Country music artist Merle Haggard (1937 -2016) released 66 studio albums in his day, along with five instrumental recordings and several live and compilation discs. When asked in a late-career interview if his upcoming album was a good one, he answered (paraphrasing). "I don't know. I've made so many I don't know if the next one's any good or not."

He was probably pulling the interviewer's leg. It is hard to imagine an artist presenting a new work and not thinking, "Yes, this is a great one."

Pianist, composer and bandleader Satoko Fujii has released a lot of albums, too. Hyaku: One Hundred Dreams, celebrates her one hundredth record release, more if you count Bandcamp-only sets. Each of her CDs, she says, "is a dream come true...[and] an ongoing obsession with doing what I want to do. This is my 100th album, but I am as full of excitement and nervous anticipation as I was for my first."

Yes, and it was almost certainly the same for Haggard, the sly old dog, no matter what he said in the interview.

Fujii's discography runs from solo to big band outings and everything in between. Hyaku: One Hundred Dreams features a nonet, that, under Fujii's leadership, crafts a distinctive 5-part suite which whispers and wails, swings and bops, ruminates and riots, and then noodles around with life-affirming, sometimes whimsical energy. Electronicist