Music
Released: 2004
Track listing: The Future of the Past; As Usual; Flying to the South; First Tango; One Summer Day; Clear Sky—for Christopher; 15 Minutes to Get to the Station.
Satoko Fujii Trio: Illusion Suite
by Jim Santella
Jazz's modern mainstream continues to grow with the help of creative artists such as those featured on this lively session. Pianist Satoko Fujii leads with a powerful force that captivates. Accessible for traditional bebop as well as avant-garde listeners, her music stirs the imagination. Scenes of various emotional themes cast a long shadow over the trio's ...
