After being touched by the music of Cecil Taylor, Yuko Fujiayama moved to the US from Japan in 1987, and began performing her own original improvisational music in 1993. Here, the pianist, improviser, and longtime resident of NYC has observed, even in this multicultural city, that the “beauty of eastern expression in improvisational music” is rarely showcased, and has brought together an all-star lineup, including Tetsu Nagasawa, Sylvie Courvoisier, Ned Rothenberg, Do Yeon Kim, and Satoshi Takeishi to help her do just that.
Yuko Fujiyama: Contemporary East II (with Tetsu Nagasawa, Sylvie Courvoisier, Ned Rothenberg, Do Yeon Kim, Satoshi Takeishi, Shoko Nagai, and others)
Monday, November 21, 20228:00 pm
Tetsu Nagasawa: percussion
Yuko Fujiyama: Contemporary East II (with Tetsu Nagasawa, Sylvie Courvoisier, Ned Rothenberg, Do Yeon Kim, Satoshi Takeishi, Shoko Nagai, and others)
Monday, November 21, 20228:00 pm
After being touched by the music of Cecil Taylor, Yuko Fujiayama moved to the US from Japan in 1987, and began performing her own original improvisational music in 1993. Here, the pianist, improviser, and longtime resident of NYC has observed, even in this multicultural city, that the “beauty of eastern expression in improvisational music” is rarely showcased, and has brought together an all-star lineup, including Tetsu Nagasawa, Sylvie Courvoisier, Ned Rothenberg, Do Yeon Kim, and Satoshi Takeishi to help her do just that.
Tetsu Nagasawa: percussion
Sylvie Courvoisier: piano
Do Yeon Kim: gayageum
Satoshi Takeishi: drums
Shoko Nagai: piano/keyboard/accordion
Ned Rothenberg: winds
Yuma Uesaka: composer/conductor
“Her music is not unlike a Japanese haiku which can capture, in seventeen syllables, the ethos of a much lengthier and thickset poem.” —All About Jazz