CL207_E1Cut_v.indd
05 Feb

[ February 9th, 2024 release via Circum-Libra: Satoko Fujii/Kaze – Unwritten ]

By grzech In All That Jazz /   No Comments

The cooperative international quartet Kaze, featuring Japanese composer-pianist Satoko Fujii and trumpeter Natsuki Tamura along with French trumpeter Christian Pruvost and drummer Peter Orins, will release Unwritten, the first completely improvised album in their 13-year history, on February 9, 2024 via Circum/Libra. Recorded live in Lille, France, the album showcases the depth and connection of the musicians.

“Romantic, cacophonous, intelligent, and thoroughly without pretence.” — Steve Mossberg, Arts Fuse

“The Kaze concept shows no sign of going stale. Every time out they freshen that concept in ingenious ways.”— S. Victor Aaron, Something Else!

Read More
Crustal Movement_cover
16 Mar

[ March the 17th,2023 release via Circum/Libra: Satoko Fujii’s Kaze and Ikue Mori – Crustal Movement ]

By grzech In All That Jazz /   No Comments

 

The pioneering musician Ikue Mori on laptop electronics joins Kaze – the cooperative quartet featuring Japanese composer-pianist Satoko Fujii and trumpeter Natsuki Tamura plus French trumpeter Christian Pruvost and drummer– for their innovative new album Crustal Movement, out March 17, 2023 via Circum/Libra.  Album is a visceral, richly textured hybrid of pre-recorded music files exchanged during pandemic and live performance

“[Their music is] a well-judged amalgam of adventurous and empathetic ensemble playing, and striking individual flights,”—John Sharpe, All About Jazz

“So intriguing that you’ll listen to it as music, not noise, and you’ll start to think about the relationship between music and sound and then . . . you’ll be hooked–just as I am.”—Marc Phillips, The Vinyl Anachronist

Read More
Natsuki Tamura &ttetsu Takemura – Lighting _ cover
03 Dec

[ December the 2nd,2022 release on Bandcamp: Natsuki Tamura & Ittetsu Takemura – Lighting ]

By grzech In All That Jazz /   No Comments

Lightning, trumpeter-composer Natsuki Tamura’s duet with drummer Ittetsu Takemura – a digital only release – is available today, December 2, 2022 via Bandcamp.

It’s an adrenaline rush of joyful sound. They dive headlong into the music, taking the listener along on a wild journey of exploration. The sounds and ideas come fast and furious as the two challenge one another and push things as far as they can go.

“a fresh approach to improvised music… Adventuresome and rewarding.”  — Stuart Kremsky, IAJRC Journal
“…a remarkable trumpeter, individual, lyrical and dramatic.”  ― Ray Comiskey, The Irish Times

Read More
Cover_Iyahoのコピー
10 Aug

[ August the 19, 2022 release on Bandcamp: Natsuki Tamura – Iyaho]

By grzech In All That Jazz /   No Comments

release date: 19.08.2022 on bandcamp

Trumpeter-composer Natsuki Tamura’s New Solo Album Iyaho Focuses on his Astonishing Vocalizing

“When he sings, it is in no known language . . . and the melodies tend toward minimal simplicity, like Buddhist chants from an alien planet.” ― Jon Davis, Exposé


“Tamura shrewdly creates a sound world that, while completely his own, also hints at the mythological and musical folklore of Asian and European cultures.” ― Ken Waxman, Jazzweekly

Read More
Sleeping Cat _ Cover
12 Jul

[ July the 12th, 2022 release on bandcamp exclusive: Natsuki Tamura and Gato Libre – Sleeping Cat ]

By grzech In All That Jazz /   No Comments

“ghostly, poetic sound filling the air with great beauty.” ― Philip Johnson, The Independent 

“a fresh approach to improvised music… Adventuresome and rewarding.” — Stuart Kremsky, IAJRC Journal

Trumpeter-composer Natsuki Tamura’s newest Gato Libre album, Sleeping Cat, is part of an ambitious yearlong marathon of multiple new releases by the Japanese brass player. Available exclusively on Bandcamp

Read More
Summer Tree_jacket_2
01 Feb

[ February the 11th, 2022 release on Libra Records: Natsuki Tamura- Summer Tree ]

By grzech In All That Jazz /   No Comments

release date: 11.02.2022 via Libra Records

 “extremely beautiful music, defined by its intelligence and risk.” ― Jason Bivins, Cadence

“wondrous facility and articulation,… a musical sense of humor … a fresh approach to improvised music… Adventuresome and rewarding.”  — Stuart Kremsky, IAJRC Journal

Trumpeter-composer Natsuki Tamura adds a new dimension to his unaccompanied music, several in fact, on his new multi-tracked solo album, Summer Tree. Only his fifth solo album in a career that has spanned more than five decades, Summer Tree displays all the inventiveness, lyricism, and wit as his previous solo albums, but with a few new wrinkles. For the first time, he

Read More
Cover_Fujii_Mosaic_1600pix
09 Nov

[ November the 19th, 2021 release via Libra Records – Satoko Fujii’s This is It! Trio – Mosaic ]

By grzech In All That Jazz /   No Comments

release date: 19.11.2021 via Libra Records

Pianist-composer Satoko Fujii records live via the internet for the first time with her trio “This Is It!” 

“…can’t get much closer to improvisational music perfection” — Victor Aaron, Something Else!

“This project…has lifted her artistry to a new level…. Always fresh, always adventurous.” — Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz

Read More
jacket_6p_AI10 [更新済み]
01 Jul

[ July the 9th, 2021 release via Libra Records: Natsuki Tamura’s Koki Solo ]

By grzech In All That Jazz /   No Comments

release date: 09.07.2021

“Tamura tempers his avant-garde antics with an innate lyricism.” — Steve Smith, Time Out New York

“You’ll never fit trumpeter Natsuki Tamura into any pre-fab category, he creates his own, then pulls you into them with him.”—Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz 

“Captured on disc is an artist who is technically brilliant, academically and classically trained, but as free as a sudden thunderstorm that appears out of nowhere and rains profusely onto the outdoor bandstand.  Instead of running from the storm, we sit in rapt attention, and get soaked in his jazz lyricism and daring creativity.  No one even opens an umbrella as the elephants come stampeding towards us.” – Dee Dee McNeil, Musicalmemoir’s Blog

Read More