"On Korekara (October 2, Libra Records) Satoko Fujii's Orchestra Nagoya celebrates the musicians and arts community that make the central Japanese city's culture scene so special. Fujii composed the four-part suite to honor the 20th ann...

"Even after nearly 30 years and more than 25 CDs of large ensemble music, Satoko Fujii continues to search for new ways to write for and perform with big bands. On Second Attempt (Libra Records, release date September 4, 2026), her thir...

Marking three decades of collaboration, tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman and pianist Matthew Shipp distill their remarkably intuitive improvisational language across two Park West Studios sessions recorded weeks apart, their spontaneous exchanges moving through melody, silence, density, rhythmic momentum and abrupt shifts of register with the immediacy of a conversation shaped by years of shared musical experience.