Satoko Fujii Orchestra Discography of CDs

Satoko Fujii Orchestra music CDs SOUTH WIND, the 2000 release from Satoko Fujii Orchestra, features "No More" and the title track. This remastered Japanese import comes with a vinyl style sleeve. Composer, arranger, and pianist Satoko Fujii leads her first big band on South Wind, a set that is as shocking as it is delightful. The reasons for the shock are the series of tonal and improvisational ...

Satoko Fujii Orchestra discography Pianist Fujii has assembled a 15-piece band of intensely fierce improvisers from various sources, including NYC, Boston and Japan. Trumpeter Jack Walrath (ex-Charles Mingus), saxophonists Briggan Krauss and Chris Speed (Knitting Factory stable), trumpeter John Carlson and trombonist Curtis Hasselbring (Either/Orchestra), trumpeter Dave Ballou (Orange Then Blue, among others), trombonist Joey Sellers (a progressive big bandleader in his own right), ...

Satoko Fujii Orchestra songs The Future of the Past continues pianist, composer, and bandleader Satoko Fujii's series of releases for her 15-piece group, an outlet she uses in addition to her work in duo, trio, and quartet settings. While the instrumentation on the spring 2003 release is that of a standard big band; the music is anything but. Fujii's piano, which has been compared ...

Satoko Fujii Orchestra CD discography Before the Dawn is Satoko Fujii's first big band release since Double Take, recorded in 1999. In the intervening years her writing has changed considerably, evolving from a New York-influenced form of avant-garde jazz to something more raucous and untamed. Her collaboration with Yoshida Tatsuya of the avant-core duo Ruins (see her Satoko Fujii Quartet releases and their duo ...