Drummer and composer Tomas Fujiwara leads a powerful experimental quartet of kindred spirits, capable of propulsive rhythms and stunning textures. His Percussion Quartet features other three virtuosos: the widely praised vibraphonist Patricia Brennan and percussionists Tim Keiper and Kaoru Watanabe. Keiper also plays the African string instrument ngoni, while Watanabe brings the shinobue, a Japanese transversal bamboo flute. Fujiwara — who spent five years with the percussion collective Stomp — composed all the contagiously forward-reaching pieces, bridging drummer Max Roach’s percussion ensemble M’Boom with vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson’s exquisite Blue Note gems of the ’60s and ’70s. Still, the music here extends far beyond…

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