With Quiet Passion, pianist Yuko Fujiyama finally releases another album as a leader after a long break from publishing. For this eagerly awaited addition to her sparse discography, Yuko invites the great innovators Graham Haynes on cornet and Ikue Mori on electronics. The album is a mix of piano solos, duets and extraordinarily imagina- tive densely woven miniatures. Quiet Passion suggests a dual inten- tion in both the title and the music – a cross-pollination of emotions that the three musicians impressively create. Regarding the instru- mentation, Yuko says: "Good musicians listening to one another. I like totally free, because - I'm free, and anything I hear at that moment is allowed." Laurence Donohue-Greene writes in the liner notes: "It may have taken 17 years of woodshedding – in essence shedding off layers and decades of influences ranging from Cecil Taylor and Marilyn Crispell to Beethoven and Japanese composer- Takemitsu – but she has gotten to the core of a very personal style, as if discovering within herself a finely cut diamond." A defining cha- racteristic of Quiet Passion is keeping the listener in suspense, with each piece developing a magical appeal.

Cover art and graphic design: Paul Bieri
Liner notes: Laurence Donohue-Greene
Photo: Junko Arita

All compositions by Yuko Fujiyama. Poems "Kurikaesu" and "Sadness Is" by Shuntaro Tanikawa (translated by Yuko Fujiyama). Recorded December 19, 2019, at Samurai Hotel Recording Studio, Queens NYC, by David Stoller. Mixed and mastered October 10, 2020, at Silent Sound, Brooklyn NYC by Hiroyuki Sanada. Intakt Records, P. O. Box, 8024 Zürich, Switzerland. www.intaktrec.ch Disc and packaging by Adon Production AG. Produced by Yuko Fujiyama and Intakt Records. Published by Intakt Records.