Pianist Satoko Fujii celebrates recording #100 with a wide and expansive team including trumpeter supreme Wadada Leo Smith, along with Ingrid Laubrock/ts, Sara Schoenbeck/bassoon, Natsuki Tamura/tp, Ikue Mori/elect, Brandon Lopez/b and Tom Rainey-Chris Corsano/dr.
Smith is in great form, gasping on the earie “One Hundred Dreams Part Two” and veering around the electronics and the leader’s rambling and scramble of “One Hundred Dreams Part One”. Schoenbeck’s bassoon is a treat, loose with the electronics on “Part Three” and assertive with Laubrock on “Part Five”. Loose, but still well fitting.