Fujii, Satoko
Tokuma, 2023, CD
Instrument: Piano
Issue: 29.1
Jazz Ruler Type: Avant Garde
Performance: 4
Sound: 4
Score: 83
O’s Notes: Japanese pianist Satoko Fujii is perhaps the most published free jazz artist in the world with hundreds of recordings to date, many with her husband, trumpeter, producer Natsuki Tamura. He joins Satoko along with Ikue Mori (electronics). Hyaku – One Hundred Dreams also includes some western free jazz musicians, Ingrid Laubroc (t-sax), Sara Schoenberg (bassoon), Wadada Leo Smith (t), Brandon Lopez (b) and drummers Chris Corsano and Tom Rainey. The mood ranges from chaotic to eerie to adventurous over five parts that were increasingly more melodic. Our favorites are “Part Three”, “Part Four” including Tamura’s creative scatting and “Part Five”.
Publicist: Braithwaite & Katz