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Yuko Fujiyama: Quiet Passion
by John Sharpe
American-based Japanese pianist Yuko Fujiyama has recorded sparingly over a 40-year career, so the arrival of Quiet Passion, only the fourth date under her leadership, is an occasion to perk up the ears. Also noteworthy is the unusual instrumentation she has chosen, supplementing her piano with the cornet of Graham Haynes and electronics of Ikue Mori. The resultant 13 cuts constitute a deeply personal album, introspective but simmering with pent up emotion and steely determination. Like many ...
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by Mark Corroto
Pianist Yuko Fujiyama does not routinely release music. When she does, it is always for a special purpose. This trio recording, Quiet Passion, was preceded by Night Wave (Innova Recordings, 2018) and, like her previous album, she is joined by cornetist Graham Haynes. The trio is completed by fellow Japanese- born expatriate Ikue Mori a longtime mainstay of New York's Downtown scene. Fujiyama, a Cecil Taylor devotee, has maintained the essence of Taylor's art but, through the years, she has ...
read moreYuko Fujiyama Quartet: Re-entry
by AAJ Staff
Re-entry is a really great album, but it has a fatal flaw: the leader, pianist Yuko Fujiyama, disappears deep in the crevasses of the left channel. If for nothing else, this record deserves attention as a failure of engineering. Producer Robert Rusch ironically hits it right on the head when he offers up some (ironic but unrelated) poetry on If Words":
I'd rather be mute."
Fortunately, the other three musicians on Re-entry do a spectacular job. Basically Re-entry comes across ...
read moreBrian Willson, Yuko Fujiyama and Dominic Duval Celebrate the Release of Their CD 'Things Heard Unheard'
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All About Jazz
Hey folks – CD RELEASE PARTY!!!! Come out and hear this fantastic trio, Brian Willson on percussion, Yuko Fujiyama on piano & percussion and Dominic Duval on contrabass. I am very proud to have this opportunity to play live again with this wonderful trio and celebrate the release of our CD, things heard unheard. Sure hope to see you there, old friends and new. Friday, October 14 at 8:00 p.m. @ ISSUE PROJECT ROOM 400 Carroll Street between Bond and ...
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