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CLOUDS is an inventive, imaginative jazz journey" --- Lee Prosser

 

"Clouds "

 

Natsuki Tamura - Trumpet
Satoko Fujii - Piano

 

LIBRA 102-006

Recorded on 2/14/01, by Ulli Poggensee at NDR in Hamburg, Germany

1.Cirrus 2.Cumulonimbus
3.Stratus 4.Cirrocumulus
5.Altocumulus 6.Stratocumulus


Pianist Satoko Fujii is one of the brighter spots in Jazz/improvised music today...Junction is one of the strongest piano trio albums I have heard in some time, and it is strongly recommended.
--Robert Iannapollo, CADENCE

Best album in 2001--CD Journal

 

"JUNCTION"

 

Satoko Fujii - Piano
Mark Dresser - Bass
Jim Black - Drums, (4)Pianica
Natsuki Tamura - (4)Melodica

 

EWCD-0034

Recorded on 3/14/00, by Mike Marciano at Systems Two Studios in New York


1.Junction

2.Go on foot

3.He is very suspicious
4.Ninepin

5.Humoresqueak

6.Eel
7.Caret

8.The future of the past



A clash of avant-garde jazz and free rock.... Vulcan is hotter than anything Satoko Fujii recorded before, closer to her recordings with her orchestra than her trio sessions. Strongly recommended for those who think they can handle it. --Francois Counture,All Music Guide

Top 4 of 2001 Japanese Jazz Disk Award--Swing Journal
Top 10 of 2001 - Music Magazine

 

"Vulcan"

 

Natsuki Tamura (Trumpet, Toys)
Satoko Fujii (Piano)
Takeharu Hayakawa (Bass)
Tatsuya Yoshida (Drums, Voice)

LIBRA 204-005
Recorded on 4/23/01, by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Studios in Tokyo


1.The sun in a moonlight night

2.Incident
3.Ninepin 4.Footstep

5.LH Fast

6.Neko no Yume
7.Explore

8.Untitled 9.Junction



This is an unusual release, too cool and austere for some tastes perhaps, but fascinating nonetheless.--Andy Hamilton, WIRE

Top 10 of 2001 --Benjamin Franklin , Coda
TOP 5 Female-featured CDs for 2001 --Thomas Schulte
TOP 19 CDs for 2001 -- Thomas Schulte, Outsight

 

"APRIL SHOWER"

 

Satoko Fujii (Pf)/ Mark Feldman(Vn)

 

ewe records EWCC 0006

Recorded on 7/14/99, by Mike Marciano at Systems Two Studios in New York
Recorded on 12/18/99, by Jim Anderson at Avatar Studios in New Yor


1.April shower 2.Mirage 3.Inference 4.After you have gone 5.Then I met you 6.In the morning 7.In parenhesis

8.I know you don't know 9.The snow was falling slowly 10.Gnome 11.Nice talking to you 12.Behind the notes 13.A strange piece of news 14.Right before you found it 15.White sky



"Writers' Choice 2000" Jerry D'Souza, Coda Magazine
"The Year's Best Jazz Top 10" Nate Chinen, Philadelphia CityPaper

The shocking work with which Fujii Satoko which continues activity in a position caused a stir New York in the dull jazz scene. 撃作。

 

"TOWARD, TO WEST"

 

Satoko Fujii (Piano), Mark Dresser (Bass), Jim Black (Drums)

 

TOKUMA JAPAN TKCB-71944

Recorded on 5/7/98, by Mike Marciano , 11/3/98, by Ed Reed at Systems Two Studios in New York

http://www.enjarecords.com/satoko-fuji.htm
http://womanrock.com/reviews/reviews_1100.html
http://www.jazzreview.com/jaags.cfm
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/REVIEWS/r0600_112.htm
http://nestor.minsk.by/jazz/cds/cd04.html


1.Toward,"TO WEST"

2.Shake up and down

3.Oscillation
4.Then I met you

5.The way to get there


West

East


"2000 Top Ten Critics' Picks" Martin Wisckol, The Orange County Register
"Writers' Choice 2000" Benjamin Franklin V, Coda Magazine
"Writers' Choice 2000" Marc Chenard, Coda Magazine
"Y2K Top 10 Lists" Steve Koenig, JazzWeekly
"Y2K Top 10 Lists" Dave Wayne, JazzWeekly
"Readers' Choices, Top 20 of 2000," Cadence

 

"Double Take"

 

Satoko Fujii Orchestra

 

ewcd-0019/0020 2CD

 

Oscar Noriega, Briggan Krauss, Chris Speed,Tony Malaby, Andy Laster, Natsuki Tamura,

Dave Ballou, Steven Bernstein, Cuong Vu, Curtis Hasselbring, Joey Sellers, Joe Fiedler

Satoko Fujii, Stomu Takeishi, Aaron Alexander, DJ Firehorse

Recorded on 11/20/99, by David Baker at Avatar Studios in New York

 

Sachi Hayasaka, Kunihiro Izumi, Hiroaki Katayama, Kenichi Matsumoto, Ryuichi Yoshida

Natsuki Tamura, Tsuneo Takeda, Toshihito Fukumoto, Takao Watanabe,

Haguregumo Nagamatsu, Tetsuya Higashi, Satoko Fujii, Toshiki Nagata, Yasuhiro Yoshigaki

Recorded on 10/27/99, by Kimio Oikawa at "Hibiki no Mori", Okegawa Shimin


Wese

Ruin-1 The Desert
Ruin-2 The South Pole
Ruin-3 The Outer Space
Ruin-4 The Megalopolis
Jog Wheel
Tobifudo
Exile
And then-Sorekara

East

South Wind (Fujii)
Ruin-1 The Desert
Ruin-2 The South Pole
Ruin-3 The Outer Space
Ruin-4 The Megalopolis
Okesa - Yansado
Sola-Sky



"Writer's Choice 2000: Top 10 CDs" Jerry D'Souza, Coda

 Natsuki Tamura's new Buzz release, features the virtuoso trumpeter on five duos apiece with noted open-form trapsetter-percussionists Jim Black and Aaron Alexander

 

"White & Blue"
Natsuki Tamura (Trumpet)
Jim Black (Drums, Percussion) 1 - 5

Aaron Alexander (Drums, Percussion) 6 - 10

ZZ 7601

Recorded on 10/26/98, 4/18/99 by Joe Marciano at Systems Two Studios in New York


White & Blue 1

 〜

White & Blue 10

 



Satoko Fujii Orchestra

 

「 Jo 」

ZZ 76008
Recorded on 5/20/98, by Mike Marciano at Systems Two Studios in New Yor

 

review

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/REVIEWS/r0300_018.htm

1.Jo

2.Kyu

3.Okesa 〜 Yansado
4.Wakerasuka

5.Reminiscence
6.Jasper

7.Around the Corner

8.Sola




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