Satoko Fujii Orchestra Berlin – Ninety-Nine Years (2018)
The Satoko Fujii Orchestra Berlin really comes onto its own with ‘Ninety-Nine Years.’
The Satoko Fujii Orchestra Berlin really comes onto its own with ‘Ninety-Nine Years.’
Satoko Fujii’s newest combo is This Is It! and their debut album ‘1538’ can’t get much closer to improvisational music perfection.
Satoko Fujii is issuing an album in every month of 2018, and if there’s one musician with enough ensembles, projects and ideas to pull it off, it’s her.
feature photo: Bryan Murray Now boasting a remarkable ten albums over twenty years, Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York today takes another step forward with Fukushima (Libra Records), the first new recordings from Satoko Fujii’s American large ensemble project since 2014’s Shiki. The best big band leaders know how to exploitRead More
Four masterfully intuitive musicians who regularly aspire for greater heights with each venture reach the summit together on Satoko Fujii’s ‘Aspiration.’
Through death comes transformation. Gato Libre is a band whose body has changed, but its original heart perseveres.
With ‘Yamiyo Ni Karasu’, the transition from ma-do to Satoko Fujii’s exciting new quartet Tobira becomes complete.
This doesn’t often sound like big band music, as Fujii draws from every impulse at her disposal.
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