Junk Box - Cloudy Then Sunny (2008) torrent

Libra Records: Libra-203-019
http://www.librarecords.com/sne/cd53e.html
http://www.librarecords.com/snj/cd53j.html

* Natsuki Tamura: trumpet
* Satoko Fujii: piano
* John Hollenbeck: percussion

http://www.satokofujii.com/projects.junkbox.html
http://www.satokofujii.com/jprojects.jjunkbox.html

http://www.natsukitamura.com/
http://www.satokofujii.com/
http://www.johnhollenbeck.com/

Recorded on December 20, 2006, and mixed on
July 16, 2007 at Systems Two, New York City.

Engineer: Joe Marciano.
Assistant Engineer: Max Ross.


Reviews
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http://www.satokofujii.com/reviews.junkbox.html

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By Stef
http://www.freejazzblog.org/2008/05/satoko-fujii-and-bands-looking-back.html

But the piece de résistance of her recent releases is the new Junk Box, with
Natsuki Tamura on trumpet and John Hollenbeck on percussion. The first Junk Box
CD was already something special, but this one goes even further, even deeper
into avant-garde territory, with lots of extended techniques used on the
various instruments, but they create music, not just sounds, there is a story
to tell, sometimes full of anguish, sometimes dark, full of drama, with
truckloads of expressiveness. The brightly shining wheat field on the cover,
with the red flames under a dark sky truly reflect the nature of the music. It
is all about contrast, about freedom and control, about darkness and light,
speed and slowness, rhythm and counter-rhythm, but then with the dynamics of
fire and passion to move the whole thing forward, and it's in all this heavily
accentuated lightfootedness that the true art of this band emerges.

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By Troy Collins
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/cloudy-then-sunny-junk-box-libra-records-review-by-troy-collins.php

By Susan Frances
http://www.jazzreview.com/cd-reviews/free-jazz-avante-garde-cd-reviews/cloudy-then-sunny-by-satoko-fujii-s-junk-box.html

By Steve Greenlee
http://jazztimes.com/articles/19928-trace-a-river-satoko-fujii-trio