Joe Fonda & 藤井乡子 Satoko Fujii: 灵感迸发 Creative Unleashed
美国 U.S.A. / 日本 Japan
2025.10.25 20:00–21:00
演出者 Artists
Joe Fonda – 低音提琴 Double Bass / 长笛 Flute
藤井乡子 Satoko Fujii – 三角钢琴 Grand Piano
“藤井和 Fonda 能够毫不费力地在优美抒情与复杂前卫之间游走。”
"Fujii and Fonda move seamlessly from lyricism to complex avant-garde."
——Karl Ackermann，All About Jazz 网站
藤井乡子与 Joe Fonda 二人的无间合作，是创造力自由激荡的结晶。
Fonda 这样评价他与这位日本钢琴家的合作：“我如此热爱与乡子一起演奏的原因，同时也是每场音乐会中她都给我上的一课是：让音乐摆脱对‘自我’的执着。乡子演奏是出于对音乐的热爱——她是无私的，在演奏时总是把‘自我’抛诸脑后。每次我们一起演奏时她都给我这样的感受，让我觉得珍贵无比。”而藤井则说：“我们常常被许多事物束缚和阻碍而不自知。想要不受这些影响而达到真正自由并不容易。Joe 是一位能够摆脱这些影响的音乐家。当与他一起演奏时，我感觉自己也能摆脱这些无形的绳索，并开始找到那种自由。”
Duo Satoko Fujii and Joe Fonda creative freedom together.
Fonda says of his work with the Japanese pianist, "The thing I love so much about playing with Satoko, and the lesson she imparts to me on every concert is, to play music without the ego being part of the process. Satoko plays from the love of music. She is selfless and leaves her ego at home when she comes to play. What a priceless lesson I receive each and every time we perform together." And Fujii says, "While we often don't notice, we really are tied up and hindered by many things. It is not easy to be truly free and not be affected by these things, Joe is a musician who can release himself from these influences. When I play with him, I feel I also can be released from these invisible ropes and begin to find that freedom."
Joe Fonda
Joe Fonda 生于 1954 年，是一位作曲家、贝斯手、录音艺术家、跨学科表演者、制作人和教育家。《波士顿凤凰报》评价 Fonda 是一位“新音乐视野的严肃探索者”。1984 年到 1999 年，他是作曲家、即兴演奏家及美国国家艺术基金会爵士大师 Anthony Braxton 的贝斯手。Fonda 也曾是多个乐队的重要成员，包括与 Michael Jefry Stevens、Herb Robertson 和 Harvey Sorgen 组成的 Fonda-Stevens Group；与 Gebhard Ullmann、Stevens 和 George Schuller 组成的 Conference Call；与 Barry Altschul 和 Billy Bang 组成的 Fab 三重奏；以及与 Mark Whitecage、Roy Campbell 和 Lou Grassi 组成的 Nu 乐队等。他目前是 The 3dom Factor（与 Altschul 和萨克斯手 Jon Irabagon 的三重奏）、吉他手 Michael Musillami 三重奏等乐队的成员。他还领导过一些独具特色的乐团，比如由四位乐器演奏家、一位踢踏舞者和一位身体疗愈师/歌手组成的 From the Source，以及由 Gerry Hemingway、Joe Daley、Michael Rabinowitz、Claire Daly 和 Ullmann 组成的六重奏 Bottoms Out。迄今为止，他参与录制的专辑已超过 160 张。
Born 1954, Joe Fonda is a composer, bassist, recording artist, interdisciplinary performer, producer and educator. He "is a serious seeker of new musical horizons," according to the Boston Phoenix. From 1984 to 1999, he was the bassist with composer-improviser and NEA Jazz Master Anthony Braxton. Fonda also has been an integral member of several cooperative bands, including the Fonda-Stevens Group with Michael Jefry Stevens, Herb Robertson and Harvey Sorgen; Conference Call, with Gebhard Ullmann, Stevens, and George Schuller; the Fab Trio with Barry Altschul and Billy Bang; and the Nu Band with Mark Whitecage, Roy Campbell, and Lou Grassi. He is currently a member of The 3dom Factor, Alschul's trio with saxophonist Jon Irabagon, and guitarist Michael Musillami's trio, among others. He has led some truly unique ensembles of his own including From the Source, which features four instrumentalists, a tap dancer, and a body healer/vocalist; and Bottoms Out, a sextet with Gerry Hemingway, Joe Daley, Michael Rabinowitz, Claire Daly and Gebhard Ullmann. He appeared on over 160 albums throughout his career.
藤井乡子 Satoko Fujii
钢琴家兼作曲家藤井乡子是“一位兼具澎湃激情与精妙克制的即兴演奏家”（Giovanni Russonello，《纽约时报》），是当今爵士乐坛最具原创性的声音之一。在超过 25 年的时间里，她创造了一种跨越多种流派的、独特而个人化的音乐，将爵士、当代古典、摇滚和传统日本音乐融为一炉，令人一听便能将其认出。作为一名为各种规模乐团创作的、极其高产的作曲家，以及一位在世界各地演出的表演者，她于 2020 年荣获“即兴音乐即时奖”（Instant Award in Improvised Music）[1]，作为对其“艺术上的智慧、独立与风骨”的肯定。
自 1996 年崭露头角以来，藤井一直领导着现代即兴音乐领域一些最具持续创造力的乐团，其中不可不提的要数与 Mark Dresser 和 Jim Black 组成的钢琴三重奏（1997 至 2009 年），以及有 The Ruins 的鼓手吉田达也参与的、令人血脉贲张的前卫摇滚四重奏（2001 至 2008 年）。除了各种不同乐器编制的小型组合外，藤井还与小号手田村夏树组成二重奏，自 1997 年以来已录制了 8 张专辑。她与田村也是国际自由爵士四重奏 Kaze 的成员，该乐队自 2011 年首演以来已发行了 5 张专辑。藤井还是公认的国际一流大型爵士乐团作曲家之一，Cadence 杂志因此称她为“自由爵士界的艾灵顿公爵”。
[1] “即兴音乐即时奖”是一项声望颇高的奖项，旨在表彰杰出的即兴音乐家。该奖项由一位匿名赞助人设立，并由芝加哥艺术画廊 Corbett vs. Dempsey 管理。
Pianist and composer Satoko Fujii, "an improviser of rumbling intensity and generous restraint" (Giovanni Russonello, New York Times), is one of the most original voices in jazz today. For more than 25 years, she has created a unique, personal music that spans many genres, blending jazz, contemporary classical, rock, and traditional Japanese music into an innovative synthesis instantly recognizable as hers alone. A prolific composer for ensembles of all sizes and a performer who has appeared around the world, she was the recipient of a 2020 Instant Award in Improvised Music, in recognition of her "artistic intelligence, independence, and integrity."
Since she burst onto the scene in 1996, Fujii has led some of the most consistently creative ensembles in modern improvised music. Highlights include a piano trio with Mark Dresser and Jim Black (1997-2009), and an electrifying avant-rock quartet featuring drummer Tatsuya Yoshida of The Ruins (2001-2008). In addition to a wide variety of small groups of different instrumentation, Fujii also performs in a duo with trumpeter Natsuki Tamura, with whom she's recorded eight albums since 1997. She and Tamura are also one half of the international free-jazz quartet Kaze, which has released five albums since their debut in 2011. Fujii has established herself as one of the world's leading composers for large jazz ensembles, prompting Cadence magazine to call her "the Ellington of free jazz."
[1] The Instant Award in Improvised Music is a prestigious award recognizing outstanding improvising musicians. It is established by an anonymous patron and administered by Corbett vs. Dempsey, an art gallery in Chicago.