Fujii, Satoko
Tokuma, 2024, CD
Instrument: Piano
Issue: 30.1
Jazz Ruler Type: Avant Garde
Performance: 4
Sound: 4
Score: 82
O’s Notes: Japanese free jazz pianist Satoko Fujii leads her Tokyo Trio with bassist Takashi Sugawa and drummer Ittetsu Takemura. We characterize Jet Black as syncopated, orderly chaos. There’s a story, an intelligible story that we could follow on tunes like “Sky Reflection” and “Take A Step”. We found this addition of Fujii’s spontaneous improvisation to be palatable, and certainly among her best efforts.
Publicist: Braithwaite & Katz
