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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," ...
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.
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
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 ...
Satoko Fujii Trio: Illusion Suite
by Dan McClenaghan
Nobody does the piano trio thing like Satoko Fujii. Almost every other effort out there in this category can be related to Bill Evans, Thelonious Monk, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner... to name just a few. With Fujii, the sound is a category of its own. Free, to be sure, with classical tinges, an the occasional influence ...
Satoko Fujii: Sketches
by Jerry D'Souza
On her first solo record in eight years, Satoko Fujii gives free rein to her impulses. Her approaches are many and she constructs each piece with careful articulation. Her thoughts may run rampant or flow in placid ripple, but there is no denying that she brings in a strong technique that creates some magnetic moments.
Satoko Fujii: Sketches
by Jim Santella
At times drifting through the celestial ether, and as times roaring dramatically through the intense fires below, Satoko Fujii lets her ideas flow freely and spontaneously in real time. Improvising in its purist sense, she caresses her piano and coaxes the music out of it. By employing repetition with each turn of ideas, ...
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