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Satoko Fujii Ma-Do Quartet: Heat Wave

Read "Heat Wave" reviewed by Budd Kopman


As her fiftieth birthday nears, pianist Satoko Fujii continues to release recordings at a furious pace. However, despite always extending her compositional and improvisational language, her musical personality remains recognizable by its unique mixture of melody, rhythm, freedom and structure. An amazing release, Heat Wave presents a new band named the Ma-Do Quartet, consisting of players from other bands which Fujii has played in or led--trumpeter Natuski Tamura, Fujii's husband and musical collaborator; bassist Norikatsu Koreyasu, a ...

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Satoko Fujii Ma-Do: Heat Wave

Read "Heat  Wave" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Ever prolific avant-garde jazz pianist Satoko Fujii has put together yet another band. She fronts numerous ensembles: a dynamic piano trio with bassist Mark Dresser and drummer Jim Black, the trio Junk Box, with drummer Jim Hollenbeck and trumpeter Natsuki Tamura, big bands in New York and Japan, a powerful rock steeped quartet and a bunch of one-off configurations, in addition to her collaborations with husband, trumpeter Natsuki Tamura--most notably as an accordionist on the three Gato Libre discs. Heat ...

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Steve Freund: I'll Be Your Mule

Read "I'll Be Your Mule" reviewed by Joe Milazzo


With a form as venerable and yet malleable as the blues, it is the manner of expression as much aswhatis expressed that carries a performer. Some may bristle at this idea, and say it places style above substance. But style, a personal sense of fashion, an idiosyncratic bearing... whatever you choose to call it, this quality is sometimes the real stuff of an artists' achievements. It is his style that allows us to distinguish Albert “The Iceman" Collins from any ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Heat Wave

NotTwo Records
2008

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Heat Wave

Not Two Records
2008

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I'll Be Your Mule

Delmark Records
2001

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