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Pauline Oliveros Foundation Houston Presents SATOKO FUJII QUARTET
Pauline Oliveros Foundation Houston Presents...
THE SATOKO FUJII QUARTET (FROM JAPAN)
Wednesday, May 1 2002 8pm
First Unitarian Universalist Church
5200 Fannin (at Fannin and Southmore)
$13 Advance Tickets available at Sound Exchange.
For information and directions
call Sound Exchange at 713-666-5555
or POF Houston at 713-928-5653
or go to our website at http://www.pofinc.org/houston
This concert is co-sponsored by the Japan America
Society of Houston
THE SATOKO FUJII QUARTET (JAPAN)
Satoko Fujii - Piano
Natsuki Tamura - Trumpet, Toys
Takeharu Hayakawa - Bass
Tatsuya Yoshida (from the Ruins) - Drums, Voice
This is a group that can switch from subtle classical
precision to blazing hard rock. The strange tonal
worlds of the avant-garde can somehow suggest the
music of Japanese tradition. Dramatic and charging
swing segues headlong into unresolved space. Their
diversity of style is not a simple novelty. The
quartet is full of genuine surprise.
Satoko Fujii is a highly acclaimed pianist and
composer whose almost reckless eclecticism belies her
roots as an accomplished classical performer. As a
pianist, she is a virtuoso. As a composer, her range
is astonishing. Trumpeter Natsuki Tamura carves out a
world of lyricism and idiosyncratic sound. Raspy
blurts and bleeps are executed with surprising grace
and delicacy. Drummer Tatsuya Yoshida is the wildcard
of the group, famous for his precise yet volcanic
drumming and vocalizations with the avant-garde rock
legends Ruins.
Visit Satoko Fujii's website at
http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~Libra/
Quotes:
"Satoko Fujii is one of the more arresting new voices
in jazz."
- Stuart Broomer, Coda
"Together Tamura and Fujii construct perfect little
structures; their collaboration is balanced, astute,
and very musical."
- Chris Kelsey, Cadence.
"What makes her special is her developing gift for
blending composition and improvisation, as well as a
progressive vision that sees no boundaries within
tonality and no restrictions within the
avant-garde."--- Drew Wheeler, Jazz Central Station.
"Satoko Fujii negotiates the path between Cecil
Taylor's hyper-kinetic dissonance and more meditative
styles of piano players like Randy Weston and Abdullah
Ibrahim... Fujii transforms jazz into something
architectural, full of designed shapes that jut and
jab at the silence of an enclosed space...an intimate
album, full of interior explorations and adventures."
-- Michael Kramer, New York Times.
"...one of the most exciting young pianists in
improvised music."
- James Hale, Ottawa Citizen.
"Ms. Fujii injects a potpourri of underlying themes
and fluctuating cross-currents into her music...and
perhaps the best is yet to come, as we watch her star
rapidly ascend above the horizon! Highly recommended.
***** (out of 5)"
- Glenn Astarita, All About Jazz
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