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Performing at Glebe St. James United Church (650 Lyon Street South), Saturday September 22nd 3:00pm.
- Satoko Fujii – Piano
- Natsuki Tamura – Trumpet
- Jesse Stewart – Drums & Percussion
A first-time meeting of one of Ottawa’s most ubiquitous drummers and our visiting guests from Japan!
Please Note: This afternoon matinee is a separately-ticketed event arranged by Jesse and is not included with the IMOO Fest Saturday or 3-Day passes. Tickets are $20 each and will be available at the door.
Jesse will also be presenting Satoko and Natsuki in a masterclass at Carleton University’s Kailash Mital Theatre on Friday September 21st at 3:00pm.
Jesse Stewart is a Juno award-winning percussionist, composer, improviser, artist, instrument builder, educator, and writer. A dynamic and inventive performer, Stewart has a remarkable ability to coax music from virtually any resonating object or material. He has performed and/or recorded with many internationally acclaimed musicians including George Lewis, Hamid Drake, Roswell Rudd, Bill Dixon, William Parker, Evan Parker, Pauline Oliveros, and many others. In a 2002 review, Frank Rubolino described him as “one of the finest young drummers and percussionists on the scene today” (One Final Note Summer/Fall 2002). He is a professor of music at Carleton University in Ottawa.
Critics and fans alike hail pianist and composer Satoko Fujii as one of the most original voices in jazz today. A truly global artist, she tours internationally leading several ensembles based in Japan, Europe, and the United States. Just as her career spans international borders, her music spans many genres, blending jazz, contemporary classical, rock, and traditional Japanese music into an innovative synthesis instantly recognizable as hers alone.
Japanese trumpeter and composer Natsuki Tamura is internationally recognized for a unique musical vocabulary that blends extended techniques with jazz lyricism. This unpredictable virtuoso’s seemingly limitless creativity led François Couture in All Music Guide to declare that “… we can officially say there are two Natsuki Tamuras: The one playing angular jazz-rock or ferocious free improv… and the one writing simple melodies of stunning beauty… How the two of them live in the same body and breathe through the same trumpet might remain a mystery.”
www.satokofujii.com
www.natsukitamura.com
www.jessestewart.ca
IMOO wishes to thank the Japan Foundation for providing Satoko and Natsuki with the financial assistance to make their 2018 North American tour possible.
