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Tomas Fujiwara
Tomas Fujiwara was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. At the age of seven, he fell in love with music while listening to the classic drum battle record, Rich vs. Roach. After two years of studies with Joyce Kauffman, Tomas began an eight-year course of study with legendary drummer and educator, Alan Dawson. He has worked as a leader of and composer for various ensembles, as a sideman, as a composer for theatre, film, and dance, and as a teacher and clinician. With "a quiet energy that propels" (All About Jazz) and a style that is "both volatile and watchful" (New York Times), Tomas' "alert drumming has propelled some excellent ensembles on the new-music landscape" (New York Times). His current projects include: Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook Up, Taylor Ho Bynum / Tomas Fujiwara Duo (True Events, 482 Music, 2007, Upcoming release on Nottwo Records), The Thirteenth Assembly ((un)sentimental, Important Records, 2009), Taylor Ho Bynum Trio and Sextet (The Middle Picture, Firehouse 12, 2007, Asphalt Flowers Forking Paths, hatOLOGY, 2008, and Double Trio with the Stephen Haynes Trio, Engine Records, 2009), Matana Roberts' Mississippi Moonchile, Coin Coin, and Quartet (The Calling, Utech, 2006), Ideal Bread (Ideal Bread, KMB Jazz, 2008), The Throes (The Throes, CIMP, 2009), Matt Bauder's Day In Pictures, Positive Catastrophe (Garabatos Volume 1, Cuneiform Records, 2009), Red Baraat, Soo's Collage (Soo's Collage, Audioguy, 2006), Matt Welch's Blarvuster, Exegesis, and Aji No Moto. Tomas has performed at venues and festivals across North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East including The Moers Festival, Jazz Em Agosto, Tampere Jazz Happening, Rochester Jazz Festival, Vancouver Jazz Festival, Suoni Popolo Festival, Urlichsberg Festival, Taktos Festival, Umbrella Festival, and Vision Festival
For These Streets
Label: Out Of Your Head Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Swimmers; Nocturno, 1932; Scratching the Surface of a Dream; Migration; Speeding Blots of Ink; Streets; And So On; The Break Had Not Come; Rose; Late June.
About Ghosts
Label: Nonesuch Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Full of Neon; Carved From; Eventidal; Absinthian; About Ghosts; Amaranthine;
Polyhedral; Endmost.
Presenting Great Music: Adam Hopkins and Scott Clark of Out of Your Head Records
by Don Ball
It is difficult to make a living as a musician, especially as a jazz musician, and even more so as an avant-garde/free jazz musician. Venues are hard to come by, especially outside of major cities. The COVID pandemic made things worse, closing many of the few places that were available for live jazz. Even putting out ...
Esmeralda Sella, Tomas Fujiwara, Roxana Amed, Wayne Horvitz & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
Jazz-inflected renditions of pop songs, Hammond B-3 romps, and magmatic textures make up a playlist which proves that great music rarely happens on major labels--or emerges from algorithms.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Roxana Amed “Salir de la melancolía" Todos los Fuegos (Sony) 0:16 ...
New Music From Cardenas, Williams, Faraò, And More
by Bob Osborne
This week's playlist focuses on modern improvisation, small group dynamics, and inventive rhythms. You'll hear brass-led pieces and complex beats, ranging from quiet solo moments to intense group performances and global musical influences. The show highlights drifting melodies, fresh takes on post-bop styles, and ambient textures. Playlist Chris Ryan Williams “Visage (feat. Kalia Vandever)" ...
Now and Then - Fieldwork, LaTanya Hall, Tomas Fujiwara new releases, and tunes from Kris Davis and Mary lou Williams
by Hobart Taylor
New Music from Fieldwork (Steve Lehman, Tyshawn Sorey, and Vijay Iyer), Tomas Fujiwara and Jon Irabagon, and call backs from Kris Davis and Mary Lou Williams.Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Kris Davis “Bird Call Blues" from Diatom Ribbons (Live at the Village Vanguard) (Pyroclastic) 00:14 Tomas Fujiwara “Mobilize" from Dream Up (Out Of Your Head) ...
Patricia Brennan: Of the Near and Far
by Troy Dostert
Not one to rest on her laurels, vibraphonist/marimbist Patricia Brennan has continued to challenge herself and her listeners with each stop in the studio. Her tireless dedication to her craft is undoubtedly one of the reasons for her meteoric rise in the creative jazz community, which could be charted particularly after 2021 when she released her ...
New Music From Cardello, Taylor, Vollbrecht And More
by Bob Osborne
A show packed with new releases includes a couple of debut albums as well as two new releases from ECM Records and some newly found early '80s recordings from a British band led by Geoff Castle. A mix of intimate trio recordings, big band explorations and latin music is followed by a hypnotic piece of free ...
Sound & Gravity: Chicago's New Home For Poignant Creative Music
by Hrayr Attarian
The inaugural 2025 edition of the ambitious Sound & Gravity Festival took place from September 10th through September 14th at seven different venues on Chicago's Northwest Side. Over 50 musicians, from several countries, performed works spanning genres from contemporary Western classical to jazz, experimental music, and indie rock. The not-for-profit Constellation Performing Arts, which drummer Mike ...
