Kira Kira – Live at PAS – Satoko Fujii, Alistair Spence, Natsuki Tamura – Featuring Samuel Hall

Kira Kira is a project formed by Satoko Fujii, Natsuki Tamura and Alister Spence in response to a commission from Melbourne International Jazz Festival 2017.
Fujii, Tamura and Spence have performed together regularly in duo, trio, quartet and large ensemble settings since Fujii’s Ma-Do quartet and Spence’s trio first shared the stage at the 2008 Tokyo Jazz Festival.

Kira Kira weaves together the unique compositional voices of its members all the while channelling a deep improvisational language. Inviting a guest with each performance, joining them for their Berlin performance is Samuel Hall on drums

Doors – 7.30(ish)
Music – an amount of time after 

KIRA KIRA
Satoko Fujii (Piano)
Alister Spence (Keyboards)
Natsuki Tamura (Trumpet)
Samuel Hall (Drums, Percussion)

‘An absolute triumph…incredibly successful collectivism and mutual awareness of the creative process’
– Roger Mitchell (AusJazz)

Satoko Fujii

Critics and fans alike hail pianist and composer Satoko Fujii as one of the most original voices in jazz today. She’s ‘a virtuoso piano improviser, an original composer and a bandleader who gets the best collaborators to deliver,’ says John Fordham in The Guardian.
In concert and on more than 80 albums as a leader or co-leader, she synthesizes jazz, contemporary classical, avant-rock and Japanese folk music into an innovative music instantly recognizable as hers alone.
Over the years, Fujii has led some of the most consistently creative ensembles in modern improvised music, including the ma-do quartet, the Min-Yoh Ensemble, and an electrifying avant-rock quartet featuring drummer Tatsuya Yoshida of The Ruins.
www.satokofujii.com

Natsuki Tamura

Japanese trumpeter and composer NATSUKI TAMURA is internationally recognized for a unique musical vocabulary that blends extended techniques with jazz lyricism.

Alister Spence

Pianist and composer Alister Spence is one of the most creative forces in jazz and improvised music in Australia. The Alister Spence Trio with Lloyd Swanton (the Necks) and Toby Hall (Mike Nock trio, Sandy Evans Trio) has enjoyed critical acclaim both nationally and internationally, being nominated twice for Best Australian Jazz Album at the ARIA Awards (2004/2007). The trio’s CD, Not Everything but Enough was voted in ‘Top 10 Jazz Albums 2017’ in Music Magazine, Japan, and received ‘Honorary Mention, Best of 2017’ in the New York City Jazz Record.
www.alisterspence.com

Samuel Hall

Samuel Hall is a drummer, percussionist and interdisciplinary artist based in Berlin, Germany. Engaging the meeting points of electro-acoustic and acoustic music through extended technique, electronics, object and drum preparation. Informed by a strong improvisational language, his music draws on a deep sonic palette that investigates evolving musical structures, timbres, and sound systems. As an interdisciplinary artist, Hall has worked with painters, dancers and visual designers creating interactive multi-layered works that challenge the norms of performance.

www.samuel-hall.com