Satoko Fujii's Orchestra Oakland
Aaron Bennett - Tenor Sax
Larry Ochs - Tenor Sax
Jon Raskin - Bari sax
Theodore Padouvas - Trumpet
Erik Jekabson - Trumpet
Kappa Maki - Trumpet
Clifford Childers - Trombone
John Shiurba - Guitar
Satoko Fujii - Piano
Todd Nicholson - Bass
Jordan Glenn - Drums
Yoshi Shutto - Drums
Satoko Fujii is a leading Japansese avant-garde pianist and Composer Fujii started playing the piano at age 4, receiving classical training until she was 20, when she became interested in improvisation and jazz. She went to the United States in 1985, graduating from the Berklee College of Music in Boston in 1987, returning to the US in 1993, achieving a graduate diploma in Jazz Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music in 1996. She returned to Japan with her new husband, trumpeter Natsuki Tamura, leader of Gato Libre. She leads various Big Bandsin Japan, such as Ma-do and Orchestra Tokyo.
Videos featuring musicians playing at this event
Fred Frith, Guitar; Jordan Glenn, Drums; Jason Hoopes, bass