CD SATOKO FUJII quartet Zephyros

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Wydawca: Not Two, 2003
Symbol: MW 752-2

                    SATOKO FUJII quartet
                Zephyros

1. The Future of the Past — 12:00
2. As Usual — 7:26
3. Flying to the South — 6:51
4. First Tango — 8:40
5. One Summer Day — 5:27
6. Clear Sky — for Christopher — 5:51
7. 15 Minutes to Get to the Station — 8:48

Satoko Fujii - fortepian
Natsuki Tamura - trąbka
Takeharu Hayakawa - kontrabas
Tatsuya Yoshida - bębny canopus, śpiew
Tadeusz Sudnik - syntezator, sample, live electronics

Znakomita okazja, by poznać jedną z odsłon twórczości japońskiej pianistki - jej autorski kwartet. Płyta zróżnicowana pod względem stylistyki zarejestrowanych utworów. Imponuje swoboda improwizacyjna wszystkich muzyków i autentyczna radość grania

The Satoko Fujii Quartet boasts a lineup that should make any prog or avant-jazz fan salivate, with a bang-up rock electric bassist, a wild trumpeter, Yoshida Tatsuya (Ruins) flailing away at the skins, and the inimitable Fujii herself playing all sorts of styles on piano, from fluid and melodic to furiously percussive and dissonant. The free-jazz tendency in this band makes for some exciting and intense improvisation, but the rock grounding in the rhythm section, especially in Yoshida's merciless pounding, means that there's no shortage of killer grooves to keep the attention of the more beat-oriented among us.

Zephyros is the Quartet's third album, and possibly its best. Certainly it is its most accessible effort to date; there is no shortage of head-nodding rhythm and hummable melody here to offset the wacky, unpredictable time signatures and dissonant improvisation — and this is not a group that indulges in much in the way of headache-inducing wailing, so those allergic to avant-skronk need not fear. The album kicks off with easily its most "difficult" piece, "The Future is the Past," in which each instrumentalist seems to be going in a different direction at once (though oddly, in the European issue on Not Two Records, this piece is moved to track 5, with the rest of the track order unchanged). After this one, though, things get noticeably more comprehensible. The next track starts off slowly and mysteriously with Fujii's solo piano, but quickly evolves into a chaotic full-band affair that seems to coalesce beautifully into order (and a wicked bass solo).

There are no duff tracks here, but a high point for me is "Clear Sky — for Christopher," which is the most cheerful piece the Quartet has yet recorded. The irrepressibly bouncy rhythm is overlaid by a memorable, lyrical melody courtesy of Tamura, but the accessibility of it all is mitigated, deliciously, by some unexpected rhythmic catches. The middle of this song is taken up by a fantastic, energetic solo by Fujii, under which Yoshida's drumming seems only slightly too aggressive. But it's the full-band sections that are really enjoyable in their tightness.

Another favorite of mine is "First Tango," which only hints at danceable beats, but does so in a particularly tantalizing way. The closer, "15 Minutes to Get to the Station," reaches a high point of intensity before closing the album on a more stately note. All told, this is definitely my favorite album from this group. The weaknesses of the group are the same as before: listeners accustomed to more straightforward jazz will take offense to the aggressiveness of the rhythm section, and even I sometimes feel that Yoshida's drumming is too busy (those particularly bothered by this might want to try Minerva, the group's second album, instead). But this is, of course, to be expected, and I have little problem taking it in stride. I have yet to be disappointed by anything with Satoko Fujii's name on it.

review by Brandon Wu — 6-2-05

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