Results for "Taiko Saito"

Taiko Saito

Gaya

By Silke Eberhard

Label: Trouble In The East Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Hana; Dul; Sed; Ned; Daseot.

The Essential Satoko Fujii, Part 2: Duos

by Dan McClenaghan
April 16, 2022

Satoko Fujii releases a lot of albums. Most of them are regular CDs, but she has also moved into the Bandcamp offerings, online only. The Essential Satoko Fujii, Part 1 featured four different sides of her artistry: Solo, duo, trio, quartet and orchestra. Part 2 will showcase some of her outstanding duo discs. Satoko ...

Futari: Underground

by John Sharpe
February 10, 2022

Pandemic enforcement of geographic separation in no way inconveniences the adventurous combo of pianist Satoko Fujii and vibraphonist Taiko Saito, working together under the banner Futari. Having explored the option of a virtual band on Mosaic (Libra, 2021) by her This Is It! trio, Fujii tries a different approach on Underground, her second album with Saito ...

Futari: Beyond

by Neri Pollastri
January 24, 2022

Tra le molte collaborazioni della pianista giapponese Satoko Fujii, particolarmente singolare e riuscita è questa con la connazionale vibrafonista Taiko Saito, assieme alla quale ha dato vita al duo Futari. Le due artiste si conoscono dalla metà degli anni 2000, quando si incontrarono a Berlino in occasione di un concerto della Fujii e dove la Saito ...

Beyond

By Satoko Fujii

Label: Libra Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Molecular; Proliferation; Todokanai Tegami; Beyond; On the Road; Mizube; Ame No Ato; Mobius Loop; Spectrum.

Underground

By Satoko Fujii

Label: Libra Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Underground; Break In The Clouds; Meeresspiegel; Air; Frost Stirring; Memory Illusion; Finite Or Infinite; Asayake; Streeet Tromp; One Note Techno Punks.

Satoko Fujii: Mosaic

by Dan McClenaghan
December 8, 2021

Another Covid-19 pandemic year, 2021, seems to have brought about a revival of Japanese pianist Satoko Fuji's duo work, with her husband, trumpeter Natsuki Tamura on Keishin, and with vibraphonist Taiko Saito--a pairing dubbed “Futari"--on Underground and Beyond. All three discs are on Libra Records. As the year winds down, she teams once again with Tamura, ...

Dan McClenaghan's Best Jazz Recordings of 2021

by Dan McClenaghan
December 3, 2021

The top jazz recordings of 2021, in the order in which they were encountered... Aki Takase / Christian Weber / Michael Griener Auge Intakt Records The ever mercurial Japanese-born, Berlin-based pianist Aki Takase presents her take on the piano trio. Teaming with bassist Christian Weber and drummer Michael Griener, she ...

Futari: Underground

by Dan McClenaghan
November 21, 2021

Pianist Satoko Fujii found another perfect musical partner in 2017, in the Berlin-based mallet maven Taiko Saito, resulting, eventually, in their duo outing Beyond (Libra Records, 2021). The pair dubbed themselves “Futari" ('two people' in Japanese). Underground surfaces as their second 2021 release ("prolific" is a word usually included in a description of Fujii's output).