Satoko Fujii Ma-Do

Pianist-composer Satoko Fujii has made a name for herself as a prophet of eclectic modern jazz. Her latest quartet, Ma-do features herself on piano, her husband Natsuki Tamura on trumpet, Norikatsu Koreyasu on bass, and Akira Horikoshi on drums. Fujii tells in a recent press release, “Ma-do means ‘window’ in Japanese. Also ‘ma’ means the silence between notes. I wanted the name of the band to show how the music opens to the outside (just like a window) and that silence has probably more meaning than notes.”