"DUET is a phenomenal performance. ***** 5 stars" - Budd Kopman, All About Jazz. "The music is by turns reflective and intense, always focused and often striking in its complex beauty. ****1/2 " - Karl Ackermann, All About Jazz "A splendid record" - Enrico Bettinello, jazz critic and writer “Satoko Fujii is one of the most original pianists in free jazz…” – Steve Greenlee, Boston Globe “Joe Fonda is a real virtuoso and composer of the highest order.” – Anthony Braxton Great improvisers reveal a lifetime of experience and artistry in every note. For both pianist Satoko Fujii and bassist Joe Fonda, that brings to bear an estimable history of collaboration with some of the music’s greatest practitioners and travel that spans the globe. It also means that despite the fact that their winding paths had never previously crossed, they immediately tapped a rich vein of musical understanding during their first-ever performances together. On Duet, a live recording of their second concert in November 2015, they share a seemingly telepathic link that makes the music intimate and mercurial. It’s an adventurous musical exchange that features some of their best playing on record.