1. What’s your best pleasure in improvised music? 

I benefit from the direct expression of concepts and creativity, and the power to instantly share these with individuals. Additionally the spontaneity and risk-taking. It’s actually music created within the second.

2. What high quality do you most admire within the musicians you carry out with?

I love collaborators who could make a press release with silence and know the appropriate time to finish.

3. Which historic musician/composer do you admire probably the most? In the event you might resurrect a musician to carry out with, who would it not be?

It’s tough to choose one, however I might say Paul Bley.

4. What would you continue to like to realize musically in your life? 

I want to make music that no person has heard earlier than.

5. Are you curious about widespread music and – if sure – what music/artist do you significantly like

I really like widespread music. I grew up with it after I was in highschool. Paul Simon is considered one of my favourite artists.

6. In the event you might change one factor about your self, what would it not be?

I can’t consider something. I’m very joyful to be myself.

7. Which of your albums are you most pleased with? 

I can’t choose one. All of them are like my proud youngsters!

8. As soon as an album of yours is launched, do you continue to hearken to it? And the way usually?

After I plan my subsequent mission, I hearken to my previous albums simply to see what I did and what didn’t do.

9. Which album (from any musician) have you ever listened to probably the most in your life? 

“Folks in Sorrow“ by Artwork Ensemble of Chicago.

10. What are you listening to in the intervening time? 

The brand new recording by the Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio.

11. What artist outdoors music conjures up you? 

Listed below are the albums by Satoko Fujii that we reviewed through the years. We added hyperlinks for the albums of the final 5 years. To search out the opposite albums, simply use the search engine of our weblog. 

• Satoko Fujii & Natsuki Tamura – in Krakow in November (Not Two Information, 2006) ***** 
• Gato Libre – Nomad (Nomansland Information, 2007) ***½
• Jimmy Weinstein – This Ocean (Advert Hoc 002, 2006) ****
• Double Duo – Crossword Puzzle (Libra, 2007) ****
• Satoko Fujii Min-Yoh Ensemble – Fujin Raijin (Victo, 2007) ****
• Satoko Fujii & Carla Kihlstedt – Minamo (Henceforth Information, 2007) ****
• Satoko Fujii Quartet – Bacchus (Onoff, 2007) ****½
• Gato Libre – Kuro (Libra, 2008) ****
• Satoko Fujii … and bands … trying again from the longer term …
• Satoko Fujii Ma-Do – Warmth Wave (Not Two, 2008) *****
• Natsuki Tamura & Satoko Fujii  – Chun (Libra, 2008) *****
• Satoko Fujii & Myra Melford – Beneath The Water (Libra, 2009) ****
• Raymond MacDonald – Cities (Nu-Jazz Europe, 2009) ****½
• Larry Ochs & Drumming Core – Stone Shift (RogueArt, 2009) ****
• Minamo – Kuroi Kawa/Black River (Tzadik, 2009) ****
• Satoko Fujii Ma-Do – Desert Ship (Not Two, 2009) ****½
• Satoko Fujii, Natsuki Tamura and mates
• Satoko Fujii & Natsuki Tamura – Muku (Libra, 2012) ****½
• Satoko Fujii Ma-Do – Time Stands Nonetheless (NotTwo Information, 2013) ****
• Satoko Fujii – Spring Storm & Time Stands Nonetheless (2013)
• Kaze – Twister (Circum, 2013) ****½
• Satoko Fujii – Gen Himmel (Libra, 2013) ****½
• Gato Libre – DuDu (Libra, 2014) ****
• Kaze – Uminari (Circum Disc, 2015) ****½
• Satoko Fujii Tobira – Yamiyo Ni Karuso (Libra, 2015) ****½
• Porta Palace Collective – Neuroplastic Groove (Rudi Information, 2016) ****
• Satoko Fujii / Joe Fonda – Duet (Lengthy Track Information, 2016) ****½
• Satoko Fujii Orchestra Tokyo ‎– Peace (Tribute To Kelly Churko) (Libra, 2016) ****
• Satoko Fujii – Invisible Hand (Cortez, 2016) ****½
• Hassle Kaze – June (Circum Disc, 2017) ****
• Wadada Leo Smith / Natsuki Tamura / Satoko Fujii / Ikue Mori – Aspiration (Libra, 2017) ****½
• Satoko Fujii Quartet ‎– Reside At Jazz Room Cortez (Cortez Sound, 2017) ****
• Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York – Fukushima  (Libra Information, 2017) ****
• Satoko Fujii – Solo (Libra, 2018) *****
• Kaze – Atody Man (Libra, 2018) ****
• Satoko Fujii’s Orchestra Berlin – Ninety-9 Years (Libra, 2018) ****½
• Kira Kira – Vibrant Pressure (Libra Information, 2018) ****½
• Fujii/Fonda/Mimmo – Triad (Lengthy Track Information, 2018) ****½
• This Is It! – 1538 (Libra, 2018) ****½
• Larry Ochs Sax And Drumming Core – Wild Crimson Yellow (RogueArt, 2017) ****½
• Mahobin – Reside at Massive Apple in Kobe (Libra Information, 2018) ****½
• Satoko Fujii and Joe Fonda – Mizu (Lengthy Track Information) ****½
• A Yr (or 60) within the Making: Satoko Fujii’s *Kanreki* 
• Satoko Fujii & Natsuki Tamura – Pentas: Tribute to Eric and Chris Stern (Not Two, 2020) *****
• Natsuki Tamura & Satoko Fujii – Midsummer (Self, 2020) ****
• Natsuki Tamura & Satoko Fujii – Keshin (Self, 2020) ****
• Rafał Mazur ‎– The Nice Tone Has No Sound (Fundacja Słuchaj!, 2020)
• Satoko Fujii – 24 albums reviewed
• Satoko Fujii and Joe Fonda – Thread of Mild (FSR, 2022) ****
• Satoko Fujii – Hyaku: One Hundred Desires (Libra, 2022)
• Satoko Fujii and Otomo Yoshihide – Perpetual Movement (Ayler, 2023) *****