Satoko Fujii

Satoko Fujii (Japanese藤井 郷 子, Satoko Fujii, born October 9, 1958 in Tokyo ) is a Japanese avant-garde jazz pianist and composer -. Versatile " influences of Klssik about folklore and jazz to heavy metal and punk come together in their game with surprising histories. "

Life and work

Fujii began at the age of four years playing the piano, received a classical education and then dealt with improvisation and jazz. At 20, she stopped playing the piano and pursued in a vocal band archaic songs. In 1985, she first came to the United States, studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston with Bill Pierce and Herb Pomeroy, where she graduated in 1987 and returned to Japan. In 1993, she again came to the U.S. and studied Jazz Performance at the New England Conservatory of Music with George Russell and Paul Bley, from which she graduated in 1996 with a diploma.

In two sessions originated at the turn of 1994/95, a duo album with Paul Bley ( Something about Water), a year later, her solo album was followed by indication; From 1997 she worked mainly in Duo / Trio occupations and with larger ensembles, as for the albums South Wind (1997) and Jo, where musicians such as Andy vice, Tony Malaby, Herb Robertson Chris Speed ​​, Jack Walrath participated. 1998 Fujii worked in a trio with Jim Black and Mark Dresser; 1999 with violinist Mark Feldman; be found on the album together next duo also solo pieces by Fujii ( Behind the Notes ). Between 2001 and 2003 she worked with musicians such as Ellery Eskelin, Dave Ballou, Herb Robertson, Joey Sellers at their Big Band Project Blueprint, showed the echoes of Toshiko Akiyoshis orchestra. On her trio album Illusion Suite 2003 - again with Mark Dresser and Jim Black - Fujii be applied to the free improvised music; In 2004, she expanded the band with her husband, trumpeter Natsuki Tamura, a quartet (Live in Japan 2004)

Satoko Fujii Natsuki Tamura lives with alternately in Japan and New York City. They also worked with the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra, Carla Kihlstedt, Nate McBride and Jane Wang.

Disco Graphical Notes

  • Southwind ( Libra, 1997)
  • Jo ( Buzz, 1998)
  • Kitsune -bi ( Tzadik, 1998) with Mark Dresser, Jim Black
  • April Shower ( Buzz, 1999) with Mark Feldman
  • Illusion Suite ( Libra, 2003) with Mark Dresser and Jim Black
  • Live in Japan 2004 ( Natsat, 2004) with Natsuki Tamura, Dresser and Black
  • Chun ( Libra Records, 2008)
  • Min- Yoh Ensemble: Watershed ( Libra, 2011)
  • Kaze: Rafale ( Libra, 2011)
  • Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York: Eto ( Libra, 2011) with Chris Speed ​​, Ellery Eskelin, Curtis Hasselbring, Herb Robertson, Joe Fiedler; Frank London
  • Satoko Fujii / Natsuki Tamura: Muku ( Libra Records, 2012)
  • Spring Storm ( Libra, 2013), Todd Nicholson, Takashi Itani
  • Skyward ( Libra, 2013) solo

Lexical entries

  • Richard Cook & Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, 8th Edition, London, Penguin, 2006 ISBN 0-141-02327-9
  • Wolf Kampmann: Reclam Jazz Encyclopedia Stuttgart, Reclam 2003; ISBN 3-15-010528-5
Punk subculture George Russell (composer) Tzadik Records Richard Cook (journalist) Brian Morton (Scottish writer) Integrated Authority File
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