Tomas Fujiwara
Tomas Fujiwara was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. At the age of seven, he fell in love with music while listening to the classic drum battle record, Rich vs. Roach. After two years of studies with Joyce Kauffman, Tomas began an eight-year course of study with legendary drummer and educator, Alan Dawson.
He has worked as a leader of and composer for various ensembles, as a sideman, as a composer for theatre, film, and dance, and as a teacher and clinician. With a quiet energy that propels (All About Jazz) and a style that is both volatile and watchful (New York Times), Tomas' alert drumming has propelled some excellent ensembles on the new-music landscape (New York Times).
His current projects include: Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook Up, Taylor Ho Bynum / Tomas Fujiwara Duo (True Events, 482 Music, 2007, Upcoming release on Nottwo Records), The Thirteenth Assembly ((un)sentimental, Important Records, 2009), Taylor Ho Bynum Trio and Sextet (The Middle Picture, Firehouse 12, 2007, Asphalt Flowers Forking Paths, hatOLOGY, 2008, and Double Trio with the Stephen Haynes Trio, Engine Records, 2009), Matana Roberts' Mississippi Moonchile, Coin Coin, and Quartet (The Calling, Utech, 2006), Ideal Bread (Ideal Bread, KMB Jazz, 2008), The Throes (The Throes, CIMP, 2009), Matt Bauder's Day In Pictures, Positive Catastrophe (Garabatos Volume 1, Cuneiform Records, 2009), Red Baraat, Soo's Collage (Soo's Collage, Audioguy, 2006), Matt Welch's Blarvuster, Exegesis, and Aji No Moto.
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Album Review
- Artlessly Falling by Jerome Wilson
- Artlessly Falling by John Sharpe
- Artlessly Falling by Franz A. Matzner
- Artlessly Falling by Vic Albani
- Artlessly Falling by Troy Dostert
- The Anthony Braxton Project by Mark Sullivan
- Present Company by Jim Worsley
- Old New by Ian Patterson
- Triple Double by John Sharpe
- Triple Double by Vincenzo Roggero
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August 27, 2010
Tomas Fujiwara and the Hook up - Actionspeak (2010)
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