Tomas Fujiwara

Tomas A. Fujiwara (* 1977 in Boston ) is an American jazz and improvisation musician ( drums ).

Tomas Fujiwara grew up in Boston; At the age of seven, under the impression of the drum battle between Buddy Rich and Max Roach , he began to be interested in music. After studying for two years with Joyce Kauffman and eight years of teaching with Alan Dawson , he has been working in the American jazz scene since the 2000s. a. with Taylor Ho Bynum , Ralph Alessi , Matt Bauder , Trevor Dunn , Mary Halvorson , Sunny Jain , Steve Lehman , Reuben Radding , Matana Roberts and Brandon Seabrook . In 2010 his debut album Actionspeak was released (with Mary Halvorson, Brian Settles , Danton Boller and Jonathan Finlayson ), followed by The Air Is Different ( 482 Music , 2012). Fujiwara also worked as a composer for theater, film and dance and as a music teacher. Currently (2018) Fujiwara leads the 7 Poets Trio , with Patricia Brennan and Tomeka Reid .

Discographic notes

Taylor Ho Bynum / Tomas Fujiwara: True Events (482 Music, 2007)
Ideal Bread: Transmit: Vol. 2 of the Music of Steve Lacy ( Cuneiform , 2008, with Kirk Knuffke , Josh Sinton , Reuben Radding)
Taylor Ho Bynum / Tomas Fujiwara: Stepwise ( Not Two Records , 2010)
The Air Is Different ( RogueArt , 2012)
After All Is Said (482 Music, 2015), with Jonathan Finlayson , Brian Settles , Mary Halvorson, Michael Formanek
The Out Louds (Relative Pitch Records, 2016), with Ben Goldberg , Mary Halvorson
Triple Double (Firehouse 12, 2017), with Taylor Ho Bynum , Mary Halvorson, Brandon Seabrook , Ralph Alessi , Gerald Cleaver
Thumbscrew: Ours and Theirs ( Cuneiform , 2018), with Mary Halvorson, Michael Formanek
7 Poets Trio ( RogueArt , 2019)

personal data
SURNAME	Fujiwara, Tomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Fujiwara, Tomas A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	1977
PLACE OF BIRTH	Boston