Natsuki Tamura, Satoko Fujii, Ramon Lopez - Mantle (2020)

Natsuki Tamura / Satoko Fujii / Ramon Lopez
Mantle
2020 - Not Two Records: MW1003-2
https://www.nottwo.com/mw1003



* Natsuki Tamura : trumpet
* Satoko Fujii : piano
* Ramón López : drums

https://www.natsukitamura.com/
https://www.satokofujii.com/
http://www.ramonlopez.net/

Cover photo by Ramón López.
https://www.ramon-art.com/

Recorded by Toshihiro Toyoshima, Naofumi Sato and Mitsuru Itani
at Yawatahama Yumemikan, Ehime, island of Shikoku, Japan,
on September 22, 2019.

Reviews

By Troy Dostert
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/mantle-natsuki-tamura-satoko-fujii-and-ramon-lopez-not-two-records

[...]

Even more impressive is the craft displayed in the group's compositions. There
is abundant room for collective improvisation here, yet the sturdy scaffolding
of the pieces ensures that the music never loses its bearings. Some of the
tracks, like "Your Shadow," possess a heartbreaking fragility, as Tamura and
Fujii engage in a shared reverie; others, like "Encounter," traverse a larger
swath of territory, from austere tranquility to surging intensity. But there is
always a through line toward a hidden beauty, as on the closer, "The Temple
Bell." After gradually building a furious wall of sound, fueled by Fujii's
cascading torrents, Lopez' frenetic flurries and Tamura's upper-register
screams, the music suddenly crashes to a halt; and the group resumes with a
playful, prancing coda, just a few bars to remind us that even in its most
extreme moments, this trio can still find that elusive balance between raw
energy and graceful restraint.

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By John Sharpe
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/mantle-satoko-fujii-ramon-lopez-natsuki-tamura-not-two-records

By S. Victor Aaron
https://somethingelsereviews.com/2020/12/31/natsuki-tamura-satoko-fujii-ramon-lopez-mantle/

By Eyal Hareuveni
https://salt-peanuts.eu/record/satoko-fujii-natsuki-tamura-ramon-lopez/

By grzech
http://jazzpress.gpoint-audio.com/2020/11/november-6th2020-release-via-not-two-records-satoko-fujii-natsuki-tamura-ramon-lopez-mantle/

By George W. Harris
https://www.jazzweekly.com/2020/11/free-and-easy-rich-halley-matthew-shipp-michael-bisio-newman-taylor-baker-the-shape-of-things-bk/

By Ken Waxman
https://www.thewholenote.com/index.php/booksrecords2/jazzaimprovised/30683-something-in-the-air-uncommon-trumpet-groupings-unusual-and-unique-textures-february-2021

Por Fabricio Vieira (pt)
http://www.freeformfreejazz.org/2020/12/play-it-again.html