Yūko Fujiyama
Yūko Fujiyama , ( Japanese 藤 山 裕子 , Fujiyama Yūko , * 1954 in Sapporo ) is a Japanese jazz musician ( piano , composition ).
Live and act
Fujiyama learned to play the piano at the age of four, but did not initially work as a musician. In 1980 she introduced Jerome Cooper to the possibilities of free jazz . From the early 1990s she played in the American free jazz scene with William Parker , with whom the first recordings were made in 1991 ( Song Cycle ), as well as with Ellen Christi , Lee Konitz , Thurman Barker , Wadada Leo Smith and the drummer Brian Willson . Since the late 1990s she has been working with her own formations such as Daniel Carter , Sabir Mateen , Susie Ibarra and Wilber Morris in the One World Ensemble , the Yuko Fujiyama Quartet (with Reggie Nicholson , Roy Campbell , Wilber Morris) and the Yuko Fujiyama String Ensemble (with Mark Feldman and Tomas Ulrich ). In the field of jazz, she was involved in ten recording sessions between 1991 and 2017.
Discographic notes
- Ellen Christi - Yuko Fujiyama - Masahiko Kono - Mauro Orselli: Reconstruction of Sound (Network, 1996)
- One World Ensemble: Breathing Together (Freedom Jazz, 1997)
- Yuko Fujiyama String Ensemble: Day (CIMP, 1998)
- Yuko Fujiyama Quartet: Re-entry ( CIMP , 2001)
- Night Wave (Innova, 2018), with Graham Haynes , Jennifer Choi , Susie Ibarra
Web links
- Yuko Fujiyama at Allmusic (English)
- Yūko Fujiyama at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Portrait at Innova
- ↑ Bill Shoemaker : Yuko Fujiyama Quartet: Re-Entry. JazzTimes , July 1, 2001, accessed April 16, 2018 .
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed April 16, 2018)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fujiyama, Yūko |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sapporo |