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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 ...
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 ...
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